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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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..…

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 …

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…

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.

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…

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 …

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…

Hitachi Unveils First UK Built Intercity Express Train

Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE), a global rail specialist with over 100 years of industry expertise, today celebrates the first Intercity Express …

Alstom to Supply 20 Extra MP14 Trains to Line 4 of the Paris Metro

Alstom is to supply 20 MP14 trains consisting of 6 cars each to the STIF and the RATP for an amount of €163 million as part of the automatio…

Siemens to Build New Streetcars for Charlotte Area Transit System

The Charlotte City Council chose Siemens to build six new S70 streetcars for the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), the public transit...

Delivery of 30 Coradia Regional Trains to Sweden Begins

Alstom has started the delivery of the 30 additional Coradia regional trains ordered by Skånetrafiken at the beginning of 2015. As per the c…

New Chinese Signalling Joint Venture Wins First Contract

Bombardier Transportation announced yesterday that its Bombardier and New United Group (NUG) Signalling Solutions Co. Ltd. (BNS) joint ventu…

Alstom Delivers Ahead of Schedule the First Lucknow Metro Trainset

Alstom has delivered ahead of schedule the first Metropolis trainset to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC). On 01 December, 2016, the met…

Brazil: Salvador Metro Line 2 Opens

Less than two years after the work order that authorised the beginning of the works, Salvador Metro Line 2 received its first passengers. On…

Bombardier to Supply 52 Additional Commuter Trains to STIF and SNCF