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Strukton News
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MEDIAWORLD
Through the Storm and Forward: Rail Transport at the Time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted economies around the world as it has forced people’s daily lives to a grinding halt. The coronavirus outbreak is reasonably expected to have lasting impacts on our individual behaviour and lifestyle, particularly on the way we work, consume and travel. In regard to the latter, transport and mobility are at the epicentre of the immediate and long-term challenges posed by the global health crisis. From urban traffic to international trade flow, bustling movement has given way to hushed calm. Many countries have closed their borders and imposed curfews – resulting in sharp reductions in transport demand at both the local and continental level.
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ALSTOM News
Alstom’s first Prima electric locomotive delivered to Indian Railways begins operation
The first of the 12000-horsepower, Prima T8 electric locomotives has been put into commercial service by Indian Railways. Built by Alstom and certified by the Ministry of Railways and Commissioner of Railway Safety/RDSO, the electric locomotives – known locally by the designation WAG-12 – are the most powerful locomotives to run on Indian rails. The 2015 contract will see a total of 800 locomotives built for Indian Railways.
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ALSTOM News
Alstom appoints Leopoldo Maestu new president and CEO in Spain
Coinciding with the start of the new fiscal year 2020/2021, Alstom has appointed Leopoldo Maestu new President and CEO of Alstom in Spain and Portugal, and a member of the Management Committee of Alstom Europe.
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Bombardier News
Bombardier delivers 200th FLEXITY Berlin tram to Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
The entire modern tram fleet in Berlin is Bombardier-built and forms the cornerstone of the city’s urban transport in Germany's largest tram network.
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ALSTOM News
Successful year and a half of trial operation of the world's first two hydrogen trains, next project phase begins
Bremervoerde/Germany, 19 May 2020 – After 530 days and more than 180,000 driven kilometres, the successful trial operation of the world's first two hydrogen trains was officially completed at the end of February. Two pre-series trains of Alstom's Coradia iLint model have been in passenger service since September 2018.
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ALSTOM News
Alstom delivers the 300th Coradia Polyvalent train, produced in Reichshoffen, to France's Occitanie region
Alstom delivered the 300th Coradia Polyvalent train for Régiolis in the Occitanie region on Thursday 7 May. After 6 years of operation, the total delivered fleet of Coradia Polyvalent trains has covered more than 107 million kilometres with a level of reliability and availability in line with the expectations of SNCF Voyageurs and the French Regions.
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HS2 News
Old Oak Common HS2 station gains planning approval and is set to be the largest newly built railway station in the UK
The planning application for HS2’s west-London super hub, Old Oak Common, was approved by the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) on 19 May.
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MEDIAWORLD
HS2 launches search for signalling and control systems contractor
The UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) has commenced the search for a specialist contractor to deliver the signalling and control systems that will help in the operation of the rail service.
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HITACHI RAIL News
