Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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DB Cargo UK to Switch to 100% Renewable Electricity
DB Cargo UK has announced that 100% of the electricity which powers its offices and rail sites will become renewable after it signed a 3 yea…
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UK: Railway Industry Association Welcomes Public Consultation on Post-Brexit Free Trade Agreements
The Department for International Trade (DIT) in the British Government has announced that it is setting up a public consultation on Free Tra…
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Alstom Shareholders Approve Siemens Merger and Other Resolutions
Shareholders of Alstom Transport have approved the merger with Siemens and all other resolutions proposed at their special and combined meet…
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Canadian National Announces $315 Million Investment in Ontario Operations
Canadian National Railway has announced plans to invest approximately $315 million in its operations across Ontario. The funds are part of t…
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GE Transportation Produces First TE33A Locomotive for Ukrainian Railways
GE Transportation has completed production of the first Evolution Series TE33A locomotive in a fleet of 30 for Ukrainian Railways. This loco…
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Stadler Signs Service and Maintenance Contract with Arriva Nederland
Stadler has signed a contract with Arriva Nederland to provide services and maintenance for a fleet of 69 trains in the North of Holland bet…
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UK: Hitachi and Bombardier Announce Joint Bid for HS2 Rolling Stock
Hitachi Rail Europe and Bombardier Transportation have announced a joint bid to the HS2 Procurement Programme for the design, build and deli…
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Taiwan: Siemens Consortium Wins Metro Line Rail Technology Contract
The city government of Taoyuan has awarded a contract for the delivery of electrical and mechanical systems for its metro network to a conso…
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Southeast Asia: Bombardier Signs Rail System Maintenance Contract
Bombardier Transportation has announced that the company has signed a contract to provide rail system maintenance for an undisclosed operato…
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Austrian Federal Railways Sign Call-Off Order for 25 Bombardier TALENT 3 Trains
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Bombardier Transportation have agreed a call-off order for the delivery of twenty five Bombardier TALENT…
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Alstom Appoints Ling Fang Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific Region
Alstom Transport has announced the appointment of Ling Fang as Senior Vice President (SVP) of its Asia Pacific region. Fang will provide str…
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Alstom Reveals First Electric Locomotive for Azerbaijan Railways Order
Alstom has revealed the first of 40 Prima T8 AZ8A electric freight locomotive which it has produced for Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) via its jo…
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Canadian Pacific Orders 30 Upgraded EMD SD70ACU Locomotives from Progress Rail
Progress Rail, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., has announced that Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) has ordered 30 upgraded EMD SD70AC…
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UK: ScotRail Appoints First Female Engineering Director
Scotrail has announced the appointment of its first female Engineering Director. Syeda Ghufran joined Scotrail’s Engineering Management Trai…
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Škoda Sells 80 Trams to Operator in Southwest Germany
Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (rnv), which operates trams in the German cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, has ordered 80 vehicles from…
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US: Kansas City Southern Orders 50 Locomotives from GE Transportation
Kansas City Southern (KCS) has announced that its subsidiaries in the United States and Mexico have ordered 50 new locomotives from GE Trans…
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China: Shenzhen Airport Orders Automated People Mover from Bombardier
Shenzhen Airport Co. Ltd has ordered an automated people mover (APM) from CRRC Puzhen Bombardier Transportation Systems Ltd (PBTS). The cont…
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Germany: Frankfurt Orders 38 Citadis Trams from Alstom
Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (VGF), which operates transport in Frankfurt, Germany has ordered 38 Citadis trams from Al…
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What Does the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement Mean for the Rail Industry?
After four years of negotiations, the EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement is now in the final stages of ratification, with both sides aiming to br…
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London: Siemens to Supply Trains for Deep Tube Upgrade Programme
Transport for London (TfL) intends to award Siemens Mobility Ltd the contract to design and build 94 new Tube trains for its Piccadilly line…