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Vivarail's Ongoing Success Leads to Expansion
Vivarail has announced expansion plans with a move to Southam. It has out-grown its premised at Long Marston thanks to a growing order book.
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Zonegreen Makes Grade for Nexus Rail Skills Centre
Zonegreen, is to supply its DPPS technology to Metro operator, Nexus’, £8.4 million training facility, being constructed in South Shields.
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Austria: WESTbahn Buys 15 Stadler KISS Trains
WESTbahn has purchased 15 Stadler KISS trains. The TOC is selling its existing fleet to DB. The new trains will enter service in 2021.
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Alstom Celebrates Hanoi Metro Contract Milestone
Alstom is celebrating a milestone for its Hanoi Metro contract signed in 2017. The first trainset will be complete by the end of the month.
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Industry Insider Week 43 – 10 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider week 43: Wabtec and Bombardier celebrate milestones, and Avignon's tramway opens with Alstom rolling stock…
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TfW Continues Station Improvement Vision on Borderlands Line
Transport for Wales is continuing its station improvement vision by investing 280,000 GBP in enhancing 13 Borderlands Line stations.
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Network Rail Engages Passengers with Augmented Reality
Network Rail is choosing to use augemented reality to showcase its three new footbridge designs to the public via the ARki app.
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Wabtec Celebrates 'Make in India' Project Milestones
Wabtec has announced 2 milestones for its India operations at IREE 2019. For example, its Indian factory has been operating for a year now.
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ZF Cooperates with Deutsche Bahn on the "Advanced TrainLab"
connect@rail allows extensive condition monitoring of the components on board the "advanced TrainLab" – a DB test vehicle based on an ICE-TD…
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Spanish Train Manufacturer Talgo Establishes Talgo UK
Spanish train manufacturer Talgo has established Talgo UK with Jon Veitch as its new MD. It aims to build an 'all Britain' supply chain.
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Socomec Launches Next Generation Modular Solution
Global power management expert, Socomec, has launched a next generation modular solution – for the ultimate flexibility.
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Crossrail Publishes 'Realistic and Achievable' Completion Plan
Crossrail has published a new plan that will see 120 key milestones being tracked, with a scheduled opening of October 2020–March 2021.
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Grand Est Region Buys 39 Coradia Polyvalent Trains
France's Grand Est region has ordered 39 Alstom Coradia Polyvalent trains for both cross-border and domestic operations.
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BLS Cargo Acquires 25 Siemens Vectron Locomotives
BLS Cargo has announced it is buying 25 Siemens Vectron multi-system locomotives to operate in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy.
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Ontario: Hurontario LRT Contract Awarded
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded the contract to design, build, maintain, operate and finance the Hurontario LRT.
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Socomec Enclosed Switches – Making the World Safer
Discover how Socomec makes the world safer with their Enclosed Switches. Just follow Socomec Group on Linkedin and try the game!
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Handover of ROMITAMP Tamping Machines to Network Rail Scotland
These will be the last tamping machines of this variant that Robel will produce as progress is made on the next phase in tamper technology.
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Network Rail and Arup Publish Tomorrow's Living Station Report
Network Rail and Arup have published a report entitled Tomorrow's Living Station to investigate how Britain's stations might evolve.
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Avignon Tram Line Opens with Alstom Citadis X05 Trams
Avignon's first tram line opened to the public on 19 October with Alstom Citadis X05 trams. A second line is scheduled to open in 2023.
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Industry Insider Week 42 – 9 Must-Read Rail News Stories
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider Week 42 for 14–18 October 2019.
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Stadler Signs Contract for 22 Locomotives for ADIF
Stadler has signed the contract with ADIF for 22 rescue locomotives following the company's announcement on 31 July that it won the tender.
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Alstom Ubunye Inaugurates Rail Factory in South Africa
Alstom Ubunye has opened its rail factory in Ekurhuleni. It will supply components to Gibela Rail where the PRASA trains are being built.