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SUMITOMO news

Order Received to Supply 240 Train Cars for Philippines’ Metro Manila Subway

Sumitomo Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer: Masayuki Hyodo) and Japan Transport Engineering Company (Head Office: Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture; President and Representative Director: Takao Nishiyama; hereinafter, “J-TREC”) have received an order from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) of the Republic of the Philippines to supply 240 train cars for the contract package CP107 of the country’s Metro Manila Subway Project Phase 1 (between Quezon City in the north and Parañaque City in the south).

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ALSTOM News

Alstom to supply up to 40 Coradia Stream electric inter-regional trains and associated maintenance in Romania

The present contract for the first 20 trains and associated maintenance services for 15 years has a total value of €270 million

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Ricardo News

Ricardo performs assessment of safety technology for China’s latest maglev system

Ricardo will soon complete its Independent Safety Assessment of a signalling technology for a new Maglev system in China’s Hunan Province

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KEOLIS News

Keolis joint venture – Govia - receives new three-year contract for operation and maintenance of UK’s largest rail network

On 25 March 2022, the UK's Department of Transport (DfT) announced that it was awarding a new contract to Govia, a joint venture between Keolis (35%) and the Go-Ahead Group (65%), for train maintenance and operation of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) network

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Vossloh News

Vossloh wins another major order for rail fastening systems in China

Vossloh, a long-established and world-leading supplier of rail infrastructure products and services, has further strengthened its excellent positioning in the Chinese high-speed rail market.

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PJM News

Metro Barcelona: Mobile rail milling and monitoring project successfully completed by voestalpine Track Solutions Germany and PJM

The unique service portfolio „efficient rail maintenance in three steps" was presented by voestalpine Railway Systems and PJM only last summer

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Rail Cargo Group News

FIVE YEARS OF TRANSFER BRATISLAVA–KOPER

Since five years, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) transports goods sustainably by rail between Bratislava and the port of Koper.

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ALSTOM News

Increasing Luxemburg’s rail capacity with automation

The tiny nation of Luxemburg is a shining example of how rail automation is helping cities and countries respond to growing passenger numbers and delays on regional networks

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CargoBeamer News

CargoBeamer opens new rail connection between Cologne and Sète

The logistics service provider CargoBeamer has launched a new connection for the unaccompanied transport of semi-trailers by rail. Unaccompanied transport of semi-trailers expanded on the Franco-German corridor.

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Infrabel News

Important leap forward for the Belgian rail safety

Last weekend saw a major step forward in rail safety. In just two days, no less than 65 km of track in the province of Antwerp was put in service with the European safety system ETCS (European Train Control System). This automatic system controls the speed of trains.

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Technical Articles

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European Railways Integral to EU Defence Strategy

Order Received to Supply 240 Train Cars for Philippines’ Metro Manila Subway

Alstom to supply up to 40 Coradia Stream electric inter-regional trains and associated maintenance in Romania

The present contract for the first 20 trains and associated maintenance services for 15 years has a total value of €270 million

Ricardo performs assessment of safety technology for China’s latest maglev system

Ricardo will soon complete its Independent Safety Assessment of a signalling technology for a new Maglev system in China’s Hunan Province

Keolis joint venture – Govia - receives new three-year contract for operation and maintenance of UK’s largest rail network

On 25 March 2022, the UK's Department of Transport (DfT) announced that it was awarding a new contract to Govia, a joint venture between Keolis (35%) and the Go-Ahead Group (65%), for train maintenance and operation of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) network

Vossloh wins another major order for rail fastening systems in China

Vossloh, a long-established and world-leading supplier of rail infrastructure products and services, has further strengthened its excellent positioning in the Chinese high-speed rail market.

Metro Barcelona: Mobile rail milling and monitoring project successfully completed by voestalpine Track Solutions Germany and PJM

The unique service portfolio „efficient rail maintenance in three steps" was presented by voestalpine Railway Systems and PJM only last summer

FIVE YEARS OF TRANSFER BRATISLAVA–KOPER

Since five years, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) transports goods sustainably by rail between Bratislava and the port of Koper.

Increasing Luxemburg’s rail capacity with automation

The tiny nation of Luxemburg is a shining example of how rail automation is helping cities and countries respond to growing passenger numbers and delays on regional networks

CargoBeamer opens new rail connection between Cologne and Sète

The logistics service provider CargoBeamer has launched a new connection for the unaccompanied transport of semi-trailers by rail. Unaccompanied transport of semi-trailers expanded on the Franco-German corridor.

Important leap forward for the Belgian rail safety

Last weekend saw a major step forward in rail safety. In just two days, no less than 65 km of track in the province of Antwerp was put in service with the European safety system ETCS (European Train Control System). This automatic system controls the speed of trains.

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