BEMU procurement plan for Boston commuter line
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) approved a USD 54 million plan to bring battery-electric train service on the Boston […]
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Hitachi to deliver 46 battery trams for Florence
Hitachi Rail has been awarded a contract to deliver 46 of its new battery trams, as well as the digital […]
Alstom secures TransPennine train maintenance contract
Alstom was awarded a GBP 10.4 million (EUR 12.2 million) contract extension to maintain TransPennine Class 397 fleet known as […]
Massive financing for Cologne new S-Bahn trains
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) and go.Rheinland (the regional rail passenger transport authority for the Cologne/Bonn/Aachen region) obtained massive financing for the […]
Hitachi Rail implements 3D printing technology at its plants
Hitachi Rail selected Roboze, a company in additive manufacturing for high-performance materials, for its Argo 500 solution, a 3D printing […]
Elron begins type tests for new Škoda trains
Škoda Group, in cooperation with Elron and Eesti Raudtee AS, has started type tests of the Škoda EMU 21Ev passenger […]
Renfe offers 8.3 million seats for summer travel
Renfe offers 8,350,000 seats for travel on all its High Speed and Long Distance trains this summer. The increase in […]
CRRC launches first metro train made of carbon fiber
The carbon fiber metro train CETROVO 1.0, that CRRC developed for Qingdao Metro Line 1, was launched in Qingdao. First […]
Hitachi Rail awarded SEPTA contract
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) awarded a contract to Hitachi Rail for the purchase of modern railcars to replace […]
Alstom celebrates 5000th car bodyshell produced in Brazil
Alstom announced this week that it had hit a milestone with the production of its 5000th carshell – the metallic […]