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SYSTRA Design Kuala Lumpur Viaduct
SYSTRA have been commissioned to provide the preliminary design for Kuala Lumpur’s Light Rail Transit Line 3(LRT3) including a new Kuala Lum…
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Qatar Rail Marks 100km of Tunnelling on Doha Metro
Qatar Rail Marks 100km of Tunnelling on Doha Metro, marking 90% of tunnelling complete, and 41% of overall progress on the ambitious project…
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Stadler Adjusts Aeroexpress Contracts
Stadler Rail has adjusted the terms of a 2013 contract to supply 24 double-decker multiple unit trains to Russian rail company Aeroexpress.
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Electronic Driver Assistance System for Trams
Bosch Engineering's collision warning system with automatic braking has been approved for use in public transportation.
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Commissioner Bulc Encourages Sustainable Urban Transport Solutions
European Commissioner for Transportation Violeta Bulc urged sustainable urban transport solutions at the Assembly of European Innovation Par…
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Hitachi Rail and RCA Announce Vehicle Design Competition Winners
Hitachi Rail Europe and the Royal College of Art have announced the winners of the vehicle design competition for high speed and deep tube t…
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Go-Ahead Deutschland orders Stadler FLIRT3 EMU
Go-Ahead Deutschland have placed an order for 45 Stadler FLIRT3 EMU trains to operate on the Stuttgart 21 network when it opens in 2019.
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Lord Adonis Proposed as Crossrail 2 Chair
Lord Adonis is proposed as Crossrail 2 Chair by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, UK Chancellor George Osborne and Transport Secretary Patrick Mc…
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Bangkok Metro Order Siemens and Bozankaya Trains
Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company (BTSC) has ordered 22 four-unit metro trains from a Siemens and Bozankaya consortium to operate o…
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Kühne Holding AG Purchase 20% Share of VTG Aktiengesellschaft
Kühne Holding AG purchase more than 20% shareholding of VTG Aktiengesellschaft, making it the second largest shareholder of the rail logisti…
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TransPennine Express Orders 126 New Carriages
TransPennine Express order 126 new carriages from CAF, supplementing a previous order from Hitachi Rail for bi-mode trains.
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AVG Orders 12 Bombardier Flexity Trams
AVG places order for 12 Bombardier Flexity trams to operate in Karlsruhe, Germany. The order is an extension for 30 Flexity vehicles placed …
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Miner Earns Second Consecutive “Premier Supplier Award” from Trinity Rail
Miner Enterprises, Inc. announced that it has received its second consecutive Premier Supplier Award from Trinity Rail. Trinity, one of the.…
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Heart of Texas Acquisition by OmniTRAX
Heart of Texas acquisition by OmniTrax (an affliate of the Broe Group) completed subject to Surface Transportation Board Approval.
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Rocky Mountaineer - Stadler Partnership
Rocky Mountaineer Stadler Rail announce partnership to design and manufacture ten new bi-level dome topped rail cars for tourist routes.
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High-Speed Trains Suppliers Shortlisted by RENFE
Spanish infrastructure operator RENFE have announced a shortlist of four high-speed train suppliers to deliver up to 30 high-speed trains.
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Alstom Win Shanghai Metro Car Modernisation Contract
Alstom win metro car modernisation for Shanghai Metro Line 5, to overhaul 28 metro cars and fit traction control systems to 198 new cars.
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Intrinsically Safe Nautiz X1 Compact from Handheld
Rugged computer manufacturer Handheld Group have introduced the first certified intrinsically safe Nautiz X1 Compact in South Africa.
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MTA Commission Track Geometry Vehicle
New York's MTA Metro-North has commissioned Ensco. Inc. to design and build a track geometry vehicle to inspect and analyse rails and tracks…
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Canberra Metro Win Canberra Light Rail Concession
Canberra Metro PPP (comprised of Mitsubishi and John Holland, among others) win Canberra Light Rail concession from ACT Government.
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EC Investigates Wabtec Faiveley Takeover
The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into the proposed Wabtec Faiveley Takeover to ensure it meets competition reg…
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Metrowagonmash Modernise Budapest Metro Trains
Metrowagonmash, a subsidiary of Transmashholding, deliver the first of 222 overhauled and modernised metro trainsets to Budapest Metro.
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Opening of Bombardier Train Testing Facility in UK
Patrick McLoughlin opens new UK Bombardier Train Testing Facility in Derby. The facility was designed to cater to the new Crossrail fleet.
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Flying Scotsman Cleared to Continue UK Tour
Flying Scotsman cleared to continue tour of Fife and Borders railway in Scotland following a delay which was put down to an administrative e…
