Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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Amtrak Inspects BNSF Upgrade Progress
Amtrak President and CEO, travelled on the Southwest Chief through Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico to see the progress of ongoing BNSF upgra…
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United Wagon Co. to Mass Produce Ammonia Tank Cars
Russia’s United Wagon Company has announced the launch of mass production of ammonia tank cars with a projected annual production of up to 1…
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Trenitalia Order 150 Alstom Coradia Meridian Trains
Italian national operator, Trenitalia, have placed an order for 150 Alstom Coradia Meridian Trains in a frame contract worth approximately €…
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Diamond Drilling Specialists Shine in Glasgow Queen Street Upgrade Work
Essential infrastructural work on Glasgow's Queen Street Station tunnel upgrade has been achieved by Diamond Drilling specialists, Corecut. …
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Warsaw Metro Line 2 Contracts Awarded
Construction contracts for the Warsaw Metro Line 2 works have been awarded to the Polish subsidiary of Soletanche Bachy, Soletanche Polska.
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Early Handover of Some Niederrhein Network Lines
In advance of the beginning of the contract, Abellio North Rhine Westphalia began operating lines RB 33 and RB 35 of the Niederrhein Network…
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GWR Orders Seven Hitachi Intercity Express Trains
Great Western Railway has announced the order of an extra seven bi-mode Hitachi Intercity Express Trains from Hitachi Rail Europe and Eversh…
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Toronto Orders 125 Bombardier BiLevel Commuter Rail Cars
Bombardier Transportation have announced that Metrolinx will purchase an additional 125 Bombardier BiLevel Commuter Rail cars.
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Chinese High Speed Train CRH 0503 Hits 420 km/h in Tests
China’s standardised high speed train CRH 0503 reached record speeds of 420km/h on a test run on 15 July 2016 with the two trains safely pas…
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Chengdu Metro Line 3 Enters Service.
The first phase of Chengdu Metro Line 3 entered service on 31 July 2016, which is in excess of 20km long and features 17 stations.
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United Transport & Logistics Celebrates Milestone
United Transport & Logistics Company has celebrated a milestone with China this week by seeing the dispatch of its 500th container train of …
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Hyperloop Metalworks Facility Opens In Nevada
Hyperloop One Metalworks facility has opened in Nevada, dedicated to the in-house production of components of the Hyperloop One prototype.
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LORAM Acquires UK Rolling Stock Specialists RVEL
LORAM Maintenance of the Way Inc has completed the purchase of rolling stock engineering and operating experts RVEL; a major player in the U…
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Infotec Achieves Latest ISO Quality Assurance
Infotec ISO Quality Assurance: Passenger information systems supplier Infotec has achieved the latest ISO quality assurance certification to…
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Atkins Appointed to Review Thameslink Control System
Atkins will review the Tranista Thameslink control system to ensure it satisfies Network Rail’s functional and operational requirements.
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Hector Rail Stora Enso Cooperation Continues
The Hector Rail Stora Enso cooperation will continue, as both businesses have pledged to continue their cooperation up to 2022.
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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.