International

Groundbreaking hybrid battery train evolves to serve the intercity market in Southern Italy New intercity hybrid battery train will enter service in Southern Italy this summer Hitachi Rail will deliver seven intercity hybrid battery trains for Trenitalia as part of a...

British Steel has won a multi-million-pound contract to supply rail for a landmark new route in North Africa. In total, 9,500 tonnes of track, produced in Scunthorpe, will be delivered for Egypt’s Green Line railway – the country’s first fully...

Railways experts at the University of Birmingham are joining forces with East Japan Railway Company (Japan Railway East) to create innovative rail technology and new ways of staffing Japan’s railways. University of Birmingham Provost Professor Stephen Jarvis and Japan Railway...

Network Rail Consulting’s US subsidiary, Network Rail Consulting Inc, has been awarded a $73.2m (£57.5m) contract to provide systems engineering services to California’s High-Speed Rail Program. The first dedicated high-speed railway in the USA, California’s high-speed network will see 200-mph...

Social certification measures a train’s impact from manufacturing and supply chain to end-of-life management and recycling Hitachi Rail is the first manufacturer in the world to be able to track not just the environmental impacts of its products, but also...

Hitachi Rail has announced the appointment of Sarfaraz Samnakay as Managing Director and Country Representative for Hitachi Rail Australia. Mr Samnakay is a rail executive with extensive Australian and global rail industry experience who has been integral to Hitachi Rail’s...

The Supervisory Board of Knorr-Bremse AG, global market leader for braking systems and a leading supplier of other rail and commercial vehicle systems, made an important personnel decision during its meeting today: Dr. Jürgen Wilder, the Executive Board member...

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has announced it is rebranding to AtkinsRéalis.  Building on more than a century of accomplishments from brands such as SNC-Lavalin, Atkins, Faithful+Gould, DTS...

Passenger services on bespoke new trams manufactured by Hitachi Rail for Gruppo Torinese Trasporti (GTT) will begin running in the city of Turin on Monday 11 September. An initial 30 trams will enter service with the contract, signed in Spring...

Thales and Egyptian firm Orascom Construction have signed a new contract with the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) for the modernisation of the double-track railway linking the cities of Cairo, Giza, and Beni Suef. The track is located on the...