It’s your daily update on Europe’s tracks from RailTech. Alstom has been turning heads today with the news that they will indeed shutter their Görlitz plant in a…
Hitachi Rail has won a contract to deliver 46 new battery trams to the city of Florence. The company’s remote technology will eliminate the need for unsightly overhead…
There is a big blue success story coming to Manchester. It’s not another Premiership title for City. The open access passenger train operator Lumo has revealed plans to…
Britain’s railway signalling and control system is set to undergo the biggest shake-up in the history of the network. The infrastructure agency, Network Rail, has announced a decade-long…
Standard Ethics has announced the forthcoming launch of the SE Global Railway Manufacturers Index, following the publication of the “Making Tracks Towards Sustainability” report. The index is set…
Hitachi Rail has secured a 200 million euro contract from the Municipality of Naples to supply new-generation trains for Naples Metro Line 6. Under the agreement, Hitachi Rail…
Passenger operator Avanti West Coast has taken delivery of two units of their new British-built Hitachi trains. The designated class 805 sets have broken cover and made their…
Czech Infrastructure manager Správa Železnic completed the switching of the traction power supply to alternating current between Nedakonice and Říkovice on the Breclav – Přerov corridor this Friday.…
Trials runs of Japan’s first hydrogen-powered train ‘Hybari’ will start next month, reports Japanese news agency Jiji Press. The train is developed by railway company JR East, Toyota…
Hitachi Energy will be supplying traction transformers to Indian Railways, as the national railway company seeks to fast-track the electrification of India’s broad-gauge routes in the coming two…
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…
New Spanish operator ILSA has signed a 30-year agreement with Hitachi Rail for the maintenance of ILSA’s 20 new ETR 1000 trains. Train maintenance will include predictive and…
The cracks found in Hitachi trains in the UK were a result of fatigue and stress corrosion cracking, and Hitachi made the sensible decision in May to withdraw…
The first three high-speed trains for Spanish private operator ILSA are ready to depart from the factory. In the coming weeks they will travel from Italy to Spain…
ANALYSIS – The liberalisation of high-speed traffic in Spain became a reality at the beginning of May. This country offers a particular design with a framework based on…