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Alstom to Supply Italo with 5 New Pendolino EVO Trains

Alstom and Italo–Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori have signed a 330 million euro contract for the purchase of five Pendolino EVO trains. These tr…

Austrian Federal Railways Sign Call-Off Order for 25 Bombardier TALENT 3 Trains

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Bombardier Transportation have agreed a call-off order for the delivery of twenty five Bombardier TALENT…

EU: European Court of Auditors Criticises Policies and Infrastructure on High-Speed Rail

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a report which is highly critical of high speed rail services in the European Union.The EC…

Italy: Bombardier Rolls Out New TRAXX DC3 Locomotive to Industry

Bombardier has presented its new TRAXX DC3 locomotive to transport operators at its Vado Ligure site in Italy. The locomotive, which feature…

Alstom to Supply Additional Coradia Stream Regional Trains to Trenitalia

Alstom has been awarded four contracts totalling around €330 million by Trenitalia, the Italian national train operator, for the supply of 5…

Italian Freight Operator Mercitalia Rail Orders Bombardier Traxx Locomotives

Bombardier Transportation and Mercitalia Rail, a major freight rail operator in Italy, have signed a contract for 40 innovative Bombardier T…

Thales to Install Security Systems at 61 Railway Stations in Italy

RFI, the Italian rail network operator, has awarded a pool of companies led by Thales a contract for the implementation of security systems …

Trenitalia Orders More “Jazz” Regional Trains for Italy

Alstom will start delivering from summer 2018, 27 additional Coradia Meridian “Jazz” regional trains to Trenitalia, the Italian national tra…

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…

Production of Double-Deck Railcars for Trenitalia Completed

The Vivalto double-deck railcars are part of a framework contract concerning the production of 706 cars for Trenitalia, for a total amount o…

Environmentally Friendly Bimodal Train for Italy Unveiled

Stadler presented the first bimodal FLIRT in Bussnang, Switzerland, on 15 June. The train is destined for the Valle d’Aosta region, north-we…

Milan Orders Additional Metro Trains from Hitachi Rail Italy

Hitachi Rail Italy has been awarded a contract worth €106 million from ATM to manufacture an additional 15 “Leonardo” metro trains for the c…

Hitachi and Trenitalia Unveil New Rock Trains

Production of the new Rock trains started 20 January, 2017. This is the brand name chosen for the new double deck regional train that Hitach…

Italian State Railways to Buy Milan Metro M5 Shares

Italian State Railways (FS) and Astaldi have announced they have signed an agreement for the sale of the investment held by Astaldi in Milan…

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…

Alstom to Deliver Four Additional Pendolino High-Speed Trains to NTV

Alstom and NTV have signed a contract for the purchase of four Pendolino trains and related maintenance services for NTV’s entire fleet of P…

Trenitalia Order 150 Alstom Coradia Meridian Trains

Italian national operator, Trenitalia, have placed an order for 150 Alstom Coradia Meridian Trains in a frame contract worth approximately €…

Italy: Alstom Delivers Coradia Meridian Jazz

The first of 12 Alstom Coradia Meridian Jazz trains have been delivered to Napoli train station to operate on the Capania region of Italy.

Alstom Supply Additional Trains to Trenitalia

Italy: Milan Metro Wins Finance Award

Germany: Major Milestone for Siemens Vectron Locomotive

Stadler Rail Sell First Bi-Modal FLIRT

Bombardier Wins 10-Year Fleet Maintenance Contract with Trenitalia

Alstom Delivers "Jazz", the New Coradia Meridian Dedicated to the Italian Regional Railways