A round-up of recent rail industry contract awards around the world, compiled by Railway Gazette International. Austria: DPB Rail Infra Service took delivery of its first Siemens Mobility dual-mode Vectron on October 8. The locomotive is approved for operation in Austria and Germany, expanding the company’s operational flexibility as part of its fleet modernisation programme. India: The Ministry of Railways has awarded Jupiter Wagons a INR 11.4bn contract to supply 2 583 BOXNHL and BOXNS open wagons for bulk freight including coal and iron ore. Jupiter said ‘integration across our value chain, including our upcoming wheelset facility in Odisha, gives us tighter control over cost, quality and delivery timelines.’ Italy: FS Logistix’s Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has ordered six CZ Loko EffiShunter 1000 diesel locos, the group’s fourth order for the type in 10 years. ‘The objective is to make freight transport increasingly efficient, reliable and sustainable, leveraging economies of scale in rolling stock management and the quality of services offered to customers’, said FS Logistix CEO Sabrina De Filippis. Kazakhstan: KTZ has equipped more than 1 500 coaches in 108 trainsets operating on 51 routes with Starlink satellite internet connectivity. The project is expected to provide more than 11 million passengers/year with access to onboard internet and digital services. The system is integrated into the trains’ digital infrastructure, combining onboard wi-fi networks, inter-car connections and centralised equipment management. Poland: Alstom has delivered 18 Traxx Universal locomotives to CLIP Intermodal. This includes 13 ordered in 2024 and approved for Poland, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and France, as well as five ordered in 2025 for operation in Poland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. All are equipped with Alstom’s Onvia Cab on-board ETCS. Regional train operator Polregio has awarded APS Energia a contract to supply traction drive systems for four EN81 EMUs buily by Pesa Bydgoszcz in 2005-07. Switzerland: SBB has awarded Marti AG a SFr70m contract for modernisation of the Ulmberg and Enge tunnels and improvements at Zürich Enge station. The works include repairing tunnel linings, installing slab track and renewing drainage and cable infrastructure. Platform edges will be renewed and extended into the Enge tunnel. USA: Pinsly’s Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad Co has been awarded a $6.8m Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure & Safety Improvements grant for the Northwest Indiana Rail Connectivity & Expansion project to replace sleepers, rehabilitate bridges, renew level crossings and construct 1.6 km of sidings. CKIN will provide the 30% non-federal match for the NICE Project.
A round-up of recent rail industry contract awards around the world, compiled by Railway Gazette International.
Austria: DPB Rail Infra Service took delivery of its first Siemens Mobility dual-mode Vectron on October 8. The locomotive is approved for operation in Austria and Germany, expanding the company’s operational flexibility as part of its fleet modernisation programme.
India: The Ministry of Railways has awarded Jupiter Wagons a INR 11.4bn contract to supply 2 583 BOXNHL and BOXNS open wagons for bulk freight including coal and iron ore. Jupiter said ‘integration across our value chain, including our upcoming wheelset facility in Odisha, gives us tighter control over cost, quality and delivery timelines.’
Italy: FS Logistix’s Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has ordered six CZ Loko EffiShunter 1000 diesel locos, the group’s fourth order for the type in 10 years. ‘The objective is to make freight transport increasingly efficient, reliable and sustainable, leveraging economies of scale in rolling stock management and the quality of services offered to customers’, said FS Logistix CEO Sabrina De Filippis.
Kazakhstan: KTZ has equipped more than 1 500 coaches in 108 trainsets operating on 51 routes with Starlink satellite internet connectivity. The project is expected to provide more than 11 million passengers/year with access to onboard internet and digital services. The system is integrated into the trains’ digital infrastructure, combining onboard wi-fi networks, inter-car connections and centralised equipment management.
Poland: Alstom has delivered 18 Traxx Universal locomotives to CLIP Intermodal. This includes 13 ordered in 2024 and approved for Poland, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and France, as well as five ordered in 2025 for operation in Poland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. All are equipped with Alstom’s Onvia Cab on-board ETCS.
Regional train operator Polregio has awarded APS Energia a contract to supply traction drive systems for four EN81 EMUs buily by Pesa Bydgoszcz in 2005-07.
Switzerland: SBB has awarded Marti AG a SFr70m contract for modernisation of the Ulmberg and Enge tunnels and improvements at Zürich Enge station. The works include repairing tunnel linings, installing slab track and renewing drainage and cable infrastructure. Platform edges will be renewed and extended into the Enge tunnel.
USA: Pinsly’s Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad Co has been awarded a $6.8m Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure & Safety Improvements grant for the Northwest Indiana Rail Connectivity & Expansion project to replace sleepers, rehabilitate bridges, renew level crossings and construct 1.6 km of sidings. CKIN will provide the 30% non-federal match for the NICE Project.
Source: Railway Gazette
