Bombardier’s joint venture to build 120 high-speed train cars for China
Bombardier Transportation announced Monday that its Chinese joint venture, Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation (BST), has been awarded a contract with China Railway to supply 120 CR400AF new Chinese standard high-speed train cars for China’s high-speed...Read more
PKP Cargo, Pesa and IPS Tabor to develop autonomous locomotive
PKP Cargo, Polish railway company Pesa Bydgoszcz and Poland’s Institute of Rail Vehicles Tabor are going to collaborate on the construction of a dual-system autonomous locomotive. The parties signed the agreement last week during trade...Read more
World’s rail supply market volume amounts to 163.2 billion Euros
The rail supply market volume amounts to an average of 163.2 billion Euros. This is the annual average in the period 2015-2017. This value is expected to be 192 billion Euros in 2023, concluded UNIFE...Read more
Alstom’s hydrogen trains enter passenger service in Germany
Alstom’s hydrogen train Coradia iLint rolled into the station for the first time in Bremervörde, Germany, this Sunday. Starting on Monday, two iLints will enter commercial service according to a fixed timetable in Lower Saxony. The...Read more
High-speed train Ouigo to serve Gare de Lyon in Paris
Gare de Lyon will be the third central Paris train station to be served by Ouigo, the low-cost high-speed service of SNCF. SNCF president Mr Guillaume Pepy confirmed the new service last Friday during an...Read more
Siemens to present autonomous tram at InnoTrans 2018
Siemens Mobility and ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam GmbH will be presenting their research project on the world’s first autonomous tram at InnoTrans 2018. Siemens will be demonstrating a test tram driving autonomously in real traffic on...Read more
NS will run a fast train to InnoTrans in Berlin
In honour of the InnoTrans rail trade fair, NS will run a fast train from Amsterdam to Berlin on Monday 17 September. This train will bring NS CEO Roger van Boxtel, ProRail CEO Pier Eringa,...Read more
Hong Kong High Speed Railway ready for passenger service
The Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High Speed Railway (HSR) is ready for passenger service. The Hong Kong government announced that the trial operations are completed succesfully. The rail section connects Hong Kong to...Read more
ÖBB signs framework agreement for 700 coaches
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Siemens Mobility have signed a framework agreement for the delivery of eight day trains and 13 night trains with a total of up to 700 passenger coaches over the next...Read more
České Dráhy to order up to 120 new regional trains
Czech rail operator České Dráhy (ČD) has launched a competitive procurement for up to 120 new trains. The trains will be used to operate regional services. The total expected value is 14.8 billion Czech koruna...Read more
Stadler wins contract to build 71 trains for Wales
Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler is going to supply Wales & Borders franchise and South Wales Metro service with 36 CityLink tram-trains and 35 Flirt multiple units. They are set to be introduced starting from...Read more
German railway companies funded for energy saving investments
Germany will receive EU funding for a scheme to support railway companies that invest in energy efficiency technologies. Companies providing electrically powered rail transport services may be compensated for up to 50 per cent of...Read more
Metros Amsterdam North-South line can turn round without driver
In Amsterdam, the North-South metro line has gone into service. The new safety system makes it possible for metros at the Northern station to go driverlessly to the depot and to turn round. The metros...Read more