Top Industry Leaders in the Rolling Stock Market
*Disclaimer: List of key companies in no particular order
Rolling Stock Latest Company Updates:
October 2023- RAILPOOL and Vossloh Rolling Stock have announced the signing of various deals for the offering of 45 Modula locomotives in two editions with a choice to buy a further 142. RAILPOOL is since rapidly growing its ultra-modern fleet for the German market. With the Modula, which enhances sustainable and intelligent mobility, RAILPOOL is offering its consumers with future-proof traction solutions for both freight transportation and heavy shunting work. Both the companies, in Kiel on October 20th several agreements for the delivery of 45 Modula locomotives and the choice of a further 142 locomotives. The delivery of the company order Modula locomotives starts in mid-2026 and operates till the end of 2027. The possible call-off locomotive orders will be filled by mid-2029, and both locomotive editions will also be available with German-Dutch consents for use.
October 2023- Transport for London (TfL), London’s official public transport body has agreed on certain London Underground’s Piccadilly Line station platforms will require to be redesigned to enable its latest rolling stock to fit. The latest units are being evaluated by the producers Siemens Mobility in Germany, but deliverances will be stunned between 2025 and 2027. It shows that there will be a three-year period in which mixed rolling stock will be utilized on the range. But according to the London’s Evening Standard newspaper, there are certain safety issues over the strategy to narrow certain platforms in order to be deployed into stations. Stuart Harvey, the TfL’s chief capital officer stated that the design of the ‘Inspiro London’ model produced new challenges. He further added that there are some issues with certain platform/train interfaces. It’s the same height – it’s just making sure the company stay away from the platform edges. a TfL board member, Lynn Sloman said that there is a matter about what that means about the interface between the old rolling stock and the platform and the potential safety challenges.
Top listed global companies in the industry are:
- Hitachi Ltd
- GE Transportation
- Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD)
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company
- Construcciones Y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- CRRC Corporation Limited
- Bombardier
- Alstom
- Transmashholding Stadler Rail AG
- Hyundai Rotem Company, and others.
