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9 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 3
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider for 14–18 January 2019. Find out …
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Renfe Awards 3 Rolling Stock Maintenance Contracts to Alstom
Spanish rail operator Renfe has awarded three maintenance contracts to Alstom. They cover full maintenance services for 15 Avelia Pendolino …
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Alstom's Coradia Polyvalent Train Takes First Trip in Senegal
Alstom's Coradia Polyvalent train undertook its first trip in Senegal on 14 January 2019. Both Alstom and APIX, the agency that promotes inv…
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Stadler to Deliver Additional Narrow-Gauge Trains to Southeast Italy
Apulia, Italy: Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (FAL) have placed a follow-up order for Stadler narrow-gauge trains. The framework contract is for 8 t…
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13 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Weeks 1 and 2
We are back with the Railway-News Industry Insider for weeks 1 and 2 (1–11 January 2019): the railway industry's latest news, covering North…
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Skånetrafiken Receives Final 30 Coradia Nordic Regional Trains from Alstom
Swedish public transport operator Skånetrafiken has received the final 30 Coradia Nordic regional trains from Alstom. This completes orders …
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CRRC Rolling Stock Orders Worth Almost 6 Billion Dollars
Chinese company CRRC announced it signed a number of contracts in December worth 40.84 billion Chinese Yuan in total. The main buyer of CRRC…
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Alstom and Eversholt Rail Reveal New Hydrogen Train Design for the UK
Alstom and ROSCO Eversholt Rail have revealed a new hydrogen train design for the United Kingdom. They have named this train 'Breeze'. Alsto…
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Eurostar Offers Third Direct Rail Service from London to Amsterdam
Since April 2018 Eurostar has offered passengers two direct rail services from London to Amsterdam via Rotterdam. The third direct rail serv…
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MTR Corporation Gets New Generation of Light Rail Vehicles
On 28 December MTR received two new light rail vehicles. MTR accepted the new vehicles at its Tuen Man depot in Hong Kong. MTR ordered 40 ne…
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Starting Strong: The United Kingdom's New Rolling Stock for 2019
Changes are afoot for trains in the UK. Some of the country's oldest carriages are making way for new rolling stock in 2019. Furthermore, th…
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Alstom Wins Another Contract for Rocky Mountaineer SilverLeaf Modernisation
Canadian rail company Rocky Mountaineer has selected Alstom to rebuild two further SilverLeaf cars. The SilverLeaf modernisation contract in…
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Bombardier to Supply and Maintain 18 TW500 FLEXITY Trams for Vienna
Bombardier has signed a contract with Wiener Lokalbahnen for the provision of 18 TW500 FLEXITY trams, which are to operate in Vienna. The co…
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Switzerland: SBB and Stadler Sign Contract for New 'Mouette' FLIRT Trains
Starting in December 2020 SBB will take over the Bern-La Chaux-de-Fonds route from BLS. As a result, SBB has ordered new 'Mouette' FLIRT tra…
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Alstom Delivers First of 40 Prima T8 Freight Locomotives to Azerbaijan
Alstom has delivered the first of 40 Prima T8 freight locomotives to Azerbaijan. Specifically, they are of the type 'AZ8A' and will operate …
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Bayerische Oberlandbahn Signs Contract with Alstom for 25 Coradia Lint Regional Trains
Private, French-owned (Transdev) rail operator Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH (BOB) and Alstom have signed a contract for 25 Coradia Lint trai…
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Luxembourg National Rail Operator Orders Alstom Coradia Regional Trains
Luxembourg's national rail operator CFL has ordered 34 Coradia regional trains from Alstom. The trains in question will be high-capacity dou…
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Stadler to Supply 8 Additional Double-Decker KISS Electric Multiple Units to Hungary
Stadler has signed a contract with Hungarian train operator MÁV-START Zrt. for eight additional six-car double-decker KISS EMUs. These new t…