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Industry Insider Week 4 2020 · 7 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 4 2020: all the big rail news for 20–24 January. DB buys hybrid locomotives from Toshiba and more.
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Capacity Doubles on Toulouse Metro Line A
Siemens Mobility and Tisséo have doubled capacity on Line A of Toulouse metro by lengthening the rolling stock from 2 to 4 cars per train.
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DB Cargo Purchases 50 Toshiba Hybrid Locomotives
DB Cargo is purchasing 50 Toshiba hybrid locomotives to reduce its carbon footprint. They will save 1 million litres of diesel per year.
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New Australind Railcar Design Unveiled
Premier Mark McGowan and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti unveiled the design of the new Australind railcar at Bunbury station.
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CZ Loko Continues Locomotive Upgrades for Estonian Operail
CZ Loko is continuing is modernisation works to upgrade the old GE Transportation C30 locomotives into C30-M units for Estonia.
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Industry Insider Week 3 2020 · 7 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider for week 3 of 2020: all the important news in brief from electrification to HS2 and Vivarail battery tests…
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Vivarail Class 230 Successfully Completes 40-Mile Battery Tests
Vivarail has put its Class 230 through battery tests during which the train reliably and successfully travelled 40 miles many times.
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First Fully Modernised OEBB Double-Decker in Cityjet Design
The first fully modernised OEBB double-decker is now running on the Franz-Josefs-Bahn in Austria in its new Cityjet look.
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Industry Insider Week 2 2020 · 8 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 2 2020: Alstom-Avanti West Coast Pendolino contract & Stadler's first maintenance contract in US.
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Avanti West Coast Pendolinos to Undergo 642m GBP Refurbishment
The 56 Alstom Pendolino trains operating on the West Coast Mainline are to be fully refurbished. Alstom will also maintain them until 2026.
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OEBB Cityjet Eco to Be Deployed in Greater Vienna
From Monday, OEBB will run its Cityjet Eco battery-electric prototype train in the Greater Vienna area for 2 months to gain further insights…
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Stadler to Deliver Further 21 KISS Trains to Hungary
Hungary: MAV-START has placed an order for 21 KISS double-decker EMUs to be delivered by 2022. This completes a framework agreement from 201…
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Alstom Wins Components Contracts in China
Alstom has won two components contracts in China, supply traction systems to Xian and traction systems and bogies to Dujiangyan.
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Stadler to Deliver 14 Trams to Darmstadt
Stadler has won a contract with HEAG mobilo GmbH for the supply of 14 ST15 trams. The contract, also inclues an option for up to 30 more.
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Industry Insider Week 1 2020 · 4 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider Week 1 2020: getting back into the new year and new decade with 4 rail news stories from the past week.
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Alstom Delivers First Prima M4 Locomotive to Morocco
Alstom has delivered the first of 30 Prima M4 locomotives to Morocco's national rail operator ONCF. ONCF placed the order in 2018.
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Alstom Wins Maintenance Contract in Bulgaria
Alstom has won its first contract in Bulgaria. Bulgarian state railways BDZ has awarded Alstom a maintenance contract for 46 multiple units.
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Skoda to Deliver Trams to Bonn, Germany
Skoda has won a contract with Stadtwerke Bonn for the supply of trams. Each tram measures 30m in length and can accmmodate 180 passengers.
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Deutsche Bahn to Invest 12 Billion in New Trains by 2026
Deutsche Bahn says it will invest €12 billion into new trains over the next six years. This includes regional and long-distance rail.
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Industry Insider Week 50 · 11 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 50 – featuring all the rail news from 9–13 December. Alstom wins C-Series METROLINK contract in WA.