Hitachi Rail has today signed the contract to deliver digital signalling for Phase 2 of the Chennai Metro Rail Project.

Hitachi Rail publishes a major new report investigating attitudes towards public transport and smart mobility in eight cities around the globe.

Effective 1st April 2023, current Group CEO of Hitachi Rail Andrew Barr will take the role of Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Regional Strategies (EMEA), and President of Hitachi Europe Ltd.

Hitachi Rail publishes first-of-its-kind major study into attitudes towards public transport across eight global cities. Three-quarters of people would use public transport more often if they had a single effective digitised transport app.

Hybrid power (using battery, diesel and electric) makes the train highly innovative and flexible, ready to travel anywhere, on any railway line.

Hitachi Rail takes step to reduce 7,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.

Hitachi Rail’s new 360Pass smartphone app goes live in Trentino, Italy, today allowing passengers to use a QR code in an app to pay for all travel on trains and buses, and parking lots in the area.

Hitachi Rail has signed two new contracts to equip digital cab signalling technology on-board trains operated by SNCF and Eurostar on French national and cross-border rail networks.

Hitachi Rail has been awarded a Framework Agreement worth €867 million, as the leader of a consortium of companies, to design and deliver European Rail Transport Management System (ERTMS) digital signalling on 1,885 km of the Italian rail network.

Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx reach agreement with Hitachi Rail’s Connect 6ix consortium to transform Toronto’s mass transit network via the 15.6-km Ontario Line subway project.