Latest High-Speed Rail News
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China to Raise Maximum Speed for High-Speed Bullet Trains
China Railway (CR) started tests to restore the maximum speed of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed bullet trains to 350 km/h, six years after …
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RB Rail Launches Open Competition to Find Experts for Rail Baltica
In order to engage the best national and international experts in the field, RB Rail is looking to procure expert services to support the Ra…
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China Railway Corporation Orders Eco-Friendly High Speed Trains
Chinese joint venture, BST, has been awarded another contract from China Railway Corp. (CRC) to supply 40 CRH1A-A eco-friendly high speed tr…
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Additional Euroduplex Océane Trains for Paris-Bordeaux Line
Alstom will supply 15 Euroduplex Océane trains to SNCF Mobilités, for a total of more than €400 million. This is in addition to the previous…
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Final Pendolino Train Handed Over to SBB
Alstom has just delivered the last Pendolino train to SBB, in accordance with the planned schedule defined within the contract signed in...
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New Generation High-Speed Trains for China
...with China Railway Corp. (CRC) to supply 144 CRH1A-A new generation high-speed trains for China’s evolving high speed rail network.
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Breaking Records with Spanish High-Speed Rail
This summer will see the completion of the Almonte Viaduct, a world record-breaking viaduct in the west of Spain, close to the Portuguese bo…
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Search Underway for Company to Build HS2 Trains
The hunt for a company to design, build and maintain a fleet of state-of-the-art high speed trains for Britain’s HS2 network was launched to…
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China to Increase the Length of High-Speed Railways in Operation
By 2020, China will increase the length of high-speed railways in operation to 30,000 kilometres, connecting more than 80 percent of its big…
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Alstom Delivers High-Speed Rail to Morocco
In December 2010 Alstom won a contract to supply 14 high-speed rail TGV trains to Morocco, connecting cities such as Tangiers and Casablanca…
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South Korea: Sudokwon High-Speed Line Opens
The South Korea Sudokwon high-speed line – for which Alstom supplied the interlocking system as well as the associated engineering services …
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Hitachi Rail Italy Awarded €108m Maintenance Contracts
Hitachi Rail Italy has been awarded three Service contracts for a total amount of 108 million Euros. They are for the provision of maintenan…
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Renfe Selects Talgo for High-Speed Trains Contract
Spanish railways operator Renfe has awarded Talgo a contract for the supply of 15 very high-speed trains with a maximum commercial speed of …
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US FRA Propose Safety Standard Updates for High-Speed Trains
The FRA have proposed updates for the passenger train safety standards used in the United States as the country looks to add high-speed trai…
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Deutsche Bahn and Siemens Launch Predictive Maintenance Pilot Project
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Siemens are launching a pilot application for the predictive servicing and maintenance of the high-speed Velaro D tra…
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UK's First National College for High Speed Rail Takes Major Step Towards Completion
The National College for High Speed Rail took a significant step towards opening its doors as a key part of the Birmingham site nears comple…
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Premiere in Berlin: The ICE 4 has Arrived
Deutsche Bahn’s ICE 4 long-distance train has been presented to the public, with a new dimension of quality assurance and improved passenger…
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Alstom to Design and Build New Amtrak High-Speed Train
Alstom have won a contract to design and build the new Amtrak high-speed train. The 28 trains will operate on the Northeast Corridor (NEC).
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Caltrain Electrification Funding Announced
Caltrain Electrification funding to reduce carbon emissions and improve California's public transport infrastructure.
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California High-Speed Rail: the Fresno Trench Project
As part of Construction Package 1, the California High-Speed Rail Authority has begun works on the Fresno Trench project. The trench will ru…
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TALGO AVRIL Receives Final Certification
Spanish high speed train specialists TALGO, have received the final certificate of conformity for its very high speed train, the TALGO AVRIL…
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Chinese High Speed Train CRH 0503 Hits 420 km/h in Tests
China’s standardised high speed train CRH 0503 reached record speeds of 420km/h on a test run on 15 July 2016 with the two trains safely pas…
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Chinese Rail Network Extension Planned
China’s Ministry of Planning has announced the Chinese rail network plans to extend the total track length of China’s railways to 150,000km.
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KZ4AT Locomotive Sets Kazakhstan High Speed Record
The Alstom KZ4AT locomotive set the Kazakhstan high speed record – hitting 200 km/h on test runs on the Moiynty-Kiik line South East of Asta…