Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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Stadler’s First High-Speed Train Branded “SMILE”
A competition held during Stadler’s open day enabled the company to find a name for its new line of high-speed trains: SMILE.
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Crossrail: New Timelapse Footage Highlights Current Progress
With over half the escalators now installed in the new Elizabeth line stations, new timelapse footage and photos released by Crossrail highl…
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Bombardier Delivers 200th VLocity DMU to Public Transport Victoria
Bombardier Transportation in Australia has successfully delivered the 200th VLocity DMU to Public Transport Victoria (PTV) and Victoria's Re…
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New South Wales to Replace Entire Regional Train Fleet
Deputy Premier John Barilaro has announced the replacement of the entire regional train fleet and the construction of a brand new rail maint…
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Bombardier Secures Monorail Contracts in Thailand
Bombardier Transportation has secured contracts for its BOMBARDIER INNOVIA Monorail 300 system for two new monorail lines in Bangkok.
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AECOM-Network Rail Partnership to review New York’s Penn station
The AECOM-Network Rail team will review management of daily operations within the three station concourses, including during service disrupt…
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MTR Announces Steady Growth as it Continues to Expand its UK Operations
MTR Corporation, which holds the Crossrail concession and will soon take over the South Western franchise as part of a joint venture, has an…
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UK: Greater Anglia Unveils More Images of New Stadler Trains
Greater Anglia is replacing every single train running on its network today with brand new trains, some of which have just gone into product…
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DfT Announces the Winner of the West Midlands Franchise
The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded the West Midlands franchise to West Midlands Trains Ltd, a joint venture between Abellio...
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Stadler Delivers First Batch of Metelitsa Trams for St. Petersburg
On 01 August 2017, Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler delivered the first batch of Metelitsa trams to the LCC Transport Concession Com…
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UK’s First Tram Train Pilot Progresses
Network Rail engineers will complete vital milestones for the pioneering Tram Train pilot this summer, as work progresses to put the South Y…
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UK: New Hitachi Trains for Devon and Cornwall Begin Testing
On Tuesday 8th August, the first of Great Western Railway’s Intercity Express Trains for Devon and Cornwall carried out test runs in Somerse…
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Siemens to Deliver 57 Mireo Trainsets for Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn Network
The Mireo trainsets will serve the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn (regional suburban rail network). The trains will be built at the company's factory i…
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Amtrak to Continue Providing Services to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Amtrak and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) have reached a new agreement governing the operation, maintenance and...
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Bombardier China to Provide Propulsion Technology for Nanchang Metro
Nanchang Metro aims to accommodate a passenger increase by extending lines and adding additional vehicles. In support of this project, Bomba…
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Deutsche Bahn Orders 100 Vectron Locomotives from Siemens
The Vectron locomotives will serve on the Rhine-Alpine-Corridor (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands). Delivery of the …
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Major Improvement Works Get Under Way at London Waterloo
One of the most significant and complex engineering projects at London Waterloo Station in the last century is under way, as 10 of the stati…
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Locomore Discontinues Train Services Until Further Notice
On August 01 2017, German crowdfunded open access operator Locomore opened insolvency proceedings and cancelled all of its services between.…
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China to Raise Maximum Speed for High-Speed Bullet Trains
China Railway (CR) started tests to restore the maximum speed of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed bullet trains to 350 km/h, six years after …
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Switzerland: Tracklaying Under Way in Ceneri Base Tunnel
At Vigana, by the north portal of the Ceneri Base Tunnel in the east tube, installation of the railway infrastructure systems has begun with…
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World’s First Citadis X05 Light Rail Vehicle Delivered to Sydney
Alstom has delivered the first of 60 Citadis X05 light rail vehicles (LRVs) to Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) in Sydney, Australia, a…
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UK: Train Passenger Satisfaction Highest in Over Four Years
Overall train passenger satisfaction has risen to the highest level in over four years, increasing by three percentage points to 83% in the.…
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Lower Saxony Receives First Modernised Coradia Lint Train
Alstom has handed over the first of 26 modernised Coradia Lint 41 regional trains, on schedule, to the Lower Saxony Transport Authority, LNV…