India: automatic ticket vending machines at Vasco railway station
The South Western Railways has commissioned three automatic ticket vending machines at Vasco railway station. This is the first facility […]
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EC approved Bombardier Transportation UK acquisition by Bombardier and CDPQ
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control over the newly created Bombardier Transportation Investment UK Ltd, of […]
BLS shortlists 4 companies for EMU acquisition
Swiss railway operator BLS annouced that four companies are shortlisted to bid the contract on 60 EMUs acquisition project. Alstom, […]
GE and TMH form a JV to develop diesel engine
GE and Transmashholding (TMH) signed a strategic business plan providing for the launch of a 50-50 joint venture, pending final […]
TRAXX AC3 locomotive, approved in Austria
Bombardier announced that its BOMBARDIER TRAXX AC3 Last Mile Locomotive has been homologated in Austria. This means the locomotive is […]
Alstom’s freight locomotives reach 10 million km in Kazakhstan
Alstom’s freight locomotives Prima KZ8A have reached 10 million km on the Kazakhstan’s rail network. 31 locos are currently in […]
Windhoff will deliver 35 self-propelled On-Track Machines to SBB
Windhoff Bahn- und Anlagentechnik has obtained a contract for the design, production and delivery of 35 self-propelled On-Track Machines from […]
PKP Cargo will transport more than 10 mil tons of coal
PKP Cargo has signed a contract with Tauron Wydobycie for the transport of 8.5 million tons of coal in 2016-2017 […]
Pendolino fleet in Portugal to be refurbished
Comboios de Portugal (CP) has revealed plans to extensively refurbish its fleet of 10 tilting Pendolino trains. Railway Equipment Maintenance […]
Lokomotion orders 8 Vectron locomotives
The German private railway company Lokomotion has placed an order with Siemens for 8 Vectron type multisystem locomotives for operation […]