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Alstom Joint Venture to Manufacture On-Board Transformers in Kazakhstan

Alstom Joint Venture to Manufacture On-Board Transformers in Kaza...

Alstom has said that it is launching manufacturing of on-board transformers at Electrovoz Kurastyru Zauyty (EKZ), a joint venture between Transmashholding and m...

Zonegreen Assures Worker Safety at Willesden Depot

Zonegreen Assures Worker Safety at Willesden Depot

The Sheffield-based engineers have installed an interlocking system that prevents personnel and equipment entering dangerous areas and coming into contact with ...

Transmashholding Acquires Rolling Stock Facility in South Africa

Transmashholding Acquires Rolling Stock Facility in South Africa

A subsidiary of Transmashholding, the largest manufacturer of locomotives in Russia, TMH Africa announced on Monday, 29 October that it has received full acquis...

Berlin Tram Company Receives Two Skoda Transtech Artic Pre-Series Vehicles

Berlin Tram Company Receives Two Skoda Transtech Artic Pre-Series...

Schöneicher-Rüdersdorfer Strassenbahn GmbH (SRS) has purchased two Artic tram vehicles from Skoda Transtech. On 24 October the first of these vehicles was offic...

European Coordinator Issues Statement on Rail Baltica Decision

European Coordinator Issues Statement on Rail Baltica Decision

Catherine Trautmann, the Co-ordinator for the North Sea-Baltic TEN-T Corridor, issued a statement following the the Rail Baltica decision reached by the Europea...

Tram Train Enters Service Between Sheffield and Rotherham in a UK First

Tram Train Enters Service Between Sheffield and Rotherham in a UK...

The first tram train entered service in England on 25 October 2018. It will operate between Sheffield and Rotherham. This project has come about thanks to the c...

ProRail to Play Key Role in Implementing ERTMS in the Netherlands

ProRail to Play Key Role in Implementing ERTMS in the Netherlands

ProRail, which is part of NS Railinfratrust (RIT), the Dutch rail infrastructure owner, will play a central role in implementing ERTMS in the country. This mean...

Railway-News Industry Insider: This Week’s 14 Must-Read Rail Stories

Railway-News Industry Insider: This Week’s 14 Must-Read Rai...

The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 22–26 October 2018: covering all the industry's news from around the world, from Europe to Asia and Africa.

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