Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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Australian Rail Track Corporation Solicits Suppliers for First Section of Inland Rail
The Australian Rail Track Corporation is soliciting suppliers for construction on the Parkes to Narromine section of the Inland Rail project…
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Canadian National Commends Customers and Suppliers for Sustainability
Canadian National Railway Company (CN) has commended 40 of its customers and suppliers for their work to improve sustainability in their ind…
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ScotRail: First of 26 Upgraded InterCity Trains Arrives in Edinburgh
ScotRail has confirmed that the first vehicle in its fleet of 26 upgraded high-speed InterCity trains has arrived in Scotland. The upgraded …
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Bombardier to Provide up to 50 Multi-System Locomotives to CD Cargo
Bombardier Transportation and CD Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Czech Railways, have signed a purchase agreement for up to 50 of the newes…
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Bombardier Appoints Paul Brown as Managing Director for Australia
Bombardier Transportation has appointed Paul Brown as its new managing director for operations in Australia. His principle objective will be…
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Lucy Prior to Leave the Rail Alliance for RTS Solutions
Lucy Prior MBE, International Trade & Membership Development Director at the Rail Alliance, has announced her departure from the organisatio…
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High-Speed Rail Service Between China and Hong Kong Reaches Milestone
Hong Kong – On 16 August 2018 the Secretary for Transport and Housing announced that the Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail service be…
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UK: Network Rail Invests £725,000 as Part of the Great North Rail Project
Network Rail is investing £725,000 to improve the reliability of the rail service between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester under the u…
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EU Publishes Contingency Management Handbook for Rail
The European Commission has developed a Handbook for International Contingency Management. It features standards that will ensure rail traff…
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Sydney: New Metro Passes 100km/h Speed Test
The new train for the Sydney Metro, which is due to enter operation in 2019, successfully passed 100km/h during its high-speed testing. The …
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Polarteknik Awarded SCM Partner of the Year 2018 by Hitachi Rail
On July 3rd at the Hitachi Rail Supplier meeting in Firenze Palazzo Vecchio, Polarteknik was awarded SCM partner of the year 2018 in recogni…
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Stadler to Supply 71 Trains to the Wales & Borders Franchise
KeolisAmey, which was awarded the Wales & Borders franchise and the South Wales Metro service by the Welsh government, has ordered 71 trains…
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United Wagon Company Awarded Q2 Quality Status by Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn has approved United Wagon Company (UWC) to supply freight cars to the operator and assigned it Q2 quality status. The Tikhvin …
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Le Shuttle Freight: High Trade Volumes in July 2018
Le Shuttle Freight has published a report on its trade volumes for July 2018. The company recorded its best freight figures for that month o…
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UK: Hitachi Building Azuma Trains for London North Eastern Railway
Hitachi has started constructing a fleet of Azuma trains for London North Eastern Railway (LNER) to operate on the East Coast Main Line in E…
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Amtrak Unveils Interiors of its New Acela Express Trains
On 8 August Amtrak unveiled the interiors of its new Acela Express trains set to run on the company’s Northeast Corridor (NEC). Alstom is ma…
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Charcroft Signs Exclusive UK and Ireland Distribution & Representation Agreement with NEXEYA
Charcroft Electronics Ltd., – a specialist distributor and manufacturer of electronic components for harsh and high-end applications – has s…
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China Railway Express Makes First Journey to Belarus
The first container freight train between Shijiazhuang and Minsk went into operation on 2 June. Departing Shijiazhuang, the capital and larg…
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Czech Republic: Leo Express Orders 15 LINT DMUs from Alstom
Leo Express has ordered 15 LINT DMUs from Alstom Transport and is currently negotiating approval of them from the Czech rail authorities. Th…
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Russia: TikhvinChemMash Sells 20 Tank Cars to GATX Rail Vostok
The TikhvinChemMash freight car plant, a subsidiary of United Wagon Company, has sold 20 15-6900 model tank cars to GATX Rail Vostok for the…
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UK: Angel Trains Appoints David Jordan as Chief Operating Officer
Angel Trains, a UK train leasing company, has appointed David Jordan as its new COO. Jordan, who has more than 25 years experience in the ra…
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Alstom to Supply Italo with 5 New Pendolino EVO Trains
Alstom and Italo–Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori have signed a 330 million euro contract for the purchase of five Pendolino EVO trains. These tr…
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Bombardier to Supply 36 Additional Francilien Trains for Greater Paris
French national railway company SNCF has ordered 36 Francilien (SNCF Z 50000) train sets from Bombardier Transportation on behalf of Île-de-…
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Charcroft Signs UK Distribution Agreement with Euroquartz Ltd
Charcroft Electronics Ltd., – a specialist distributor and manufacturer of electronic components for harsh and high-end applications – has s…