Bidders sign purchase agreements under Nacco’s acquisition process
VTG Aktiengesellschaft announced reached a significant milestone in its takeover of Nacco by signing the purchase agreements with a consortium […]
August 2018
Wales & Borders orders 71 Stadler trains
Wales & Borders ordered 36 three-car Citylink tram-trains and 35 Flirt trains from Stadler for a total of 71 trains […]
Austrian builder Strabag, criticised by the Romanian Minister of Transport
Strabag has recently won a major tender worth EUR 700 million for the modernisation of two railway sections on the […]
Amtrak unveils Acela Express’ interior
Amtrak has revealed the interiors on its new Acela Express fleet which will serve train services on Northeast Corridor (NEC) […]
Three stations on Sofia-Plovdiv line to be modernised
Under Bulgaria’s Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014-2020 Operational Program (OPTTI), three railway stations will be modernised, located on Sofia-Plovdiv mainline. […]
Construction for LNER’s Azuma trains begins
At Newton Aycliffe factory in County Durham, Hitachi Rail Europe started the construction of Azuma fleet for London North Eastern […]
West Midlands to purchase more battery-powered trams
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has launched the tender for 18 battery-powered trams, with the option for 32 additional trams. […]
Tender announced for Latvia electrification project
Latvia’s rail infrastructure manager, Latvijas dzelzceļš, published the participation invitation for the first phase of railway network’s electrification programme. The […]
Agreement on data solution development in UK rail sector
Porterbrook and Microsoft Data and Artificial Intelligence partner, Elastacloud, entered into a strategic partnership to build innovative data solutions for […]
EUR 4.45 billion for Scotland’s rail infrastructure
Network Rail will invest more than £4 billion (EUR 4.45 billion) in maintaining and expanding Scotland’s rail infrastructure, between 2019 […]