Knorr-Bremse to provide and maintain new braking devices for UK Hitachi fleet
1.200 UK intercity Class 800/801/802 train cars will be upgraded with new brake pads and disks following a framework contract for four years between Knorr-Bremse and Hitachi Rail. From the first quarter of 2021, Hitachi...Read more
Nokia provides WiFi with intelligent switching for Austrian Westbahn fleet
Nokia announced that it has been selected by Austrian rail operator Westbahn to implement a new high-bandwidth train-to-ground WiFi network across the operator’s newly expanded fleet of intercity trains. The network uses intelligent switching, a...Read more
Ricardo Rail gets approval for On-Track Machines London Underground
The Kirow KRC250 Rail Crane and Switch Tilting wagons are accepted for deployment for maintenance on the London Underground. The official approval follows after five years’ work of Ricardo Rail to demonstrate the machines meet...Read more
China presents freight train to break speed record with 350 kmph
A new record has been claimed for the fastest freight train in the world. The Chinese train manufacturer CRRC Tangshan presented its new bullet train, designed to carry cargo at a speed of 350 kilometers...Read more
First Alstom hydrogen trains go into serial production in 2021
French train manufacturer Alstom sees great market potential for hydrogen trains. In Western Europe alone, 5,400 diesel engines have to be replaced. After multiple test drives and small-scale use in commercial service in Germany, the...Read more
New Berlin S-bahn trains enter service on New Year’s Eve
The first train of the new series 483/484 S-Bahn have started passenger service in Berlin shortly after midnight on the 1st of January 2021. A total of ten pre-series trains, built by a consortium of...Read more
Lithuania’s LTG Link announces procurement of new electric trains
LTG Link has announced the first stage of a public procurement process for the purchase of 30 new electric trains for more than 200 million euros. The railway operator of Lithuanian Railways plans to procure...Read more
Bombardier to fit ETCS signalling on UK Electrostar trains
UK Rolling stock company Porterbrook has awarded a framework agreement to Bombardier Transportation to fit onboard signalling system ETCS to Bombardier Electrostar trains in the UK. The project falls under the UK’s Digital Railway Programme.Read more
Bombardier sell to Alstom papers complete
December 1 marks the day Bombardier and Alstom have completed all the necessary administrative approvals to complete the sell of Bombardier Transports to Alstom. The talks to sell the Canadian company’s rail division to Alstom...Read more
Ferrovie Nord Milono will operate Italy’s first hydrogen trains
Railway operator Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM) has come to an agreement with Alstom for the delivery of six hydrogen trains. These trains will run on the Brescia-Iseo-Edolo line in Lombardy, in the north of Italy....Read more
64 customized trams worth 363 million euros to be delivered to Cologne
Cologne Public Transport Authority has signed a contract with Alstom and Kiepe Electric to receive 64 low-floor Citadis trams. They are worth a total of 363 million euros and will be customized and adapted to...Read more
Installation with moving overhead line brought into operation for new NS trains
Over the past year the Watergraafsmeer maintenance workshop in Amsterdam has been converted to be able to maintain the Intercity New Generation (ICNG). VolkerRail, Pilz, Broeze Nijverdal and LiftingPlus have designed an installation with a...Read more
Ukrainian railways announces restructuring plans
Ukrainian Railways will start important restructuring plans together with an increase in investments of 776.6 million euros in infrastructure, locomotives, freight wagons and passengers services. This was recently announced by chairman Volodymyr Zhmak of UZ...Read more