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There are 26 ex-Thalys sets. https://jonworth.eu/eurostar-ordering-just-30-alstom-trains-pragmatism-and-a-lack-of-ambition/

Yes, they are BB 25500. Britten is 92 026: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:92026_passes_Kensington_Olympia_18_June_2009.jpg It seems to be one of two class 92s with DB Cargo Romania.

Jon Worth reckons that the thirty trains are not enough to replace the e300s as well as the PBAs and PBKAs. https://jonworth.eu/eurostar-ordering-just-30-alstom-trains-pragmatism-and-a-lack-of-ambition/

It's the same in Poland now. Platform is peron and track is tor. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peron_3_Dworzec_Centralny_w_Warszawie.JPG (Photo shows platform 3 at Warszawa Centralna with track 2 on the left and track 3 on the right.)

Andy Byford? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Byford

French Wikipedia uses "Métro" instead of "Matériel" for all MF and MP classes on the Paris Metro, so presumably the offical terminology has changed.

All Bongo Friendees and Ford Fredas in the UK are used imports from Japan. The Bongo van, a different model, was sold in the UK as the Mazda E-Series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Bongo

Because caboose was used by sailors in the English-speaking world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caboose_(ship%27s_galley)

More metro examples in the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_solution

According to user comments, the train stopped at the end of the platform and the late passenger was allowed to board. The departure music is very familiar but I can't remember what it is. ETA: And now the other end.

According to Vagonweb the train is scheduled to be hauled by a Ukrzalіznitsya locomotive as far as Vălcineț, and the video is from that section. The only difference is that it is a 2TE116 instead of a 2M62. Vagonweb lists a TE33AC for Vălcineț to Ungheni.

IIRC a dealer that exported surplus New Zealand locomotives to Africa offered the class EM for conversion into locomoive-hauled carriages. Apparently they got as far as being shipped to South Africa: https://www.freightnews.co.za/article/sa-company-to-convert-30-year-old-nz-rolling-stock...

Video of the inaugural Kyiv-Bucharest train passing through Moldova on October 10th. The Vagonweb entry has now been updated with the "real composition" observed at Kyiv-Pasazhirskiy. Note that the train only has four carriages instead of the scheduled six.

It seems to be true. At least a train carried passengers on October 1st.

The Nairobi Commuter Rail network has 11 DMUs bought secondhand from Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca. IIRC Ghana has some Chinese-built narrow gauge DMUs. The new standard gauge Tema-Mpakadan line, which opened on October 1st, has a grand total of two DMUs made by PESA in Poland.

Perhaps Derby used TOPS numbers internally to identify vehicles under construction and conjured up TOPS-style numbers when needed for export projects. Gautrain could then adopt those numbers, since it is completely isolated from any other railway in South Africa and can number its rolling stock...

Gautrain wanted to impress passengers with a "high speed" train. It is positioned as a premium service for middle class passengers who would regard the narrow gauge commuter trains as too spartan (they have hard plastic bench seats, so bog standard Electrostar seats count as luxury) as well as...

The Bucharest-Kyiv train will use Soviet loading gauge carriages, like the Bucharest-Chișinău train. Perhaps the Bucharest-Ungheni route is the only one in Romania where they are cleared to run.

The official reason for adopting standard gauge was to allow 160 km/h running. The platforms are level with the Electrostar train floor. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gautrain...,_O_R_Tambo_Intl_Airport_South_Africa.jpg (Photo shows a Gautrain train at O R Tambo International...

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