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Hitachi Rail and RCA Announce Vehicle Design Competition Winners
Hitachi Rail Europe and the Royal College of Art have announced the winners of the vehicle design competition for high speed and deep tube t…
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Go-Ahead Deutschland orders Stadler FLIRT3 EMU
Go-Ahead Deutschland have placed an order for 45 Stadler FLIRT3 EMU trains to operate on the Stuttgart 21 network when it opens in 2019.
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Lord Adonis Proposed as Crossrail 2 Chair
Lord Adonis is proposed as Crossrail 2 Chair by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, UK Chancellor George Osborne and Transport Secretary Patrick Mc…
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Bangkok Metro Order Siemens and Bozankaya Trains
Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company (BTSC) has ordered 22 four-unit metro trains from a Siemens and Bozankaya consortium to operate o…
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Kühne Holding AG Purchase 20% Share of VTG Aktiengesellschaft
Kühne Holding AG purchase more than 20% shareholding of VTG Aktiengesellschaft, making it the second largest shareholder of the rail logisti…
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AVG Orders 12 Bombardier Flexity Trams
AVG places order for 12 Bombardier Flexity trams to operate in Karlsruhe, Germany. The order is an extension for 30 Flexity vehicles placed …
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Heart of Texas Acquisition by OmniTRAX
Heart of Texas acquisition by OmniTrax (an affliate of the Broe Group) completed subject to Surface Transportation Board Approval.
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Rocky Mountaineer - Stadler Partnership
Rocky Mountaineer Stadler Rail announce partnership to design and manufacture ten new bi-level dome topped rail cars for tourist routes.
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Alstom Win Shanghai Metro Car Modernisation Contract
Alstom win metro car modernisation for Shanghai Metro Line 5, to overhaul 28 metro cars and fit traction control systems to 198 new cars.
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MTA Commission Track Geometry Vehicle
New York's MTA Metro-North has commissioned Ensco. Inc. to design and build a track geometry vehicle to inspect and analyse rails and tracks…
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EC Investigates Wabtec Faiveley Takeover
The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into the proposed Wabtec Faiveley Takeover to ensure it meets competition reg…
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Metrowagonmash Modernise Budapest Metro Trains
Metrowagonmash, a subsidiary of Transmashholding, deliver the first of 222 overhauled and modernised metro trainsets to Budapest Metro.
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Opening of Bombardier Train Testing Facility in UK
Patrick McLoughlin opens new UK Bombardier Train Testing Facility in Derby. The facility was designed to cater to the new Crossrail fleet.
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Flying Scotsman Cleared to Continue UK Tour
Flying Scotsman cleared to continue tour of Fife and Borders railway in Scotland following a delay which was put down to an administrative e…
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Alstom Receive Coradia Lint Homologation
Alstom have received coradia lint homologation for their best selling regional train to operate cross-border services in Poland.
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3 Ways to Achieve Reliable Pneumatic Performance in Extreme Operating Conditions
Dave Walker from Parker Hannifin writes for Railway-News about achieving reliable pneumatic performance in extreme operating conditions.
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UN Campaign Releases Details of Climate Action in Rail
The UN has launched a portal showing organisations and local and regional authorities commitments to take climate action rail, among other s…
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ORR Approve New East Coast Mainline Services
The Office of Rail and Road have approved two applications to run new East Coast Mainline Services between London and Edinburgh.
