Alstom is to supply 5 additional Citadis trams to Bordeaux Metropole for a total amount of nearly 14 million euros. This order comes in addition to a tranche of 25 trams currently being manufactured on Alstom’s site in La Rochelle. These new trams, 44 metres long, are identical to those of the previous orders and are intended to reinforce the …

Italo – Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori and Alstom signed a contract worth €330 million for the purchase of five additional Pendolino EVO trains, exercising an option to the contract signed in October 2015. The contract also includes 30 years of maintenance. These five new trains will bring the total Italo Pendolino EVO fleet to 22 trains. With this further investment, Italo, …

GE Transportation will supply Chilean private transport provider FCAB – Ferrocarril de Antofagasta with five diesel-electric locomotives in 2019. This is the first deal between the two partners and includes a parts, service and warranty agreement. The order continues GE Transportation’s growth in South America. The market is growing, and a modernized infrastructure is a key driver in the region’s …

Bombardier Transportation and the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) signed a call-off order for the delivery of 25 BOMBARDIER TALENT 3 trains on June 29, 2018. This second call-off is based on a framework agreement signed in 2016 for up to 300 trains. The total value of this order is approximately 188 million euro ($218 million US dollars). This call-off includes …

SSE Enterprise Rail has been awarded a five-year programme of works through Network Rail’s building and civils framework. The work has a potential value of more than £200m in multiple regions and will be delivered between 2019 and 2024 – with early works commencing in 2018. The framework consists of mechanical and electrical engineering services, building services and fabric works …