German state-owned railway company Deutsche Bahn is selling Arriva group, active in passenger transport in 10 countries across Europe, to the global investment fund I Squared Capital. The…
Hitachi’s 1.7-billion-euro proposed acquisition of the Thales’ Ground Transportation (GTS) business could lead to a “substantial lessening of competition in the supply of digital mainline and urban signalling…
VR Group from Finland is acquiring Swedish bus and railway company Arriva Sweden, previously owned by Deutsche Bahn. With the takeover of Sweden’s third largest train operator, VR…
Alstom has agreed to transfer business activities of Bombardier Transportation’s contribution to the V300 Zefiro very high-speed train to Hitachi Rail. This transaction was one of the European…
Alstom announced that it has agreed to divest its Coradia Polyvalent platform, its Reichshoffen production site in France and its TALENT3 platform, currently developed in Hennigsdorf, Germany to…
More than seven months after the completion of its takeover of Bombardier, Alstom has not yet met all the conditions set by the European Commission. For example, the…
Hitachi Rail has agreed to buy the Ground Transportation Systems of Thales. This branch has a value of approximately 1.7 billion euros. The acquisition is expected to be…
International railway supplier Vossloh has taken over the Dutch ETS Spoor. With the acquisition, the company wants to expand its position on the Dutch rail market.
“A merger between Eurostar and Thalys will give the combined company a monopoly position on the railways. As a result, the prices of the train tickets will increase”,…
The takeover of Bombardier by French train manufacturer Alstom is completed, the company announced on Friday. This makes the company the second largest train builder after the Chinese…
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 European Commission has finally allowed Alstom to purchase Bombardier Transportation. However, both companies should fulfil some commitments. The deal will be completed in the first half of…
Russian manufacturing group Transmashholding has acquired Dunakeszi Járműjavító, a Hungarian rolling stock plant. It is the first TMH’s facility in the European Union. The Russian holding plans to…
After almost nine months of talking and approving, Germany-based Vossloh Group has finally sold its locomotive business to CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive, a subsidiary of China Railway Rolling Stock…
Chinese rolling stock giant CRRC has received a green light for purchasing Vossloh Locomotives, the rolling stock unit of Vossloh Group. The deal approval was issued by German…