Alstom to equip 37 Belgian SNCB locomotives with ETCS
Alstom has won a contract to design, supply and maintain onboard ETCS Level 2 signalling systems for 37 SNCB HLD77 locomotives over a period of 10 years.Read more
Deutsche Bahn reopens railway section damaged in 2021 flooding
Deutsche Bahn (DB) will reopen a section of the Eifel line in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Monday, where in the summer of 2021 massive flooding wreaked havoc on the regional rail infrastructure. DB...Read more
Colas Rail and Alstom awarded lot of Grand Paris Express’s metro Line 17
Société du Grand Paris has awarded the consortium of Colas Rail and Alstom the contract for the track, overhead contact line and linear equipment for the second section of the Grand Paris Express Line 17....Read more
Welsh trains come home to a real fire – in flames
The much heralded rolling stock upgrade across Wales has hit the buffers. The deployment of a multi-billion pound modernisation of the passenger fleet is in disarray, after a number of fires onboard diesel trains. The...Read more
Amsterdam metros to feed brake energy back to power grid
Amsterdam public transport companies GVB and the Amsterdam transport region will initiate a project next year whereby brake energy from metros is fed back to the grid. This should increase the available energy for both...Read more
The trials of Alstom’s new TGV M in Czech Republic
Since 7 December 2022, the first TGV M test train from Alstom’s Avelia Horizon range has been at the Velim test site in the Czech Republic. This test campaign will last almost 6 months and...Read more
Alstom to install ETCS on 73 Czech trains
ČD Telematika has commissioned Alstom to supply and install the European Train Control System (ETCS) on 7 high-speed Pendolino vehicles and for 66 electric vehicles. The ETCS system will be supplemented by national functionalities to...Read more
SBB kicks off 2023 with overhaul of Astoro train sets
Swiss railway operator SBB will be working to renovate and upgrade its fleet of 19 Astoro train sets in the coming five years. The first train arrived at the Bellinzona maintenance centre on Monday, having...Read more
SNCF’s new TGV M arrives in Czech Republic for dynamic testing
The first train of the fifth generation TGV rolling stock has arrived at the Velim testing facility at Cerhenice in the Czech Republic. There, manufacturer Alstom, SNCF Voyageurs and SNCF Matériel will conduct a series...Read more
Renfe puts in new rolling stock orders worth 858 million euros
Renfe has ordered 97 new trains for its Cercanías and medium-distance services as part of its ongoing, 5.4-billion-euro rolling stock renwal campaign. The recent orders, placed with Alstom, CAF and Stadler, carry a combined value...Read more
Switzerland’s unique addition to the rails: the GoldenPass Express
A new train service with the name GoldenPass Express starts service this week in Switzerland. The train features a novelty: it switches from metric to standard gauge, as the first in the world. Read more
Alstom and Air Products to accelerate introduction of hydrogen in rail in Czech Republic
Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom and hydrogen producer Air Products have signed a Memorium of Understanding (MoU) to deploy hydrogen solutions forrail for the Czech Republic, including the necessary infrastructure.Read more
Irish governments greenlights purchase of new battery trains
The Irish government has approved funding for the purchase by Irish Rail of 90 new train carriages from Alstom. They will be used in the Greater Dublin Area and potentially also on the Cork Commuter...Read more