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 […]
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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 […]
BEG starts tender for tilting trains in Allgäu
The Bavarian Railway Company (BEG) has started the “Allgäu Tilting Technology” tendering process. As part of the tender, the BEG […]
Alstom wins EUR 4 billion contract in Cologne
Alstom has been awarded a contract to supply 90 Adessia Stream commuter trains to local rail passenger transport authorities go.Rheinland […]
UK introduces bill for private rail services to enter public sector
The Department for Transport (DfT) introduced to Parliament a legislation to bring UK railways into public ownership, marking the biggest […]