Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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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.
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Bombardier Ukrainian Railways MoU
Bombardier Transportation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ukrainian Railways to develop industrial activities in Ukrain…
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FS Italiane Issue €350m Bond
FS Italiane issue €350m bond, for 6 years floating rate notes, under the EMTN Programme listed on the Irish Stock Exchange.
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Abellio to Operate Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
Abellio North Rhine Westphalia have won a contract to operate Lot B of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, using 29 new Stadler FLIRT3 type EMUs.
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Russian Railways and Ferrovie Sign MoC
Russian Railways Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Spa have announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in Rome this week.
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PARC Condition Based Maintenance For East Japan
The East Japan Railway Company have awarded a contract to PARC to supply PARC Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) technology.
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VIA Rail Canada Announce Intermodal Ticket Sales
VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) and Maritime Bus have announced that their partnership will be enhanced to encompass an intermodal ticket sale ag…
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NTT Data win myki Contract in Victoria
IT innovation company NTT Data have won a contract to operate and manage the Victoria myki ticketing system from 1 January 2017.
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Disposal of Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners
Infrastructure construction specialists Balfour Beatty plc announced on 1 July 2016 that it has exited from Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Pa…
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Alstom to Supply Chengdu Metro
Alstom has won a contract from Chengdu Metro Corp Ltd for 288 metro cars for the new Chengdu Metro Line 3, which is 50km long with 37 statio…
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First Chinese Straddle Monorail Successful Test
CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co, Ltd celebrated the successful test of the first Chinese straddled monorail train in Qingdao, East China's Shandong p…