Latest Region News
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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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Trenitalia Maintenance Programme a Success
The Trenitalia maintenance programme uses a remote diagnostics system on Jazz regional trains has substantially improved the reliability of …
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Siemens Join 100 Resilient Cities
Siemens join 100 Resilient Cities to make cities more resilient against rapid urbanisation, globalisation and climate change.
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Chinese Rail Network Extension Planned
China’s Ministry of Planning has announced the Chinese rail network plans to extend the total track length of China’s railways to 150,000km.
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Modern Railways 2016 Comes to Singapore
Modern Railways 2016 will take place in Singapore from 3 – 5 August 2016. The event presents an opportunity for railway stakeholders to mee…
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Auckland City Rail Link Works Begin at Britomart
The Auckland City Rail Link works will begin at Britomart Station. The City Rail Link is an underground rail link between Britomart and the …
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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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Indian Railways Extend CCTV to Protect Women
Indian Railways extend CCTV cameras at a further 1000 stations as part of the Nirbhaya Fund from the Ministry of Women and Child Development…
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VIA Rail Infrastructure Funding Announced
The Canadian Government has announced a VIA Rail infrastructure funding package to improve services in the Windsor-Quebec City rail corridor…
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EC Refers Luxembourg Greece Romania to CoJ
The EC refers Luxembourg Greece Romania to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose Directive 2012/34/EU,
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FRA Approve New England Railroad
The US Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced a finding of No Significant Impact on a New England …
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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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Union Pacific No. 844 Steam Locomotive on Tour
Union Pacific No. 844 steam locomotive will be touring in Colorado and Wyoming over the coming few days following an overhaul and restoratio…
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EC Launch Gender Equality in Transport Consultation
The European Commission have launched a Consultation on gender equality in transport. The questionnaires will go out to EU Member States and…
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Russian Railways Invest €43m in Finland Railways
Russian Railways invest just under €43 million to reconstruct railway approaches to ports on the Gulf of Finland’s southern shore this year.
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KZ4AT Locomotive Sets Kazakhstan High Speed Record
The Alstom KZ4AT locomotive set the Kazakhstan high speed record – hitting 200 km/h on test runs on the Moiynty-Kiik line South East of Asta…
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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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Great Western Railway Electric Train Tests
The first Great Western Railway Electric Train Tests have been a success this weekend, following trial runs between Reading and Didcot.
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UK Rail Minister Claire Perry Resigns
UK Rail Minister Claire Perry has resigned her post amid “shame” regarding Southern Rail’s ongoing industrial action and poor service provis…
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DMRC Tunnelling Breakthrough in Delhi
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) celebrated a tunnelling breakthrough on Phase III of the Delhi Metro project in South West Delh…