HS2 has launched an Innovation Accelerator to help develop solutions in three areas: the environment, the circular economy, and productivity. It will be fully double track and electrified.
All rights reserved Transfesa Logistics, a freight operator majority-owned by Deutsche Bahn, is renewing its European container fleet.
Bombardier has signed a contract with the NCTD (California) for 11 BiLevel coaches and cab cars for the Coaster service. Competitive railway undertakings and rail advocacy groups have expressed dismay at the Bundesrat support for the LNG toll exemption. ScotRail then invested 475 million GBP (542 million euros) into new rolling stock.Consequently, there are now 2,400 passenger trains Monday to Friday with a total of 605,000 seats. Alstom has partnered with energy infrastructure company Snam to bring hydrogen trains to Italy as one of the solutions for greening transport. A total of 70 units have been built, divided into 46 three-car and 24 four-car sets. Bombardier has won a contract in India to supply 67 3-car MOVIA metro trains for the Agra and Kanpur metros, along with signalling equipment. HS2 has revealed its final design for the first of four vent shaft headhouses for the Chiltern tunnel. Rail Baltica has received its next round of funding, with €184 million coming from the EU's CEF, and €32 million from national co-financing. 46 are to be 3-car Class 385/0 units with standard class only, and 24 will be 4-car Class 385/1 units with first class at one end. The reduced weight improves the acceleration of th…
That's three months later than originally planned, due to approval delays etc. Rail freight punctuality has increased from 60 percent to 80–90 percent during the coronavirus crisis due to greater network availability. The CER has published a position paper advocating for applying the user-pays and polluter-pays principles across the transport sector. The SBCTA Board has approved a Memorandum of Understanding with XpressWest to explore the feasibility of a high-speed rail line. © Hitachi Rail Limited 2019. That page can't be foundWe are very sorry for the inconvenience. The contract also comprises a 10-year maintenance deal, with plans currently in place to stable and service the trains at Craigentinny depot in Edinburgh.The new Hitachi trains are part of ScotRail's £475 million rolling stock investment, following the £858 million electrification of the line between Edinburgh and Glasgow by Netwrok Rail.The contract is being financed by Caledonian Rail Leasing Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle created by SMBC Leasing. The first are to enter service in 2022, all by 2026.