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Stay up to date with the latest Manufacturers updates from the global railway industryUK Rail Firm Jarvis May Lay Off 1,100 Workers
The administrators of Jarvis in the UK said they could slash 1,100 jobs across the country. The rail maintenance firm went into administration in late March following a refusal by its creditors...
SNCF Orders More Alstom Trains
France's SNCF has awarded a €135m ($180m) contract to Alstom to supply 23 Régiolis trains from the Coradia Polyvalent range. The trains will be used in the French regions of...
Alstom Directors Arrested in Corruption Case
Three Alstom directors have been arrested for corruption after an investigation by the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The French transport and infrastructure group has been accused of...
SNCF Orders More Bombardier Trains
Under a new €350m ($474m) deal Canadian firm Bombardier will supply a further 49 Régio2N regional double-deck trains to France. Placed by French National Railways SNCF on behalf of...
Belarus Orders Stadler Trains
Belarusian Railway has awarded a €60m ($81m) contract to Swiss firm Stadler Rail to supply ten Fast Light Innovative Regional Train (FLIRT) electric multiple units. Of the total fleet,...
Vossloh Delivers Locomotive to Norway
German firm Vossloh Locomotives has delivered a G1000BB diesel-hydraulic to Norwegian mining company Sydvaranger Gruve, to be used on a standard gauge railway linking the mine to Kirkenes harbour....
NSW Receives First Chinese High-Speed Trains
Chinese firm Changchun Railway Vehicles has delivered its first set of the ordered high-speed trains to the Australian state of New South Wales. The vehicles are part of the EDI 626...
Rail Sector Least Affected by Recession, Survey Says
A new survey of respondents across the rail, aviation and shipping industries has showed rail to be the least affected of all the three industries by the economic downturn and concluded that...
Queensland Rail gets New Locomotives
Australian rail freight operator Pacific National has launched the first three of its 23 Class 7100 25kV 1,067mm gauge electric locomotives in the state of Queensland. The three new...
Siemens Wins €320m Russian Contract to Supply Rail Coaches
Siemens, along with Russia's Tverskoy Vagonostroitelny Zavod AG (TVZ), has been selected to supply 200 modern sleeping cars to Russian Railways (RZD). Siemens' share of the contract is...
Tognum to Supply Rail Engines to Bombardier and Siemens
German firm Tognum has won two contracts from Siemens and Bombardier to supply 113 Model 16V 4000 R43 rail engines for France's SNCF railways. Under the first contract with Siemens, the...
Siemens to Supply 100 Desiro Classic DMU Trains to DSB
The Danish State Railway (DSB) has placed an order with German company Siemens to manufacture and supply 100 Desiro Classic DMU regional trains, to be deployed on its Aarhus rail line on...
Stagecoach's UK Rail Profits Decline
Australian rail and bus operator Stagecoach suffered a decline of £3.4m in operating income at its British rail franchise in the period between January and April 2009. The decline is due to...
PESA to Supply New Trams for Warsaw Tramways
Polish company PESA Bydgoszcz has signed a contract worth about $464m with Warsaw Tramways to supply 186 five-car trams for the Warsaw rail network. The air-conditioned trams will feature...
German Rail to get 83 Electric Rail Units
Bombardier Transportation and Alstom Transport have bagged a €452m ($605m) contract to supply 83 electric units of ET 430 series from Deutsche Bahn Regio AG (DB Regio). Out of the...
Singapore to Get 22 Trains for Better Passenger Service
Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a contract to a consortium to provide 22 six-car trains for the North-South/East-West Lines (NSEWL) in the country. The contract amounts...
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