Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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Abellio Order Bombardier TALENT 2 Trains
Abellio Rail Südwest GmbH has ordered 43 Bombardier TALENT 2 Trains from Bombardier Transportation in a €215 million contract for Baden-Würt…
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Alstom Win TransPennine Maintenance Contract
Alstom have won a TransPennine maintenance contract for works on the new fleet of TransPennine intercity trains. Alstom maintenance contract…
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ELL Orders 50 Siemens Vectron Locomotives
ELL have signed a framework agreement with Siemens for 50 Siemens Vectron locomotives, following on from a previous agreement in 2014.
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Bombardier to Supply CITYFLO 650 CBTC on KVMRT
Bombardier and Global Rail consortium to supply CITYFLO 650 CBTC systems on line 2 of the Klang Valley MRT in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Three Killed in Hermalle-Sous-Huy Train Crash
Three killed and nine seriously injured in Hermalle-Sous-Huy Train Crash when a passenger train crashed into the rear of a freight train.
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Railway-News Speaks to TfL’s Osvaldo da Silva
Railway-News speaks to Osvaldo da Silva from Transport for London about mobile payments on TfL's network and his speech at PayExpo.
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Gotthard Base Tunnel Opening Ceremony
The Gotthard Base Tunnel opened with a spectacular ceremony, attended by Chancellor Merkel and President Francois Hollande.
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Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Contractors Appointed
Fehmarnbelt Tunnel contractors have been announced by Femern A/S. The contractors will undertake works on 4 major construction contracts.
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Alstom Unveil Ile-de-France MP14 Trainset Design
Alstom have unveiled the new design for the MP14 trainset which will begin operating passenger services in in Ile-de-France from 2019.
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Transmashholding Unveil St. Petersburg Metro Train Design
Transmashholding have unveiled their new cutting-edge Class 81-722.1/723.1/724.1 metro train for the St. Petersburg Metro.
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SYSTRA Design Kuala Lumpur Viaduct
SYSTRA have been commissioned to provide the preliminary design for Kuala Lumpur’s Light Rail Transit Line 3(LRT3) including a new Kuala Lum…
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Qatar Rail Marks 100km of Tunnelling on Doha Metro
Qatar Rail Marks 100km of Tunnelling on Doha Metro, marking 90% of tunnelling complete, and 41% of overall progress on the ambitious project…
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Stadler Adjusts Aeroexpress Contracts
Stadler Rail has adjusted the terms of a 2013 contract to supply 24 double-decker multiple unit trains to Russian rail company Aeroexpress.
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Go-Ahead Deutschland orders Stadler FLIRT3 EMU
Go-Ahead Deutschland have placed an order for 45 Stadler FLIRT3 EMU trains to operate on the Stuttgart 21 network when it opens in 2019.
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Bangkok Metro Order Siemens and Bozankaya Trains
Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company (BTSC) has ordered 22 four-unit metro trains from a Siemens and Bozankaya consortium to operate o…
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Kühne Holding AG Purchase 20% Share of VTG Aktiengesellschaft
Kühne Holding AG purchase more than 20% shareholding of VTG Aktiengesellschaft, making it the second largest shareholder of the rail logisti…
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AVG Orders 12 Bombardier Flexity Trams
AVG places order for 12 Bombardier Flexity trams to operate in Karlsruhe, Germany. The order is an extension for 30 Flexity vehicles placed …
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Heart of Texas Acquisition by OmniTRAX
Heart of Texas acquisition by OmniTrax (an affliate of the Broe Group) completed subject to Surface Transportation Board Approval.
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Rocky Mountaineer - Stadler Partnership
Rocky Mountaineer Stadler Rail announce partnership to design and manufacture ten new bi-level dome topped rail cars for tourist routes.
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Alstom Win Shanghai Metro Car Modernisation Contract
Alstom win metro car modernisation for Shanghai Metro Line 5, to overhaul 28 metro cars and fit traction control systems to 198 new cars.
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MTA Commission Track Geometry Vehicle
New York's MTA Metro-North has commissioned Ensco. Inc. to design and build a track geometry vehicle to inspect and analyse rails and tracks…
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Metrowagonmash Modernise Budapest Metro Trains
Metrowagonmash, a subsidiary of Transmashholding, deliver the first of 222 overhauled and modernised metro trainsets to Budapest Metro.
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Opening of Bombardier Train Testing Facility in UK
Patrick McLoughlin opens new UK Bombardier Train Testing Facility in Derby. The facility was designed to cater to the new Crossrail fleet.
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Flying Scotsman Cleared to Continue UK Tour
Flying Scotsman cleared to continue tour of Fife and Borders railway in Scotland following a delay which was put down to an administrative e…