High-Speed Trains News
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Siemens Presents Velaro Novo Train at Railtex
One of the highlights of the Siemens Mobility stand at Railtex 2019 is the model of its new high-speed train, the Velaro Novo.
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Direct Rail Link between London and Bordeaux Closer than Ever
A direct rail link between London and Bordeaux by 2022, reducing journey times to 5 hours between the cites, is becoming increasingly likely…
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Amtrak Increases Acela Express Services on NEC Route
Amtrak is increasing Acela Express services on the Northeast Corridor on Saturdays prior to introducing the new Avelia Liberty fleet in 2021…
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Swiss Railway Infrastructure Projects Progressing Well
The Federal Office of Transport has published its 2018 progress report on the state of Swiss railway infrastructure projects.
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Industry Insider Week 15 – 9 Must-Read Rail News Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider Week 15, with all the week's rail news, including problems with the ICE 4 and new trains for South Africa.
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Industry Insider Week 14 – 8 Must-Read Rail News Stories
Global railway news summary: our Industry Insider week 14, with rail news from Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and the UK.
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Stadler Giruno High-Speed Train for the Gotthard Receives Operating Licence
Stadler Giruno high-speed train for the Gotthard is given its operating licence by the Swiss Federal Office of Transport. The client is SBB.
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CAF wins Frecciarossa Maintenance Contract in Italy
CAF wins contract for preventive and corrective maintenance for the Italian high-speed Frecciarossa ETR500 fleet. It has a runtime of 6 year…
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9 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 8
The Railway-News Industry Insider for week 8: all the latest rail news, from the Trump Administration's plans to defund CHSR to new locomoti…
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European Commission Says No to Alstom-Siemens Mobility Merger
Alstom-Siemens merger denied: following an investigation by the EC and remedial proposals by Alstom and Siemens, the EC has ruled against th…
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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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Hitachi and Bombardier Announce a Global High Speed Rail Learning Programme
Hitachi and Bombardier have announced their plans to establish a Global High Speed Rail Learning Programme. The transport and engineering co…
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Morocco High-Speed Rail Line Between Tangiers and Kenitra Opens
The inauguration of the high-speed rail line between Casablanca and Tangiers took place on 15 November 2018. The inauguration was attended b…
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Direct High-Speed Rail Service Between London and Bordeaux One Step Closer
Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel, the company responsible for managing and operating the Channel Tunnel that connects Great Britain to ma…
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First Upgraded Inter7City High-Speed Train to Enter Service in Scotland
ScotRail has announced that it is about to get another step closer to its goal of building "the best railway Scotland has ever had". Startin…
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US: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for CAHSR Now Available
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CAHSR Authority) has announced that its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the cri…
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Almost 1 Million Passenger Journeys on Hong Kong High-Speed Rail to Date
MTR Corporation announced on 7 October that since services began on the Hong Hong High-Speed Rail line (Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong) on 23 …
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Railway-News Industry Insider: This Week's 12 Must-Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 1–5 October 2018: all this week's news from around the world, featuring comment pieces by the…
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UK: HS2 Completes Euston Station Demolition Works
High Speed Two Ltd has announced that the Euston station demolition works are now complete: the former 250m carriage sheds have now been ful…
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Bombardier Partners with Siemens to Supply New ICE 4 Trains to DB
On 28 September Railway-News reported that DB was investing an additional one billion euros into modernising its ICE 1 fleet and in purchasi…
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Bombardier Joint Venture to Supply 120 High-Speed Train Cars to China
Bombardier's joint venture in China, Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd (BST), has signed a contract with China Railway Corporat…
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DB Invests Additional Billion Euros in ICE 1 and ICE 4 Trains
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced it has ordered additional ICE 4 trains. In doing so the company is topping up its investment of 5.3 billion…
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Services Start on Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Rail
Passenger services have started on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Rail Line in China. The first MTR Vibrant Express departed fr…
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Bombardier and Hitachi Set Up Joint Bid Centre to Design HS2 Trains
Hitachi Rail Europe and Bombardier Transportation have committed to setting up a new bid centre in Birmingham to develop their proposal to d…