Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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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…
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Alstom Receive Coradia Lint Homologation
Alstom have received coradia lint homologation for their best selling regional train to operate cross-border services in Poland.
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ORR Approve New East Coast Mainline Services
The Office of Rail and Road have approved two applications to run new East Coast Mainline Services between London and Edinburgh.
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Strukton Win Trafikverket Contract
Strukton Rail have won a Trafikverket contract to maintain the Citybanan and railway through central Stockholm. Both contracts are for a per…
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Crossrail Unveil Elizabeth Line Stations Design
Crossrail Limited have unveiled the new Elizabeth Line Stations design which will open in 2018, each with unique character and cultural refe…
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Intercity West Coast Franchise Consultation Launched
A consultation has ben launched for the Intercity West Coast Franchise to garner views from the public on how to improve services.
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Alstom and Lucknow Metropolis Metro Car Revealed
Alstom and Lucknow reveal the new Lucknow Metropolis trainset, designed to reference the rick cultural heritage of the city.
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Buenos Aires Metro order Alstom Metropolis Cars
Buenos Aires have ordered 60 Alstom Metropolis cars for use on Line D on the city's metro network. The contract is worth €60m.
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$121.6m Union Pacific Investment into California Network
Union Pacific Investment into California's rail infrastructure, spending $121.6 million on replacing and maintaining track.