QUEENSLAND Rail is over half way through the roll out of a new EMU fleet, after first introducing the train in December 2017.
Unlike all previous EMU fleets in Queensland this one is not being built in Australia, but instead is being built by Bombardier in India.
The trains are being assembled in Savli, Gujarat, in north-western India, incorporating the same technology as modern Bombardier EMUs in the UK and Europe imported from other Bombardier factories worldwide.
The completed trains are being moved by sea from Mumbai to Brisbane.
Read more in the March 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now!
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Nigel Devereux is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, working in the School of English and Journalism. He has worked within the print publishing industry for 38 years. Nigel was editor of his hometown newspaper - The Horncastle News - from 1998-2001. Nigel is currently the Production Editor on The Railway Magazine, the UK’s biggest selling magazine for railway enthusiasts. He is also responsible for maintaining and updating several websites across the Mortons portfolio.
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