Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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National Express to Sell c2c Rail Franchise to Italy's Trenitalia
National Express Group PLC has reached an in principle agreement for Trenitalia, part of FS Italiane Group, to acquire the c2c rail franchis…
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Alstom to Provide Maintenance to Freight Locomotives in Mexico
Alstom has been awarded a contract by Ferromex (Grupo Mexico) to provide preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance for 219 freight l…
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CRRC Unveil Locomotives for Nigeria and Serbia
On January 5 2017, the first two type CDD3B1 passenger diesel locomotives for Nigeria rolled out in CRRC Dalian. The locomotives will enter …
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A Vision for the Future of the U.S. Northeast Corridor
NEC FUTURE is a comprehensive planning effort to define, evaluate, and prioritise future investments in the Northeast Corridor (NEC), from W…
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North Section of Beijing Metro Line 16 Opens for Passenger Service
The North Section of Beijing Metro Line 16, MTR Corporation’s fourth metro project in Beijing, opened on 31 December 2016 for passenger serv…
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Union Pacific Acquires Railex LLC Assets
Union Pacific yesterday announced acquisition of Railex LLC's refrigerated and cold storage distribution assets in Delano, California; Wallu…
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New York Celebrates Second Avenue Subway Opening
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo celebrated the on-time arrival of the Second Avenue Subway – the system’s first major expansion in more than 50 yea…
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Siemens to Modernise Lima Metro Line 1
Siemens is to provide the complete traction power supply for the first section of Lima Metro Line 1, which covers around nine kilometres. Th…
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Network Rail Completes £4.5m Railway Upgrades Over Christmas
Network Rail has completed another £4.5 million slice of the £800 million Waterloo & South West Upgrade on time over Christmas, which will b…
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Austrian Federal Railways Orders New Regional Trains
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation and the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) have signed on December 27 a framework agreement co…
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Alstom Delivers High-Speed Rail to Morocco
In December 2010 Alstom won a contract to supply 14 high-speed rail TGV trains to Morocco, connecting cities such as Tangiers and Casablanca…
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Cital Delivers the First Citadis Tram to Ouargla in Algeria
Cital, the joint venture held by Ferrovial, Enterprise Métro d’Alger (EMA) and Alstom, delivered the first Citadis tram to the city of Ouarg…
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Green Light for Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project
The Environment Effects Statement (EES) assessment for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel was released today, paving the way for major construction …
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Alstom to Acquire Railway Connectivity Solutions Provider Nomad Digital
Alstom has signed a purchase agreement for the acquisition of Nomad Holdings, commercially known as Nomad Digital from Amadeus Capital Partn…
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28 Additional Light Metro Cars to be Built for Vancouver SkyTrain
TransLink has exercised options for the purchase of 28 additional BOMBARDIER INNOVIA Metro 300 vehicles for service on the Vancouver SkyTrai…
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Bombardier’s First Rail Control Safety System Starts Operation in Kuala Lumpur
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has announced the start of operation of its first rail control safety system in Kuala Lumpu…
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Alstom to Supply Coradia Polyvalent Trains to Senegal
The Coradia Polyvalent train for Senegal is dual-mode (diesel/electric) and is capable of running at speeds of 160 km/h. With a total length…
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Siemens Completes First Brightline Trainset
The first Siemens built Brightline trainset, comprised of two locomotives and four coaches adorned in Brightline Blue, is complete and has..…
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MBTA Orders Additional Boston Red Line Metro Cars
The MBTA estimates this replacement along with minor speed code changes will boost capacity by fifty percent, raising the current number of …
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Italian State Railways to Buy Milan Metro M5 Shares
Italian State Railways (FS) and Astaldi have announced they have signed an agreement for the sale of the investment held by Astaldi in Milan…
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We Need to Talk about Phones – Distraction Kills
Distraction Kills. Normally, when we talk about the dangers of using mobile phones in a transport-related context, we’re talking about cars.
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Alstom Inaugurates the First Regiolis for the Auvergne Region
Alstom, the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region and SNCF inaugurated the first Regiolis trainset destined for the outskirts of Clermont-Ferrand in t…
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South Korea: Sudokwon High-Speed Line Opens
The South Korea Sudokwon high-speed line – for which Alstom supplied the interlocking system as well as the associated engineering services …
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MTR Corporation Takes Over Stockholm Commuter Rail
MTR Corporation, the holder of the London Crossrail concession, is taking over another major European commuter rail service, the Stockholm P…