UK: Japanese company bids for West Midlands franchise
East Japan Railway (JR East) has made a joint bid for the West Midlands franchise, making its first attempt to […]
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Trenitalia to acquire National Express’ c2c rail franchise
UK National Express Group “National Express” has reached an in principle agreement for Trenitalia to acquire the c2c franchise.The total […]
Metrowagonmash finalizes delivery of Oka metro cars
Metrowagonmash (MWM), part of Transmashholding, has delivered the last eight-car train of model 81-760/761 Oka to the Moscow Metro. The […]
Centrosvarmash supplies components to Alstom
Centrosvarmash (CSM), part of Transmashholding, signed the contract and started shipping Bolster B20 welded elements to Alstom for their integration […]
OBB orders Talent trains from Bombardier
ÖBB has signed a framework agreement with Bombardier Transportation covering the delivery of up to 300 Talent 3 trains. The […]
OEVRZ to deliver metro cars for St. Petersburg
Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant (OEVRZ), part of Transmashholding) signed a supply contract with St. Petersburg Metro for metro […]
CAF obtains extended contracts for Santiago de Chile and Medellin Metro
Santiago de Chile Metro has announced the decision to award CAF with the manufacturing of 4 more units under the […]
CAF to supply 19 LRVs for Schönbuchbahn
Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn (ZVS), public transport authority in Germany, awarded CAF a contract for the supply of 9 three-car Light Rail […]
Beijing’s first maglev train delivered
China’s CRRC announced that CRRC Tangshan delivered the first maglev train to Beijing. The train, named “Linglong” and developed domestically […]
Moscow – Berlin train makes its first journey
On 17 December 2016, the new high-speed international train Swift left Moscow’s Kursk station on its first run between the […]