Latest Region News
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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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New Generation High-Speed Trains for China
...with China Railway Corp. (CRC) to supply 144 CRH1A-A new generation high-speed trains for China’s evolving high speed rail network.
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Rail Safety National Law Passed in Queensland
With the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Bill enacted on 28 February, ONRSR will officially take responsibility for rail safety regula…
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Three Companies Shortlisted for East Midlands Rail Franchise
...has announced that the following companies have successfully pre-qualified to bid in the competition for the East Midlands Rail franchise…
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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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Design Unveiled for Algerian Main Line Trains
Alstom and SNTF have unveiled the design of the new Coradia Polyvalent "main line" train destined to run in Algeria during the 4th edition o…
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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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NSA and CSX Join High-Level Speaker Line up at SafeRail
The SafeRail Congress returns again this year with cyber security being a main theme of the show and this is underlined with a couple of hig…
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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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Britain's Rail Passengers Safer Than Ever
Ten years have passed since the last train accident killed rail passengers or rail staff on Britain’s rail, which is unprecedented in their …
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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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HS2 Bill Gains Royal Assent
HS2 Bill gains Royal Assent paving way for new rail line that will increase capacity on our railways, connect the biggest cities, generating…
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Greenbrier Announces Production of 100,000th Intermodal Double Stack Unit
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. yesterday proudly announced the production of its 100,000th intermodal double stack unit in January. This mil…
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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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Changsha Welcomes Second Batch of Maglev Trains
Two new Maglev Trains are now in the final stages of debugging and are expected to arrive in central Changsha, China, as early as the end of…
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Canada: TSB Calls for Strategies to Reduce Severity of Dangerous Goods Derailments
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is issuing a recommendation to develop strategies to reduce the severity of derailments invo…
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Victoria Orders Additional X’Trapolis Trains for Melbourne
Alstom has signed a contract worth around €100 million with Public Transport Victoria (PTV), to supply nine additional X’Trapolis trains for…
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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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Siemens to Supply Signalling Systems for New Metro System in India
Siemens is to supply signalling technology for the first two metro lines of the Nagpur Metro Rail Project in India. The order, worth €40 mil…
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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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World’s First “Formation Flying” Engineering Trains Upgrade the Railway Faster and Cheaper
In a bid to increase efficiencies and reduce delays for passengers, Network Rail is trialling “formation flying” engineering trains to repai…