Latest Region News
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Helsinki City Transport Orders 10 ForCity Smart Artic Trams from Transtech Oy
Transtech Oy will supply ten of its ForCity Smart Artic trams to Helsinki City Transport (HKL). The tram is a one-directional three-part mod…
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Germany: DB Schenker Starts Using Intelligent Scanning Glove in Eching Warehouse
DB Schenker Logistics, a subsidiary of Deutsch Bahn AG, has announced the adoption of a new innovation at its warehouse in Eching, Germany: …
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CSX Solicits Bids for 6 Segments of its Lines in the United States and Canada
CSX Corporation Ltd is soliciting bids from contractors for the operation of six new rail segments in New York, Kentucky, North Carolina, We…
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Open Competition to Develop Design Guidelines for Rail Baltica Announced
RB RAIL AS has announced an open competition to develop the design guidelines for the Rail Baltica Global Project.The competition is co-fina…
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France: VFLI and Alpha Trains Order 13 New Locomotives from Stadler
The French rail freight operator VFLI and the leasing company Alpha Trains have ordered 12 EURO4001 diesel-electric locomotives and the prot…
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UK: MBE for Lucy Prior, International Trade Director at the Rail Alliance
Lucy Prior, the International Trade Director at the Rail Alliance has received an MBE for services to rail exports in the Queen’s 2018 Birth…
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The Proposed Alstom-Siemens Merger Presses Ahead
The Alstom-Siemens merger awaits approval by the competition authorities and by Alstom's shareholders next month following the two companies…
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Canadian Pacific Invests in New High-Capacity Hopper Cars for its Grain Trains
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP) has 1000 announced high-capacity grain hopper cars from National Steel Car. The total capacity for grain i…
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Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railway Sign Agreement Strengthening European-Asian Rail Freight
Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railway signed an agreement on 12 June 2018 that lays the foundation for future co-operation in European-Asian ra…
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A Step Forward for Amtrak and Positive Train Control
Amtrak has been working with BNSF Railway to get Positive Train Control (PTC) in place on a number of track sections (subdivisions) owned by…
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Bombardier Win Contract for Automated People Mover System at L.A.X.
Bombardier has won two contracts from LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) for the design, build and maintenance of an automated people …
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Association of American Railroads: U.S. Freight Operators Jet Forward on Technology
The improvements to rail services provided by new technology are a recurring theme in the industry, but innovations can be difficult to impl…
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First Class 802 Hitachi Bi-Mode Train for TransPennine Express Arrives in UK
The first Class 802 Hitachi test train for TransPennine Express’s Nova 1 fleet has arrived in the UK. The new fleet will provide 161 additio…
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INTERVIEW: Iain Peacock on TransPennine Express’s Sustainable Development Plan
Sustainability is one of the main focus points of news stories in the rail industry around the world. Railway-News speaks to Iain Peacock, t…
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Saudi Arabia: Alstom Testing Performance for Riyadh Metro Project
Alstom is currently completing initial dynamic tests on its contribution to the Riyadh Metro Project in Saudi Arabia. The company is providi…
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Eurotunnel and EY Present Report on UK–EU Channel Tunnel Trade Flows
Eurotunnel and EY have released a report on Channel Tunnel trade between the UK and the EU. The report describes the traffic flow between th…
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Switzerland: Stadler and Südostbahn AG (SOB) Introduce New 'FLIRT' For Voralpen-Express
Stadler and Südostbahn AG (SOB) have launched the companies’ new multiple-unit train; ‘Traverso," for the Voralpen-Express, Switzerland. The…
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Texas: GE Reveals First Evolution Series Locomotive for Canadian National
The first of the 200 new Evolution Series locomotives for Canadian National (CN) by GE Transportation was completed at the manufacturer’s pl…
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Canadian National to Invest $340 Million in its Operations Across British Columbia in 2018
Canadian National (CN) has announced plans to invest approximately $340 million in its infrastructure across British Columbia. The plans are…
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UK: Transport for the North Calls for Urgent Resolution to Rail Disruption
Transport for the North has released a statement in response to the continuing disruption in services on Northern Rail after the introductio…
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CEO of DB Cargo UK Appointed Chairman of Rail Freight Group
The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has appointed Hans-Georg Werner, CEO of DB Cargo UK, as its new chairman. The RFG's priorities for 2018 include…
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Mechan Makes Grade at National College for High Speed Rail
The depot maintenance specialist has supplied a bogie press and a set of lifting jacks to the National College for High Speed Rail in Doncas…