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Spain to give 5,5 million to Ukraine for variable-gauge systems

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Image: © Ukrainian government
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Image: ©  Ukrainian government

Spain and Ukraine are taking the next steps in their partnership to develop variable-gauge bogies. With a grant of 5,48 million euros, Madrid will help Kyiv in developing “a new innovative bogie for freight wagons with an automatic change of gauge from 1520mm to 1435mm”, Ukrainian Railways said.

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Author: Marco Raimondi

Marco Raimondi is an editor of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

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1 comment op “Spain to give 5,5 million to Ukraine for variable-gauge systems”

Reinhard Christeller|21.03.26|15:05

The technology of gauge-changing bogies exists – there is no need to spend millions. Talgo and CAF have it and it also exists in Japan.

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