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Alstom and Italo sign a contract for five Pendolino EVO trains and 30 years of maintenance

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, …

Amsterdam Metro North-South Line enters service with Alstom train control and signalling

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 appoints Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

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 …

GRAHAM completes crucial South East London rail network upgrades

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 …

Five-year building and civils contract awarded to SSE Enterprise 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 …