Amtrak extends rolling stock purchase agreement with Siemens
Amtrak, the public US rail service provider, has triggered its contract extension clause with German rolling stock manufacturer Siemens and…
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Patrick Rhys Atack
Patrick Rhys Atack is the Editor on our Transport desk, managing the Ship Technology, Airport Technology, and Railway Technology sites. He's covered education, business, and general news at various TV stations and online outlets. You can reach him at patrick.atack@globaldata.com
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Cork region to modernise signals and communications with Irish Rail
France-based international construction engineering and operations company Egis has signed a contract with Iarnród Éireann [Irish Rail] to modernise Cork’s…
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Swiss Government expects Gotthard tunnel derailment report next week
The Swiss Transport Safety Investigation Board (STSB/SUST) confirmed it opened an investigation into the freight train derailment inside the Gotthard…
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European “combined transport” dropped 14% in latest quarter
Road-Rail combined transport figures fell again during the April-June quarter, according to Ralf-Charley Schultze president of the International Union for…
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Siemens Mobility to provide 28 three-car units to German region
Siemens Mobility has won a €300m ($328m) contract to supply 28 regional train units to the German state of Baden-Württemberg.…
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Amtrak survey finds overwhelming support for rail investment
A survey commissioned by US public rail service Amtrak showed 86% of 1,000 respondents support an “American passenger rail system”…
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Multi-million dollar bids submitted for Chicago rail revamp
A coalition of interests led by Amtrak has submitted applications for nearly a billion dollars of federal funding for the…
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KL-Singapore high-speed rail update
MyHSR, the government-backed company behind the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed rail link, has reported an "overwhelming response" to its Request for…
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Falling exports and rising labour costs blunt BNSF’s Q2
Incomes and revenues dropped for the second quarter (Q2) of 2023, according to US-based freight rail network and carrier BNSF’s…
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MTA restores Long Island route after derailment
New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in the US has restored full service to the popular Long Island Rail…