Rail Business
Bombardier confirms order from TfL for more Aventras
Bombardier Transportation has received a new order for five Aventra trains for Transport for London's Elizabeth line - bringing the total number of ordered Aventra trains to 70.
Rail Business
Metra to invest $30m in renovating train workshops
Scheduled to take around two years to complete, Metra says that the project will boost the number of carriages it can renovate from 35 to 60 per year.Â
Rail Business
Four TBMs ordered to burrow Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel
Including offices, kitchens and bathrooms, the custom-built machines will support crews of up to 14 people who will work around the clock and move around 10m a day under the surface.
Rail Business
Maryland Transit Administration renews Bombardier operations and maintenance contract
Bombardier has been providing the services for the MARC train service's Brunswick and Camden lines since penning a contract in 2012.Â
Rail Business
UK’s Railway Industry Association joins EU rail supplier group but will lose membership after Brexit
The UK's Railway Industry Association (RIA) has become a member of a new EU Expert Group which will assess competitiveness across the rail supply chain.
Light Rail
Hannover transport authority Ãœstra orders extra TW 3000 trams
The deal takes the number of new TW 3000 trams to be supplied up to 153.
Rail Business
Trenitalia pens €330m deal with Alstom for 54 Coradia Stream trains
The deal is part of a framework agreement signed between the two parties in August 2016 for 150 trains, which included a first order of 47 trains for the Emilia Romagna region.
Rail Business
Siemens Alstom takes shape with business combination agreement
The development follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two in September, 2017, to counter the expansion of Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CRRC.
High Speed Rail
Stuttgart-Ulm high-speed line construction contract awarded
This project is designed to relieve traffic congestion in Stuttgart by turning the city’s existing infrastructure into an underground pass-through railway station. This will cut journey times between Paris and Munich.
Infrastructure
Design contract awarded for new Riga International Airport station and railway
EDZL, the state-owned organisation established to implement Rail Baltica in Latvia, has awarded the construction design and supervision contract for Riga International Airport's new railway station and related infrastructure.
The winning party of the international tender was the PROSIV consortium, which...
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ORR review leads to 50% reduction in maximum fees for ticket refunds
New rules will mean that from 2 April the maximum fee that train operators and ticket retailers can charge...