Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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New Generation Freight Cars Can Work 1 Million km Without Repairs
The maximum distance travelled by the new cars of TVSZ without decoupling is 590,500 km, which is an absolute record for the Russian rail fr…
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Production Begins at India’s First Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Facility
Located at Madhepura, in the state of Bihar, it is Alstom’s first electric locomotive manufacturing facility in India, set to transform the …
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Siemens and Wi-Tronix Launch Predictive Maintenance Partnership
Siemens and Wi-Tronix, headquartered in Bolingbrook near Chicago U.S. are launching a partnership to expand digital predictive maintenance f…
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Stadler Unveils First FLIRT Train for the TEXRail Commuter Line
Stadler and the Texas-based Fort Worth Transportation Authority (FWTA) will introduce the first FLIRT Train for the TEXRail commuter line at…
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Alstom Unveils Passenger Locomotive for Azerbaijan Railways
Alstom presented its first Prima M4 passenger locomotive for Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) yesterday (09 October) in Belfort, France.
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Design Unveiled for Amtrak's Next-Generation High-Speed Trains
Building upon 16 years of high-speed rail service in the Northeast, Amtrak is working with Alstom to produce the next-generation of high-spe…
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Transport Secretary Opens Alstom’s New Academy for Rail
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling last week (October 4 2017) opened a new north-west rail academy which is due to train 500 apprentices ove…
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UK Government Plans £80m Smart Ticketing Rail Revolution
The government has this week set out details of its £80 million programme to introduce smart ticketing across England and Wales by the end o…
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Bombardier Transportation Opens New Rail Maintenance Depot in Italy
Bombardier Transportation is celebrating the official opening of its new 300,000 square meter rail maintenance depot in Melzo, Italy in the …
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Siemens Multisystem Vectron Locomotive Certified for the Netherlands
The multisystem variant of the Siemens Vectron locomotive received certification by the dutch safety authority ILT (Inspectie Leefomgeving …
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Alstom Unveils Latest Generation of Coradia Regional Trains
Coradia Stream is a high-performance low-floor electric multiple unit for regional and intercity transport, developed for the European marke…
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Lithuanian Railways Fined €28m for Hindering Competition
The European Commission has fined Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos geležinkeliai) an amount of €27 873 000 for hindering competition on the rai…
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DB Cargo UK Runs Trial Train as Part of Big Development Plans
The UK's leading rail freight operator DB Cargo UK and steel and mining company, ArcelorMittal, launched a trial freight service on Friday 2…
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Sound Transit Moves Forward With Light Rail Extensions
The Sound Transit Board has approved the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions, establishing a $285.9 million budget for preliminary engi…
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Ground Work Commences on Depot for New Merseyrail Trains
Ground work has started on the new state-of-the-art depot at Kirkdale where all maintenance work for the new Merseyrail trains, due to be in…
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Siemens Delivers Fifth and Final Brightline Trainset
Brightline, the new privately funded express inter-city passenger rail service in Florida, will soon take delivery of its fifth trainset, Br…
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Siemens and Alstom Join Forces to Create New 'European Rail Champion'
Siemens and Alstom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to combine Siemens’ mobility business including its rail traction drives busine…
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First Driverless Train Delivered to Sydney Metro
Sydney’s first metro train has arrived and is getting ready to hit the tracks and revolutionise public transport in Australia. Premier Glady…
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Bombardier Transportation Confirms German Restructuring
The Management and the General Works Council of Bombardier Transportation GmbH have signed a general company agreement regarding the transfo…
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Tender Process Launched for Edinburgh Tram Extension
Edinburgh City Council is to start the tender process for its £165m tram extension project after approving the outline business case (OBC) l…
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Singapore Forms New High-Speed Rail Infrastructure Company
The LTA has announced that it has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary – SG HSR – to implement the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) …
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NJ Transit Highlights Recent Rail Safety Upgrades
New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) has implemented a variety of rail safety upgrades over the past year and is looking at additional enhancemen…