VR procures 20 electric multiple unit trains from Stadler. The trains will be put into service in spring 2026. The procurement also includes options to order 50 more trains from Stadler as well as maintenance services for the trains. The value of the procurement without options is approximately 250 million euros.
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.
Rail Baltica Global project coordinator and joint venture RB Rail AS announced new public tender for the master design, detailed technical design, and design supervision (author supervision) services for the construction of the new Rail Baltica line through Kaunas Urban Node.
Stadler has awarded Westermo a contract to provide networking solutions for a new fleet of trains for Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Westermo will supply data communication technology for hundreds of new generation single-decker FLIRT Evo multiple unit trains that will replace old rolling stock.
Ricardo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cordel Group PLC, a transport technology specialist, to collaborate in bringing its products to the global rail market.