Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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Lima Metro Line 1 Orders Alstom Metropolis
Alstom has won a contract worth approximately €200 million with Graña y Montero Ferrovias for 120 Metropolis cars to operate on Lima Metro L…
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Stadler KISS Double Decked Trains Presented in Georgia
Stadler Bussnang AG presented the latest Stadler Kiss double decked trains at a ceremony at Batumi Centrali on 22 July 2016.
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Trenitalia Maintenance Programme a Success
The Trenitalia maintenance programme uses a remote diagnostics system on Jazz regional trains has substantially improved the reliability of …
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Auckland City Rail Link Works Begin at Britomart
The Auckland City Rail Link works will begin at Britomart Station. The City Rail Link is an underground rail link between Britomart and the …
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Stadler Sign Arriva Maintenance Contract
Stadler signed the Arriva maintenance contract as the first FLIRT train arrived into the Stadler workshop in Blerick for the Limburg concess…
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Alstom win Qinghai-Tibet Signalling Contract
Alstom and its Chinese joint venture CASCO Signalling Co. Ltd. have won the Qinghai-Tibet signalling contract to deliver ITCS.
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VIA Rail Infrastructure Funding Announced
The Canadian Government has announced a VIA Rail infrastructure funding package to improve services in the Windsor-Quebec City rail corridor…
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Hector Rail Purchases Siemens Vectron Locomotives
Independent line haul provider for the European transport market, Hector Rail, has purchased five new Siemens Vectron locomotives.
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Union Pacific No. 844 Steam Locomotive on Tour
Union Pacific No. 844 steam locomotive will be touring in Colorado and Wyoming over the coming few days following an overhaul and restoratio…
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Russian Railways Invest €43m in Finland Railways
Russian Railways invest just under €43 million to reconstruct railway approaches to ports on the Gulf of Finland’s southern shore this year.
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KZ4AT Locomotive Sets Kazakhstan High Speed Record
The Alstom KZ4AT locomotive set the Kazakhstan high speed record – hitting 200 km/h on test runs on the Moiynty-Kiik line South East of Asta…
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79 Alstom Coradia Trains to Netherlands
Alstom has won a contract worth more than €800 million to deliver 79 Alstom Coradia range of modular trains to NS in the Netherlands.
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United Wagon Co Supply Grain Hoppers
Russia’s United Wagon Company have been commissioned by JSC United Grain Company to supply 1,500 grain hoppers with a load space of 120 m3.
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Great Western Railway Electric Train Tests
The first Great Western Railway Electric Train Tests have been a success this weekend, following trial runs between Reading and Didcot.
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DMRC Tunnelling Breakthrough in Delhi
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) celebrated a tunnelling breakthrough on Phase III of the Delhi Metro project in South West Delh…
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Preferred Investor Announced for Greek Railways Privatisation
FS Italiane has been declared the “preferred investor” by the Hellenic Republic Development Asset Fund (HRDAF) for the Greek Railways privat…
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Arup to Improve Union Station Chicago
Amtrak, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Metra, the RTA and the CDOT have announced that Arup will be taking on the restoration of Union Station Chicago.
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Pakistan Railways Orders Further Coal Hopper Wagons
Following the delivery of the first batch of coal hopper Wagons, the Pakistani Ministry of Railways has ordered a further 605 wagons from CR…
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Keolis Preferred Bidder for Rhine Ruhr Commuter Rail
VRR and NWL have named Keolis as preferred bidder to operate the Rhine Ruhr Commuter Rail services in the metropolitan region.
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Bombardier Ukrainian Railways MoU
Bombardier Transportation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ukrainian Railways to develop industrial activities in Ukrain…
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Fatalities in Puglia Train Crash
At least twelve people have been killed and dozens more injured in a head-on collision between two trains near Bari in Puglia, Southern Ital…
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FS Italiane Issue €350m Bond
FS Italiane issue €350m bond, for 6 years floating rate notes, under the EMTN Programme listed on the Irish Stock Exchange.
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Alstom Win Pendolino Fleet Repainting Contract
Alstom have won Pendolino fleet repainting contract for the West Coast Main Line. The fleet are owned by Angel Trains and operated by Virgin…
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Inauguration of Kamchiq Rail Tunnel
The Kamchiq Rail Tunnel, a key project of the Belt and Road Initiative, was inaugurated on 20 June 2016 by Premiers of both countries.