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Stay up to date with the latest Rolling Stock updates from the global railway industryWabtec to provide components for Amtrak passenger cars
Wabtec has won a contract from CAF USA, a railcar builder, to provide components for 130 new Amtrak passenger...
GE and PTKAI to build locomotive service centre for ASEAN region
GE Transportation and Indonesia's state-owned railway company, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PTKAI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a locomotive maintenance centre for...
Downer EDI to supply EMD locomotives to BHP Billiton
Downer EDI has received a A$292m ($312.84m) contract from mining major BHP Billiton to supply Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) SD70ACe/LCi diesel locomotives for use on its heavy-haul iron-ore...
Ex-Im Bank finances US-built locomotive delivery to IOC
The Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a $83.1m loan for the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) to support the sale of six US-built locomotives, railroad cars and mining...
KCSR secures loan from US DOT for 30 locomotives
Kansas City Southern Railway (KCSR) has secured a $54.6m loan from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to buy 30 new diesel-electric...
Alstom to deliver additional Regiolis trains to France
French state rail operator SNCF, on behalf of the Pays de la Loire Region, has placed an order with Alstom to supply five Regiolis regional trains from the Coradia Polyvalent range for about...
Bombardier's Zefiro high-speed train wins design award
Bombardier Transportation has won the iF Product Design Award and the Good Design Award for its very high speed (VHS) train being developed for railway operators in Europe, Asia and North...
BART to buy 260 new rail cars for $1bn
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Agency in San Francisco, US, has unveiled plans to purchase 260 new rail locomotives for about $1bn in May...
GE to deliver 43 locomotives to Transnet in South Africa
GE has secured a contract from South African Government-owned rail operator Transnet to deliver 43 new model C30ACi...
CSR unveils sword-shaped high-speed train
China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock (CSR) has unveiled a sword-shaped train that can reach speeds of...
Faiveley Transport to supply air-conditioning system to Bombardier and Siemens
France-based train equipment maker Faiveley Transport has won a contract from Siemens and Bombardier to supply air-conditioning systems for ICx trains to be manufactured for Deutsche...
Transmashholding to supply 300 freight locomotives to Ukraine Rail
Russia-based Transmashholding has signed an agreement with Ukrainian State Rail Transport Administration (Ukrzaliznytsia) to supply 300 electric freight...
Chicago Transport pulls 40 Bombardier railcars from service
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in the US has removed 40 Bombardier 5000-series rail cars from service after CTA inspectors identified “a small number of manufacturing quality issues” on...
Siemens to deliver Velaro RUS trains to Russian Rail
Germany based Siemens has won a €600m order from Russian Railways (RZD) to supply eight high-speed Velaro RUS...
Bombardier wins light rail order in Germany
Bombardier has won a $248m order from Frankfurt Transport Authority, VGF Germany deliver additional 78 Flexity Swift high-floor light rail vehicles (LRVs) and ten Flexity Classic...
Bombardier to supply propulsion system to Indian Rail
Bombardier Transportation has won a $214m contract from Mumbai Railway Vikas (MRVC), a joint venture between the Indian Ministry of Railways and the Government of Maharashtra state, to provide...
UGL and GE jointly launch new narrow-gauge locomotive in Australia
Australia-based UGL and GE Transportation, a subsidiary of General Electric, have unveiled their new PowerHaul Series locomotive (PH37ACmai) at AusRail Plus 2011 in Brisbane,...
Alstom to supply locomotive and rail transport system to Belgrade Metro
Alstom has signed a deal with Serbian capital Belgrade to supply trains and a new rail transport system for the country's first metro rail...
UK unveils rail reform plan to improve efficiency
Network Rail in the UK has developed a plan to divide the country's rail infrastructure into ten strategic routes as part of its plan to improve operational efficiency and cut costs by £5bn...
China to resume bullet train operation after safety modifications
China will resume operation of 54 bullet trains on the new Beijing-Shanghai line after modifications have been completed a following high-speed rail accident in...
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