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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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New Jersey to Get New Bombardier Multilevel III Passenger Cars
The New Jersey Transit Corporation and Bombardier have signed a contract for 113 multilevel III passenger cars. This contract is worth 669 m…
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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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CAF Signs Contract with NS for Additional CIVITY Trains
CAF and Dutch operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) have signed a contract for the supply of 88 further CIVITY trains. The 302 cars will be a…
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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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Bombardier to Supply 20 TRAXX 3 Locomotives to European ROSCO
Bombardier is to supply 20 electric TRAXX 3 locomotives to European rolling stock leasing company Railpool. The contract also includes optio…
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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…
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German City of Karlsruhe to Get Additional 20 Bombardier FLEXITY trams
The Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG), which operates rail services in Karlsruhe, has ordered an additional 20 Bombardier FLEXITY trams for…
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11 Must-Read Rail News Stories for Week 50
The Railway-News Industry Insider for week 50 (10–14 December 2018): all the week's important rolling stock, infrastructure, business, polic…
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First GE Transportation Evolution Series Locomotive Enters Service in Ukraine
GE Transportation and its customer, Ukrainian Railways, have announced that the first Evolution Series locomotive has started operating in U…
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Grand Avignon Gets Its First Alstom Citadis X05 Tram
Grand Avignon, France, received its first Alstom Citadis X05 tram on 13 December. It took the tram three days to travel from its assembly si…
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Bombardier Joint Venture Wins Contract for Chinese-Standard High-Speed Trains
Bombardier's joint venture BST has won a new contract to supply high-speed trains for China. It is the second contract this joint venture ha…
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Stadler Lands Contract for 12 Additional FLIRT Traverso Trains for Switzerland
Stadler has signed a contract with Schweizerische Südostbahn AG (SOB) to supply an additional 12 FLIRT trains. Starting on 12 December 2021 …
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Hitachi Launches Joint Bid for Tyne and Wear Metro Trains
Hitachi has joined forces with Spencer Group to bid for a 500 million pound contract to build new Tyne and Wear metro trains along with a ma…
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Hamburg to Receive 13 Additional DT5 Metro Trains from Alstom–Bombardier Consortium
The German city of Hamburg will receive 13 additional DT5 metro trains from Alstom and Bombardier. These metro trains will run on Hamburg's …