With the European market increasingly opening up to private operators and with the comeback of night trains well underway, the availability of rolling stock has become a large obstacle, especially for open-access train operators. What...Read more
New communication technologies will lead to significant improvements in terms of digital transformation and more efficient train control. At the same time, increasing digitalisation is exposing the rail sector to cyber threats as never before....Read more
Alstom, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the TU Berlin are moving their research project “Automated regional trains in Lower Saxony, Germany” to the next phase, the partners recently announced.Read more
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) completed the tender process for the rollout of ERTMS across Italy last month. The 2.7-billion-euro package is split across four regions and four lead companies, and covers a total of 4,220...Read more
Slovakia’s Economics Minister Richard Sulík believes that a hydrogen train will start running on the Nové Zámky – Prievidza line by the end of this parliamentary term, which runs until 2024. He said this at...Read more
Israel’s Metropolitan Mass Transit System (NTA) has awarded Alstom and its partners the contract for the design, construction and maintenance of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan LRT Green Line.Read more
Representatives of ČD Telematiky and AŽD Praha ceremoniously handed over the first locomotive retrofitted with the on-board unit of the European train protection system ETCS to Czech Railways (České Dráhy) on Thursday. The Czech Republic...Read more
Alstom has ended the annual accounting period 2021/22 with 15,5 billion euros in sales and a record backlog of 81 billion euros, the company’s fiscal year results released on Wednesday show.Read more
UK passenger operator Avanti West Coast is putting its Pendolino tilting train fleet refurbishment into full swing with the release of the first upgraded sets into revenue-earning service. With HS2 on the horizon, where does...Read more
SFBW, the transport company of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg, has placed an order to the tune of 2,5 billion euros for 130 Coradia Stream High Capacity (HC) electric double-deck trains, Alstom announced on...Read more
Alstom has delivered India’s first semi high-speed regional train. The train set was entirely manufactured in-country, primarily at the company’s Savli-based factory in Gujarat state.Read more
Passenger train operator SJ has brought the maintenance activities of the X40 and X55 train sets in house, the company announced late last week. It recently concluded a transition period that began on February 1st.Read more
Avanti West Coast’s first refurbished Pendolino has returned to service this week after being transformed as part of the UK’s biggest train upgrade. 55 trains will follow as part of the refurbishment, undertaken by Alstom.Read more
Alstom will be supplying 100 Flexity low-floor Next Generation Trams (NGTs) to the state of Victoria’s Department of Transport valued at some 700 million euros. The trams will be used for the Melbourne Tram Network...Read more
Deutsche Bahn International Operations (DB IO) will plan, operate and maintain the GO regional rail public transportation network in Toronto and the wider province of Ontario. The contract has a duration of 25 years and carries...Read more
