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Eurostar Steps-Up Services To Amsterdam
Eurostar Steps-Up Services To Amsterdam

Eurostar put tickets on sale for its third daily service direct from London to Rotterdam and Amsterdam. The third service, which starts on 11...

A New Hydrogen Train Design For UK
A New Hydrogen Train Design For UK

On 7 January 2019 Alstom and Eversholt Rail have unveiled the design of new hydrogen train for the UK market. The train, codenamed „Breeze“,...

Tokyo: Yamanote Line Driverless Test Runs
Tokyo: Yamanote Line Driverless Test Runs

During the nights of 29/30 and 30/31 December 2018 as part of its project to introduce driverless train operation on the Yamanote and Tōhoku Shinkansen lines, JR East undertook the first trial runs of regular automatic train operation.

Bombardier’s Automated Rail Control Starts Operation On Final Major Section Of Delhi Metro Line 7
Bombardier’s Automated Rail Control Starts Operation On Final Major Section Of Delhi Metro Line 7

On 31 December 2018 Bombardier Transportation, together with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), celebrated the opening of the final major...

New Chargers For Amtrak
New Chargers For Amtrak

Siemens Mobility has been awarded a 744 million EUR contract to design and manufacture 75 Charger diesel-electric locomotives for Amtrak. These...

Additional Francilien EMUs For Île-de-France
Additional Francilien EMUs For Île-de-France

Bombardier Transportation has received an order for 47 Francilien EMUs (42 seven-car and five eight-car units, 334 cars in total) from SNCF on...

Leo Express Lints Arrive In Czech Republic
Leo Express Lints Arrive In Czech Republic

To provide the PSO services for which it has submitted bids, Leo Express made an advance move by hiring a batch of Coradia Lint DMUs from Beacon...

An Advanced TrainLab Visited A Living Lab
An Advanced TrainLab Visited A Living Lab

On 20 December 2018 DB’s new mobile laboratory, created using a Class 605 ICE-TD DMU modified for testing purposes, visited the Annaberg...

More Tank Wagons For Metafrax
More Tank Wagons For Metafrax

United Wagon Company (UWC, OVK) will deliver 100 new generation Model 15-6880 tank wagons to Metafrax, a leading Russian producer of methanol,...

25 Coradia Lint DMUs to Bayerische Oberlandbahn
25 Coradia Lint DMUs to Bayerische Oberlandbahn

On 19 December 2018 Alstom has signed a contract with Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH (BOB) for the supply of 25 Coradia Lint DMUs. The 140 km/h...

Coradia Double-Deck EMUs For CFL
Coradia Double-Deck EMUs For CFL

On 18 December 2018 Alstom has been awarded a contract, worth around 360 million EUR, to supply 34 regional high-capacity double-deck EMUs from...

Green Cargo And SSAB Signed A New Agreement
Green Cargo And SSAB Signed A New Agreement

SSAB has given Green Cargo its continued trust in handling the crucial flow of steel ingots and finished products between SSAB’s plants in Luleå...

AVG Expands Its Fleet To 62 Trams
AVG Expands Its Fleet To 62 Trams

On 17 December 2018 Bombardier Transportation received a call-off order from Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH (AVG), the transport company of...

Next-Generation Experimental Shinkansen Takes Shape
Next-Generation Experimental Shinkansen Takes Shape

This photo, taken on 12 December 2018, shows the bodyshell of a Class E956 end car of the ten-car experimental ALFA-X Shinkansen train being...

RZD Has Set A Historical Record For Freight Turnover
RZD Has Set A Historical Record For Freight Turnover

On 11 December, the final board meeting of Russian Railways for 2018 took place in Moskva. Speaking about the results of the company for 2018...

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