Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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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.
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Qatar Rail Terminates Contract
Qatar Rail terminates contract with SOQ JV relating to the design and construction of the Mushaireb Station/ Education City Stations.
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Hitachi Unveil Honolulu Metro Cars
Hitachi rail unveil the new metro of Honolulu Metro Cars which will operate on the island's new metro system. They were designed by Hitachi …
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Japanese PM and Cameron Visit Hitachi Rail Site
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and UK Prime Minister David Cameron visit Hitachi Rail Europe's North Pole train maintenance centre as part of UK tou…
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Keolis to Operate Gold Coast Light Rail Extension
Keolis has been selected to operate and maintain Stage 2 of the Gold Coast light rail extension, extending the network north towards Brisban…
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Bombardier Complete MOVIA Production for Singapore
Bombardier complete the production of its MOVIA metro cars for operation on Singapore's downtown line, marking the end of a seven year proje…
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Melbourne Order Alstom X'Trapolis Trainsets
Alstom will supply a further five Alstom X'Trapolis trainsets to Public Transport Victoria to operate on Melbourne's suburban network.
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Crossrail 2 Project – London’s Next Infrastructure Development
A look into Crossrail 2 Project - the next big infrastructure project linking Hertfordshire and Surrey through London, catering to the city'…
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UK: Alstom Completes Pendolino Train Refurbishment
Alstom complete train refurbishment of Virgin's Pendolino Class 390 running on the West Coast Main Line at their purpose-built facility in M…
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Icomera Win DB Connectivity Contract
DB choose Icomera wifi for their fleet of high-speed ICE fleet of trains. Icomera will provide the connectivity solution to 260 existing tra…