Latest Europe News
All the news on the European rail sector.
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HVLE Orders Electric-Diesel Locomotives from Stadler
Stadler and German rail freight operator Havellian Railway, have announced a purchase agreement for the supply of six-axle Electric-Diesel l…
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Successful First Run for Alstom’s Coradia iLint Hydrogen Train
Alstom successfully performed the first test run at 80 km/h of the world’s only fuel cell passenger train Coradia iLint hydrogen train on it…
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Lithuanian Railways and DB Cargo Rail Polska Sign Rail Freight Agreement
Lithuanian Railways and DB Cargo Rail Polska (DB Cargo company in Poland), have signed an international rail freight agreement through the..…
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Additional Euroduplex Océane Trains for Paris-Bordeaux Line
Alstom will supply 15 Euroduplex Océane trains to SNCF Mobilités, for a total of more than €400 million. This is in addition to the previous…
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New Generation Ammonia Tank Cars for Russia
...the Russian chemical industry, signed an agreement for the supply of 100 ammonia tank cars, set on bogie with increased axle load.
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Final Pendolino Train Handed Over to SBB
Alstom has just delivered the last Pendolino train to SBB, in accordance with the planned schedule defined within the contract signed in...
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Cornerstone Laid for the Rhine-Ruhr-Express Service Depot
Today the cornerstone was laid in Dortmund-Eving, Germany, for the service and maintenance depot being built for the Rhine-Ruhr-Express (RRX…
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Zurich Orders Bombardier FLEXITY Trams
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation and Zurich Public Transport signed a contract for the delivery of 70 seven-part BOMBARDIER …
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Mechan Acquired by Major French Rail Group
Rail depot equipment specialist, Mechan, is joining France’s CIM Group – one of the industry’s most ambitious international suppliers of int…
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Onboard Train Control Technology to Increase Safety in Poland
Bombardier Transportation has announced a five-year framework agreement with Polish rail vehicle supplier PESA regarding onboard train contr…
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Come for the Trains, Stay for the Rugby
With the Six Nations under way, watch David Flatman and Tom Shanklin talk rugby and trains and read our article Staying Cool on and off the …
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Berlin Expands Germany's Largest Tram Network with Additional FLEXITY Vehicles
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation announced today that it will provide an additional 21 BOMBARDIER FLEXITY trams to the Germa…
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Satellite Technology for Rail Traffic Management Completes Testing
The testing of the ERSAT EAV system, the satellite technology for monitoring and safely managing rail traffic on conventional secondary, loc…
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Five New Coradia Lint Regional Trains for Germany
Alstom has received an order worth over €20 million from the Bentheimer Eisenbahn AG for the supply of five Coradia Lint Regional Trains.
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Countdown to France’s Rail Technology Showcase
There are just a few weeks to go until France’s tenth SIFER exhibition of railway technology opens its doors in Lille from 21 to 23 March. T…
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RZD International Completes Railway Line Upgrades in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia - Russian railway engineering company RZD International said it has completed the reconstruction of the Belgrade-Pancevo ra…
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German Rail Freight Continues to Decline
In contrast, rail freight is declining, with transport volumes falling by 1.6% to around 361.3 million tonnes. Based on these figure, the Ge…
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Agreement Reached with SNCF Logistics on Shares in BLS Cargo
BLS has agreed to sell 45% of the shares in its freight transport subsidiary BLS Cargo to SNCF Logistics. The new partnership between the tw…
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DB Regio Order Multiple-Unit Regional Trains from Siemens
Beginning in 2020, DB Regio AG will operate its Rhine Valley rail network in southwest Germany exclusively with multiple-unit regional train…
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Trenitalia Completes the Acquisition of c2c
Trenitalia, the passenger rail transportation company part of FS Italiane Group, has completed the acquisition of Essex and London train ope…
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Milan Orders Additional Metro Trains from Hitachi Rail Italy
Hitachi Rail Italy has been awarded a contract worth €106 million from ATM to manufacture an additional 15 “Leonardo” metro trains for the c…
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SNCF's First Coradia Liner Enters Service
The first Coradia Liner V160 trains entered commercial service today, welcoming the first passengers on the Paris-Troyes-Belfort Intercity l…