Latest Rolling Stock News
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Stadler Enters Guinness Book of Records with Its FLIRT Akku
Stadler enters the Guinness Book of Records for the longest range travelled by a train in battery-only mode.
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Driverless APM System Enters Service at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport
Alstom's driverless automatic people mover has entered passenger service at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.
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Siemens Mobility to Supply 20 Vectron Locomotives to Akiem
Siemens Mobility will supply Akiem with 20 Vectron locomotives. This is the first order under a framework agreement signed in August 2021.
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Belgium: Alstom to Supply SNCB with 98 Additional M7 Train Cars
Belgian operator SNCB is exercising a contract option under a framework agreement signed in 2015 for 98 M7 train cars.
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Alstom to Provide Trains and Maintenance Support for Marseille-Nice Line
Alstom is to provide 16 eight-car Omneo Premium trains for the Marseille-Nice line that Transdev will operate from 2025.
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Greece: Attiko Metro Adds Citadis X05 Trams to its LRV Fleet
25 Alstom Citadis X05 trams have entered passenger service on Attiko Metro’s Athens and Piraeus network, having completed successful testing…
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Progress Rail, BNSF and Chevron Collaborate on Hydrogen Locomotive Project
Progress Rail, BNSF Railway and Chevron have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to demonstrate a hydrogen-powered locomotive.
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Two New International Night Train Lines Launched in Europe
Two new Nightjet lines are launching, providing night-time rail travel between Vienna – Munich – Paris and Zurich – Cologne – Amsterdam.
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Alstom Signs Ten Year Agreement with Irish Rail to Replace and Expand DART Fleet
Alstom has signed a ten-year framework agreement with Irish Rail (IE) for up to 750 new X’trapolis commuter rail cars.
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BREAKING: Alstom and Hitachi Win HS2 Rolling Stock Contract
The contract to design, build and maintain the HS2 rolling stock fleet for Phase 1 London-Birmingham has gone to the Hitachi Rail-Alstom JV.
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E-Class Trams Begin Operation on Melbourne’s Route 58 this Month
Melbourne’s tram network is receiving a boost to its capacity as new E-class trams enter passenger service on Route 58 this month.
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Transport for Wales Take Delivery of First Class 231 FLIRT Trains
Transport for Wales (TfW) has taken delivery of the first of 35 Stadler Class 231 FLIRT trains ahead of testing.
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Canada: Alstom to Overhaul GO Transit’s BiLevel Commuter Rail Cars
Alstom has signed a contract with Metrolinx to refurbish 94 BiLevel series VII commuter rail cars for GO Transit.
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Japan: Hitachi to Produce Express Trains for Tobu Railway
Hitachi has been chosen to design and build a fleet of N100 express trains for Tobu Railway Company's Tokyo and Nikko and Kinugawa service.
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CZ Loco Researches Hydrogen-Powered Locomotive
CZ LOKO is looking into the feasibility of building a hydrogen-powered locomotive. This has tentatively been named the HydrogenShunter 1000.
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Kazakhstan: Silkway Transit Celebrates Arrival of First Black Granite Electric Locomotives
Silkway Transit has celebrated the arrival of its first ‘Black Granite’ electric locomotives at Nurly-Zhol railway station.
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Canada: Finch West Facility Takes Delivery of Second Alstom LRV
The second of two Alstom light rail vehicles (LRV) has now arrived at the Finch West Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF) in Toronto.
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First Stadler FLIRT DMU Destined for San Bernardino Leaves Factory
The first of three DMUs ordered from Stadler by the SBCTA has now left the manufacturer’s factory in Salt Lake City.
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BLT Signs Contract for 25 Stadler TINA Trams
Baselland Transport and Stadler have signed a contract for the manufacture and delivery of 25 TINA (total integrated low-floor drive) trams.
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Germany: First Battery Trains Ordered for VBB Network
NEB has ordered 31 two-car, battery-operated Mireo Plus B trains from Siemens Mobility for the new East Brandenburg rail network.
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Israel Railways Issues Notice to Proceed for Supply of 36 TRAXX Locomotives
Israel Railways has issued a notice to proceed for the supply of 36 TRAXX P160 AC3 electric locomotives manufactured by Alstom.
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Alstom and Eversholt Rail Sign Hydrogen Train Fleet Agreement
Alstom and Eversholt Rail have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at the development of 10 three-car hydrogen trains for the UK.
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Hitachi Rail and Angel Trains to Retrofit Batteries on TPE Trains
Hitachi Rail and Angel Trains have agreed to retrofit batteries on to TransPennine Express Nova 1 intercity trains.