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, …

Alstom’s Urbalis 400 communications-based train control (CBTC) solution is the train control and signalling system behind the Amsterdam Metro North-South Line, a new line adding ten kilometres to the existing network, which opened on Saturday 21st of July with eight new subway stations. The new line was inaugurated by the new Mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, and Sharon Dijksma, Alderwoman of …

HS2 Ltd has appointed a new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the company has announced today. Richard Robinson joins HS2 Ltd as Chief Operating Officer from AECOM where he was Chief Executive of Civil Infrastructure in Europe, Middle East, India and Africa. Richard brings a wealth of experience to HS2 Ltd where he will support Chief Executive, Mark …

HyperloopTransportation Technologies announced the signing of an agreement in the People’s Republic of China. The agreement was signed by both HyperloopTT and Tongren Transportation & Tourism Investment Group of the People’s Republic of China. This is the first hyperloop agreement with China and marks the twelfth agreement for HyperloopTT and the third commercial agreement for HyperloopTT following announcements in Abu …

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 …

GRAHAM’s rail teams worked around the clock over the Bank Holiday weekend to deliver crucial upgrades to South East London’s rail network. The essential bridge replacements and supplementary works took place under abnormal track possessions at Bellenden Road Underbridge (Southwark) and Westdown Road Underbridge (Lewisham). Both projects involved the replacement and reinstatement of two underbridges within a restricted 72-hour rail …

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 …

Bombardier Transportation announced that its BOMBARDIER INNOVIA APM 300 system has entered service on Shanghai Metro’s Line 8 Phase 3 project, also known as Pujiang Line. The system was produced by Bombardier’s Chinese joint venture CRRC Puzhen Bombardier Transportation Systems Limited (PBTS) and is the result of an order placed by Shanghai Shentong Metro Co. Ltd. in June 2015 for …