Australia: On January 31 CSR Ziyang signed a contract to supply six AC traction diesel locomotives to Qube by the end of the year. Austria: ÖBB-Technische Services has awarded Compin a €2·8m contract to supply seats for Talent and Desiro multiple-units. China: The Ministry of Railways has awarded CSR Nanjing Puzhen contracts to supply coaches worth 1·7bn yuan. CSR Qingdao Sifang has a 500m yuan order to overhaul multiple-unit cars. CSR subsidiaries have announced orders totalling 1·6bn yuan for the supply of wagons to China Railway Investment Corp, and contracts worth 590m yuan to undertake wagon overhauls. Czech Republic: CD reports that it put 242 locomotives, coaches and multiple-unit cars worth a total of KC7·7bn into service during 2012. CD Cargo has signed an 10-year leaseback agreement worth KC800m under which it will sell 10 Class 363.5 dual-voltage electric locomotives to SOB Leasing which will pay for their modernisation. Kazakhstan: GE Transportation has awarded Skoda Electric a €38m contract to supply drive systems including 475 kW traction motors, wheelsets and gears for the 110 Evolution series TEP33A 160 km/h diesel-electric passenger locomotives ordered by KTZ last September (RG 11.12 p62). Mozambique: Beacon Hill Resources has leased five Grindrod RL30SCC-3 locomotives and 90 open wagons from South Africa’s Thelo for 10 years, and has appointed RRL Grindrod Locomotives to operate coal trains on the Sena line which it plans to start running later this year. Netherlands: Alstom announced a €42m firm order to supply a further five six-car Metropolis Type M5 trainsets for the Amsterdam metro on February 13. This is an option on a €200m contract for an initial 23 trains signed in February 2010. The additional units are to be delivered from the Katowice plant during the second half of 2014. Poland: Elblag has bought two M8C trams from Augsburg at a reported cost of around 100 000 z More...
