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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.

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.

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.

HITACHI RAIL News

70 NEW TRAMS FOR TURIN CONTRACT GTT - HITACHI RAIL SIGNED TODAY

The first 30 trams to be delivered starting from autumn 2021 Replacement of indoor air and two 2 areas for people with reduced mobility among the main features of the new vehicles. The livery will have the colours of Turin, in consistency with the one of the buses already circulating.

Colas rail News

Colas Rail wins a new contract on the Paris metro

Our Urban Tracks Business Unit signed a contract for the southern extension of Line 14 of the Paris metro for RATP.

MEDIAWORLD

Alstom Gives Bombardier Acquisition Update

Alstom first announced on 17 February 2020 that it intended to acquire Bombardier Transportation and had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bombardier Inc. and Caisse de dépôt du Québec to that effect.

Rail Cargo Group News

DIRECTLY FROM PLOIESTI TO BUDAPEST AND MUNICH AND BACK AGAIN

We are strengthening our intermodal network to Munich with our direct connection between Hungary and Romania, and thus significantly shortening transit times between the Terminals.

Eiffage News

Eiffage Rail: Diane and Magali get back into shape in our workshop in Auvers-le-Hamon

The kilometres travelled on the Brittany - Pays de la Loire high-speed line have revealed certain curves in the wheels of these two inseparable locomotives of Opéré. Make no mistake! It's a compliment in railway language. It is even said that you "made a sausage".

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