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Latest news and developments from Europe region

• STM CID partners with Deutsche Bahn to share experience

  September 2, 2021
  Sinara Transport Machines Center of Innovation Development (STM CID) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Deutsche Bahn’s (DB’s) subsidiary DB Systemtechnik to share experience and best practices.

• Agreement signed to introduce 5,100 electric bikes in Stockholm, Sweden

  September 1, 2021
  Spain-based CityBike Global, a micromobility company, has signed an agreement with the city of Stockholm to provide electric bike-sharing services.

• Arriva launches MaaS app in the Netherlands [free access]

  September 1, 2021
  Arriva has launched its first mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) application (app), named ‘glimble’, for commuters to plan their trip, pay the fare, and ride in public transport, micromobility, and shared mobility services in the Netherlands.

• FirstGroup signs sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility with banks

  September 1, 2021
  FirstGroup has announced that it has signed a new GBP300 million sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility (‘RCF’) with a group of its relationship banks.

• Contract awarded for tram and BRT projects in Brest, France

  August 30, 2021
  The Mobi–Brest consortium has been selected by Brest Métropole to develop the second tram line and an electric bus rapid transit (BRT) route in Brest.

• New Mercedes-Benz electric buses deployed in Darmstadt, Germany

  August 28, 2021
  HEAG mobilo, the public transport operator in Darmstadt, has deployed 24 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses in the city.

• Contract awarded for construction of first metro line in Mersin, Turkey

  August 27, 2021
  A consortium of US-based Dillingham Construction International and Turkey-based Kıska-Kom has secured a contract from the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality to construct the city’s first underground metro line.

• Solaris to supply electric buses to Martorell and Basque Country, Spain

  August 27, 2021
  Solaris has secured an order to supply a total of six electric buses to Martorell and the Basque Country by the end of 2022.

• Stadler delivers trains for Merseyrail network, UK

  August 27, 2021
  Stadler Rail has delivered the first new trains for the Merseyrail network in the Liverpool City Region.

• Renfe completes acquisition of 50 per cent stake in Leo Express [free access]

  August 26, 2021
  Renfe, the national railway operator in Spain, has completed the acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Leo Express, an open-access train operator in the Czech Republic.

• Dynamic tests start for RER NG trains in Paris, France

  August 26, 2021
  Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) has commenced dynamic testing with the double-deck electric multiple units (EMUs) called the ‘Réseau Express Régional Nouvelle Génération’ (RER NG).

• Project Endeavour’s AV trials conclude in London, UK

  August 25, 2021
  The demonstration of autonomous vehicle (AV) services across multiple cities in the UK, as a part of ‘Project Endeavour’, has been concluded.

• EV and battery manufacturing to be subsidised in Russia

  August 24, 2021
  The Government of Russia will offer subsidies to electric vehicle (EV) and battery manufacturers to support the costs of plant construction and special investment contracts.

• B&NES and TPPL launch new bus procurement framework, UK

  August 24, 2021
  A new minibus, bus and, coach procurement framework has been launched by the Procurement Partnership (TPPL), in collaboration with the Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES), to assist the public sector in accessing hydrogen buses.

• Suburban rail services to be modernised in Ukraine

  August 23, 2021
  A Stadler Flirt EMU will commence trials around Kyiv to support the government of Ukraine’s City Express programme that is aimed at modernising the suburban rail network.

• Autonomous tram successfully demonstrated as part of AStriD project, Germany [free access]

  August 23, 2021
  The operation of an autonomous tram has been successfully demonstrated as part of the Autonomous Tram in Depot (AStriD) project.

• ScotRail to reduce 300 rail services, UK

  August 23, 2021
  ScotRail, the rail operator in Scotland, has announced plans to eliminate 300 daily rail services from its timetable as recommended in its ‘Fit For the Future’ report.

• Two construction contracts awarded for Rail Baltica project in Estonia

  August 20, 2021
  Rail Baltic Estonia has signed two construction contracts for three railway crossings along the Rail Baltica section in the country.

• Plan progresses to deploy clean buses in Harrogate, UK

  August 19, 2021
  The North Yorkshire County Council has been invited to bid for more than GBP8 million from the Government of the UK to assist in financing the plan to convert an entire Harrogate bus fleet to electric vehicles.

• Tests for S-Bahn pre-series trains completed in Berlin, Germany

  August 19, 2021
  The testing for all 10 S-Bahn pre-series trains, supplied by a consortium of Siemens and Stadler Pankow, has been completed in Berlin.