Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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Sydney Metro Track Laying Steams Ahead
Delivery of Sydney's world-class metro railway, Sydney Metro, is progressing rapidly. Almost 5km of track and 13,000 tonnes of rock ballast …
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Rail Operators Shortlisted for Wales and Borders Franchise
Four bidders have been selected for the next stage in the procurement process to operate rail services in the new Wales and Borders Franchis…
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Alstom Hands Over Five Prima H3 Locomotives to Deutsche Bahn
Alstom handed over five Prima H3 locomotives to Deutsche Bahn during a ceremony at Alstom’s Stendal site in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...
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New Passenger Information Displays Improve Customer Experience
Amtrak is making a major upgrade to the busiest transit hub in America with the launch of a new, state-of-the-art Passenger Information Disp…
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New Europe-Based Freight Railcar Business Formed
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE: GBX) and Astra Rail Management GmbH announced plans to form a new company, Greenbrier-Astra Rail...
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KCS Opens New Transload Terminal in Texas
Kansas City Southern announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, has opened a new multi-commodity tr…
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STIF Approves Next Phase of Grand Paris Express
STIF Board gives the go ahead for the creation of the first sections of lines 16 & 17 of the metro Ile-de-France as part of the Grand Paris …
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Bombardier Wins Order to Supply 40 FLEXITY Trams to Sweden
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation, has been awarded a contract for the supply of 40 low-floor FLEXITY trams to the city of Go…
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Korea Ready for Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Railway Project
Korea is paying keen attention to the multibillion-dollar Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed railway project before an international tender e…
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MTR Corporation Maintains 99.99% Punctuality Rate
MTR Corporation maintained a world-class level of 99.99% punctuality rate on its Hong Kong metro services in the first eight months of 2016
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DB Cargo UK Introduces New Wheel Shop Services
The UK’s leading rail freight operator DB Cargo UK has created world-class wheel lathe facilities and is being awarded a prestigious industr…
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Norfolk Southern Prepares for Hurricane Matthew
Norfolk Southern train operations are being curtailed due to mandatory evacuations in the Jacksonville, Savannah, and Brunswick areas...
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UK's First National College for High Speed Rail Takes Major Step Towards Completion
The National College for High Speed Rail took a significant step towards opening its doors as a key part of the Birmingham site nears comple…
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Fuel Incentive for Iran Railways
Iran Railways (RAI) will get a huge fuel incentive from the Government in return for increasing its freight and passenger volumes.
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The French Government and Alstom Present a Plan to Rescue Belfort Site
Minister of State for the Industry and Alstom Chairman and CEO, presented a plan to maintain the railway and industrial activities on Belfor…
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NTSB Investigate Fatal Hoboken Train Crash
The New Jersey Transit train that crashed into Hoboken Terminal on Thursday killed one person and injured more than 100 others...
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Russian Railways and Russian Post Agree to Develop Postal Transit Freight Between China - Russia - Europe
Oleg Belozerov, President of Russian Railways, and Russian Post, have signed a Roadmap for Postal transit between China - Russia - Europe by…
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Eurotunnel: The Channel Tunnel goes fully digital with GSM-R
Eurotunnel has inaugurated the new Channel Tunnel track to train communications network, GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications-Rail…
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Bombardier Wins Fleet Maintenance Contract in California
Bombardier Transportation signed a new contract with SCRRA, to provide eight years of maintenance services for SCRRA's Metrolink commuter ra…
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122 Light Rail vehicles for Seattle and Central Puget Sound Area
Siemens secured a contract for 122 new S70 light rail vehicles for Sound Transit, the regional transit system serving Seattle and Central Pu…
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Better Journeys for Passengers on the Cross Country Network
Rail passengers are set to benefit from quicker journeys, extra seats and free Wi-Fi, after the government agreed a new deal with Arriva Cro…
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Angel Trains Signs Deal to Finance Abellio’s £900m Procurement of UK Rolling Stock for East Anglia Rail Franchise
Angel Trains has signed the contract to finance the procurement of 665 Bombardier Aventra vehicles as part of Abellio’s East Anglia rail fra…
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ENSCO Rail to Deliver ATGMS and Rail Profile Measuring System to Rumo ALL
Rumo ALL, under a competitive bid, selected ENSCO Rail, Inc. to supply an Autonomous Track Geometry Measurement System (ATGMS) and Rail Prof…
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Bombardier and China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement
Rail technology leader Bombardier and Chinese rolling stock manufacturer, CRRC have signed a strategic agreement to expand their relationshi…