Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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Abellio Named Preferred Bidder for East Anglia Franchise
Abellio East Anglia Franchise decision announced by the UK’s Department for Transport, who have named Abellio to operate the East Anglia fra…
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Eurotunnel Freight Transport Millionth Truck of 2016
Eurotunnel has announced that its Eurotunnel freight transport ed its millionth truck of 2016 setting a new record on previous years.
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RENFE High Speed Train Bidders Announced
Spanish rail operator RENFE have announced the shortlist for the provision of a nw RENFE high-speed train and maintenance for a period of 30…
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Long-Distance Rail Journeys up by 8% in Russia
Latest data indicates that long-distance rail journeys and passenger numbers increased by 8% in July 2016 on the Russian Railways network.
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United Wagon Co. to Mass Produce Ammonia Tank Cars
Russia’s United Wagon Company has announced the launch of mass production of ammonia tank cars with a projected annual production of up to 1…
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Trenitalia Order 150 Alstom Coradia Meridian Trains
Italian national operator, Trenitalia, have placed an order for 150 Alstom Coradia Meridian Trains in a frame contract worth approximately €…
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Warsaw Metro Line 2 Contracts Awarded
Construction contracts for the Warsaw Metro Line 2 works have been awarded to the Polish subsidiary of Soletanche Bachy, Soletanche Polska.
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Early Handover of Some Niederrhein Network Lines
In advance of the beginning of the contract, Abellio North Rhine Westphalia began operating lines RB 33 and RB 35 of the Niederrhein Network…
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GWR Orders Seven Hitachi Intercity Express Trains
Great Western Railway has announced the order of an extra seven bi-mode Hitachi Intercity Express Trains from Hitachi Rail Europe and Eversh…
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Toronto Orders 125 Bombardier BiLevel Commuter Rail Cars
Bombardier Transportation have announced that Metrolinx will purchase an additional 125 Bombardier BiLevel Commuter Rail cars.
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Chengdu Metro Line 3 Enters Service.
The first phase of Chengdu Metro Line 3 entered service on 31 July 2016, which is in excess of 20km long and features 17 stations.
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United Transport & Logistics Celebrates Milestone
United Transport & Logistics Company has celebrated a milestone with China this week by seeing the dispatch of its 500th container train of …
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Infotec Achieves Latest ISO Quality Assurance
Infotec ISO Quality Assurance: Passenger information systems supplier Infotec has achieved the latest ISO quality assurance certification to…
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Hector Rail Stora Enso Cooperation Continues
The Hector Rail Stora Enso cooperation will continue, as both businesses have pledged to continue their cooperation up to 2022.
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Lima Metro Line 1 Orders Alstom Metropolis
Alstom has won a contract worth approximately €200 million with Graña y Montero Ferrovias for 120 Metropolis cars to operate on Lima Metro L…
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Stadler KISS Double Decked Trains Presented in Georgia
Stadler Bussnang AG presented the latest Stadler Kiss double decked trains at a ceremony at Batumi Centrali on 22 July 2016.
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Stadler Sign Arriva Maintenance Contract
Stadler signed the Arriva maintenance contract as the first FLIRT train arrived into the Stadler workshop in Blerick for the Limburg concess…
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Alstom win Qinghai-Tibet Signalling Contract
Alstom and its Chinese joint venture CASCO Signalling Co. Ltd. have won the Qinghai-Tibet signalling contract to deliver ITCS.
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Hector Rail Purchases Siemens Vectron Locomotives
Independent line haul provider for the European transport market, Hector Rail, has purchased five new Siemens Vectron locomotives.
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79 Alstom Coradia Trains to Netherlands
Alstom has won a contract worth more than €800 million to deliver 79 Alstom Coradia range of modular trains to NS in the Netherlands.
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United Wagon Co Supply Grain Hoppers
Russia’s United Wagon Company have been commissioned by JSC United Grain Company to supply 1,500 grain hoppers with a load space of 120 m3.
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Preferred Investor Announced for Greek Railways Privatisation
FS Italiane has been declared the “preferred investor” by the Hellenic Republic Development Asset Fund (HRDAF) for the Greek Railways privat…
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Keolis Preferred Bidder for Rhine Ruhr Commuter Rail
VRR and NWL have named Keolis as preferred bidder to operate the Rhine Ruhr Commuter Rail services in the metropolitan region.