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.
The 2.1 mile (3.4km) Colne Valley Viaduct will be 100m longer than Dundee’s Tay Bridge, which currently holds the title. Once complete, the bridge will carry the new high-speed rail line across a series of lakes and waterways near Hillingdon on the north-west outskirts of London.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has called for all train companies to implement a system that automatically notifies passengers who have booked tickets online if their trains are cancelled or changed before travel.
The trains are being pulled by two of the five Euro6000 locomotives that the Group has taken delivery of. Transfesa Logistics has obtained an extension of the safety certificate that allows it to operate on the border section from Perpignan to Figueras on UIC gauge.
JUMO offers a comprehensive portfolio of measurement and control technology for the railway industry. Other than temperature measurement in the undercarriage area and in the water supply, temperature and humidity control also play a key role.
As war in Ukraine persists into its second winter, the European rail community continues in its ceaseless efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Ukraine.
The Estonian railway operator Eesti Liinirongid (Elron) has decided to exercise its option to deliver modern electric units the first of the electric units from this order, which now consists of 16 vehicles, is already in production. Production is taking place at the Škoda Group's production site in Ostrava.