The new metro extension in Milan has gotten off to an inauspicious start, after the line had a serious malfunction—apparently due to its Hitachi-run software—less than 24 hours…
It’s your daily dose of rail reconnaissance from RailTech. Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the world’s first bullet train. On 1 October 1964, Japan’s high-speed Shinkansen had…
It’s gone as quickly as it arrived. InnoTrans ’24 comes to an end today, but the offerings on show at what is widely regarded as the most important…
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…
Hitachi Rail has completed the nearly 1.7 billion euro acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business as of May 31. This acquisition expands Hitachi Rail’s operations to…
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…
Hitachi Rail completed the initial dynamic testing of its new Digital Interlocking signalling system on the Paris-Lyon High-Speed Line in France. The completion of the first dynamic test…
In a step towards the finalisation of the Thales GTS acquisition, Hitachi Rail and Mer Mec have formalised a put option agreement for the sale of Hitachi Rail’s…
Hitachi Rail has formalised an agreement valued at 861 million euros with Trenitalia for the procurement of 30 ETR1000 high-speed trains, with an option for an additional ten…
The innovative design of the upcoming high-speed trains, set to commence operations on the HS2 rail network in the next decade, has achieved a historic milestone by becoming…
The Iricav Due consortium consisting of Italian industrial group Webuild (82.95 percent) and Hitachi Rail (17.05 percent) has won a new 1.8 billion euro digital signalling contract for…
Avanti West Coast has kicked off a test programme for its new Hitachi-built rolling stock with a first successful test run to Llandudno Junction, the operator said on…
The new M4 ‘Blue Line’ in Milan since this Tuesday reaches San Babila station, cutting journey times from Milan city centre to Linate airport from 33 to just…
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…
Hitachi Rail will manufacture 12 high-speed trains for the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, the Japanese company recently announced. The contract carries a value of 124 billion yen,…