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UK's GWR Launches Brand New Intercity Express Train
The fleet, which is being built at Hitachi Rail Europe’s manufacturing facility at Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, will be rolled out acro…
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Bombardier Completes Delivery of Driverless Metro Trains for Kuala Lumpur
Bombardier Transportation has completed the final train handover in the 2012 contract to deliver 14 new, driverless metro trains for Kuala L…
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Richard Branson and Virgin Group Invest in Hyperloop One
With this partnership, Richard Branson joined the board of directors and Hyperloop One will rebrand itself as Virgin Hyperloop One in the co…
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Metrolink Rolls Out 'Cleanest Fuel-Powered Locomotive in the Country'
Some Metrolink riders can say that they rode on the cleanest fuel-powered locomotive in the country as Metrolink’s new Tier 4 locomotive mak…
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DfT: New £48 Billion Funding for Britain’s Railways
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling today (12 October 2017) unveiled the latest stage in the government’s record funding for Britain’s railwa…
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New Generation Freight Cars Can Work 1 Million km Without Repairs
The maximum distance travelled by the new cars of TVSZ without decoupling is 590,500 km, which is an absolute record for the Russian rail fr…
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Production Begins at India’s First Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Facility
Located at Madhepura, in the state of Bihar, it is Alstom’s first electric locomotive manufacturing facility in India, set to transform the …
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Siemens and Wi-Tronix Launch Predictive Maintenance Partnership
Siemens and Wi-Tronix, headquartered in Bolingbrook near Chicago U.S. are launching a partnership to expand digital predictive maintenance f…
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Stadler Unveils First FLIRT Train for the TEXRail Commuter Line
Stadler and the Texas-based Fort Worth Transportation Authority (FWTA) will introduce the first FLIRT Train for the TEXRail commuter line at…
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Alstom Unveils Passenger Locomotive for Azerbaijan Railways
Alstom presented its first Prima M4 passenger locomotive for Azerbaijan Railways (ADY) yesterday (09 October) in Belfort, France.
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Complete Train Seating Solutions to be Shown in Prague
Railcar interior specifiers will find complete train seating solutions at Railway Interiors Expo 2017, to be held in Prague, Czech Republic,…
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Design Unveiled for Amtrak's Next-Generation High-Speed Trains
Building upon 16 years of high-speed rail service in the Northeast, Amtrak is working with Alstom to produce the next-generation of high-spe…
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Transport Secretary Opens Alstom’s New Academy for Rail
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling last week (October 4 2017) opened a new north-west rail academy which is due to train 500 apprentices ove…
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UK Government Plans £80m Smart Ticketing Rail Revolution
The government has this week set out details of its £80 million programme to introduce smart ticketing across England and Wales by the end o…
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Bombardier Transportation Opens New Rail Maintenance Depot in Italy
Bombardier Transportation is celebrating the official opening of its new 300,000 square meter rail maintenance depot in Melzo, Italy in the …
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Siemens Multisystem Vectron Locomotive Certified for the Netherlands
The multisystem variant of the Siemens Vectron locomotive received certification by the dutch safety authority ILT (Inspectie Leefomgeving …
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Virgin Trains Launches Innovative Tool for Avoiding Rail Disruptions
Virgin Trains has launched an industry first tool aimed at helping customers avoid rail disruption on their journey and get to their destina…
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Alstom Unveils Latest Generation of Coradia Regional Trains
Coradia Stream is a high-performance low-floor electric multiple unit for regional and intercity transport, developed for the European marke…
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Lithuanian Railways Fined €28m for Hindering Competition
The European Commission has fined Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos geležinkeliai) an amount of €27 873 000 for hindering competition on the rai…
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DB Cargo UK Runs Trial Train as Part of Big Development Plans
The UK's leading rail freight operator DB Cargo UK and steel and mining company, ArcelorMittal, launched a trial freight service on Friday 2…
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Autonomous Freight Train Completes Test Run in Australia
Rio Tinto has successfully completed the first fully autonomous rail journey at its iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Aus…
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The Latest Leathers Lined Up for Railway Interiors Expo 2017
Many leather innovations will be presented at Railway Interiors Expo 2017, to be held on November 14-15, 2017, in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Sound Transit Moves Forward With Light Rail Extensions
The Sound Transit Board has approved the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions, establishing a $285.9 million budget for preliminary engi…
