Latest Rolling Stock News
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East Midlands Railway Celebrates Iconic HST with Farewell Documentary
East Midlands Railway EMR and AV IT Media have produced a commemorative documentary on the High Speed Train (HST).
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Transport for Wales' New Class 197 Trains Come Off the Production Line
Transformation of the Wales and Borders network has moved another step closer with the first Class 197 trains coming off the production line…
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Deutsche Bahn and Stadler Sign Agreement to Develop Digital Twin
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Stadler have signed an agreement to develop the first virtual image, or digital twin, of a complete train.
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France Takes Step Closer to Fully Autonomous Train Travel
SNCF and partners have begun to test their prototype autonomous regional train on commercial tracks in northern France.
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Alstom's First Cross-Border Coradia Polyvalent Train Starts Approval and Certification Tests
Alstom’s first pre-production Coradia Polyvalent France-Germany cross-border train starts certification and approval tests.
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Captrain Subsidiary Orders New Siemens Vectron Dual Mode Locomotives
Captrain subsidiary ITL Eisenbahngesellschaft has ordered two Siemens Mobility Vectron dual mode locomotives to be delivered in 2021.
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Hitachi Rail Issues Class 800 Recovery Plan
Hitachi Rail has issued a service recovery plan for reintroducing the Class 800 trains back into service, following the detection of cracks.
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Manchester’s Metrolink Tops One Hundred Million Kilometres
Greater Manchester’s fleet of 123 Metrolink trams has clocked up over one hundred million kilometres of service since its 2009 introduction.
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Alstom Adapts Euroduplex Trains for Spanish Network
Four Avelia Euroduplex trains have come into service on Spain’s high-speed rail network after conversion by Alstom and SNCF.
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Cracks in Bogies of Hitachi-Built Class 800 Trains Sees Them Withdrawn from Service
The UK's Class 800 high-speed trains have been withdrawn from service after cracks were found in their lifting blocks on the bogies.
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Stadler and Siemens Mobility Consortium Wins Contract to Upgrade Lisbon Metro
A Stadler and Siemens Mobility consortium has won a contract to provide the Lisbon Metro with a signalling system and fleet of new trains.
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Alstom to Supply On-Board Automatic Train Operation System to Paris Metro
Alstom has been selected to provide its interchangeable communications-based train control system (I-CBTC) for the Paris Metro.
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BLS Puts First MIKA Trains into Passenger Service
BLS will put its first MIKA - a Stadler FLIRT - into service with all 58 trains ordered entering into passenger service by the end of 2024.
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Alstom Delivers 100th Electric Locomotive to Indian Railways
Alstom has delivered its 100th electric locomotive to Indian Railways under a 2015 contract for a total of 800 12,000 HP units.
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The Rhaetian Railway's New Capricorn Train Wins Design Award
The Stadler-manufactured Capricorn trains for Rhaetian Railway (Switzerland) have won the Red Dot Award 2021 in two categories.
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Alstom Wins APM Operations and Maintenance Contract in Houston
Alstom has won a contract to operate and maintain the Skyway automated people mover system at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston.
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Danish State Railways Increases Capacity of New Intercity Trains by 10%
Danish State Railways has chosen to exercise an option from its contract with Talgo to add additional carriages to its train order.
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Swiss Federal Railways Orders 60 Double-Decker Trains from Stadler
Swiss Federal Railways has ordered 60 IR Dosto (Stadler KISS) double decker electric multiple units from Stadler as a contract option.
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RB Group Orders 3,600 Container Flat Cars from UWC
Rolling stock owner and operator RB Group has ordered 3,600 flat cars from Russian freight car manufacturer United Wagon Company (UWC).
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Finland Introduces 7,000 Ton Freight Train
Finland has introduced a new 7,000 ton freight train hauled by two Siemens Vectron locomotives, topping its previous 6,000 ton record.
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Alstom to Supply 20 Regional Trains to Italy
Ferrovienord (Italy) has ordered 20 Alstom Coradia Stream regional electric trains under a framework agreement signed in 2019.
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Czech Railways Signs Framework Agreement for 180 Rail Cars
Czech Railways has signed a framework agreement with a consortium comprising Siemens Mobility and Skoda for 180 Viaggio passenger rail cars.
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First Hydrogen Trains Ordered in France
Four French regions have placed their first order for dual mode electric-hydrogen trains from Alstom, via co-ordinating party SNCF Voyageurs…
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Alstom Obtains 5-Year Service Contract for Dubai Airport APM
Following its acquisition of Bombardier Transportation in January, Alstom has obtained a five-year services contract for Dubai Airport's APM…