Rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has unveiled the livery of its next-generation high-speed Avelia Liberty trains, which are set to operate on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the US.
Dmitry Losev, Deputy CEO for Technological Development at United Wagon Company (UWC), addressed the 8th annual international conference “Rail Delivery of Mining and Smelting Cargoes in Russia” on the topic “Operating resource of new generation freight cars: current situation and prospects”.
The Management and the General Works Council of Bombardier Transportation GmbH have signed a general company agreement regarding the transformation in Germany.
SPEAKING at a joint Siemens-Alstom press conference in Paris on September 27, Mr Joe Kaeser, president and CEO of Siemens, confirmed that the merger of Siemens Mobility and Alstom should be completed at the end of 2018. Kaeser also said there will be redundancies.
A new ultrasonic system for identifying fatigue cracks on points and switches at railway crossings has been developed by TWI Ltd, jointly funded by RSSB and Network Rail.