News Archives - Page 749 of 1851 - International Railway Journal

News

July 30, 2019 | Fleet

Abellio orders Hitachi trains for East Midlands franchise

ABELLIO announced on July 30 that it has selected Hitachi Rail for a £400m contract to supply a fleet of 33 bi-mode (diesel/25kV ac) inter-city trains for East Midlands Railway (EMR).

July 30, 2019 | Infrastructure

Kazakhstan and Alstom sign digital signalling MoU

ALSTOM and Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of digital technologies for railway signalling in Kazakhstan.

July 30, 2019 | Fleet

CAF rolls out extra EMUs for Auckland Transport

AUCKLAND Transport (AT) has released a photo of the first of a second batch of AM class EMUs currently being built by CAF in Spain, which is currently undergoing final electrical testing before being shipped to New Zealand.

July 30, 2019 | Fleet

Latvian EMU order finally signed

AFTER two failed procurements, and a tumultuous third tender, Latvian passenger operator Pasažieru Vilciens (PV) finally concluded a deal for the renewal of its EMU fleet on July 30, when it signed a €241.9m contract with Škoda Vagonka for 32 trains.

July 30, 2019 | Metros

Maharashtra approves Mumbai metro expansion

THE cabinet of the Indian state of Maharashtra has approved three extensions of the Mumbai metro, which will add 50km to the network at a cost of Rs 240bn ($US 3.5bn).

July 30, 2019 | Fleet

Portland and San Diego order additional Siemens LRVs

SIEMENS has been awarded two contracts to supply S700 LRVs for San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and Portland regional transit operator TriMet.

July 29, 2019 | Infrastructure

Bids revealed for Croatian upgrade

CROATIAN Railways Infrastructure (HZI) publicly opened the 10 bids for a contract to reconstruct and double-track the 42.6km line between Križevci, Koprivnica and the Hungarian border on July 19.

July 29, 2019 | Metros

Alstom chosen for Barcelona metro train order

BARCELONA Metropolitan Transport (TMB) announced on July 27 that it has selected Alstom for a contract to supply 42 five-car metro trains to replace the network’s oldest fleets.

July 29, 2019 | Infrastructure

Germany plans €86bn rail investment in 2020-2029

GERMANY’s federal government and German Rail (DB) have reached an agreement to invest €86.2bn in the country’s railway infrastructure over the next decade, the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) confirmed on July 26.

July 29, 2019 | Financial

Greenbrier completes ARI manufacturing business acquisition

GREENBRIER completed its acquisition of the manufacturing business of American Railcar Industries (ARI) from ITE Management on July 26, largely along the terms of the $US 430m agreement announced in April.

« Previous 1 … 747 748 749 750 751 … 1,851 Next »

Rail market intelligence to unlock your business potential.

Sign up for the IRJ Rail Brief Newsletter