VOITH Engineering Services has been awarded a contract worth around €7m to develop a low-floor LRV for Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group, China.
PASSENGER Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has awarded a Bombardier-led consortium a Rand 1.1bn ($US 122m) contract to carry out resignalling of MetroRail KwaZulu Natal commuter lines in the Durban area.
SWEDISH operator Hector Rail has acquired 42 type ICK coaches from Netherlands Railways (NS) leasing subsidiary NS Financial Services.
JAPAN's Mitsubishi Electric Corporation says it has installed the world's first auxiliary power supply system incorporating silicon carbide power modules in a series-production train.
TRENITALIA rolled out its next-generation high-speed train, the ETR 1000 Frecciarossa, at AnsaldoBreda's Pistoia plant on March 26, when the first completed train was nameed Pietro Mennea in honour of the Italian 100m sprinter who died on March 21.
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Tognum to deliver 307 power packs to Alstom German engine manufacturer Tognum has secured a contract from Alstom to deliver 307 power packs for new railcars.
Siemens to install train control systems on mainline routes in Tunisia
Siemens has secured a contract from Réseau Ferroviaire Rapide (RFR) to provide train protection technology for mainline routes in the Tunisian capital of Tunis.
MTR to start modification works at Diamond Hill station in April
Hong Kong's MTR is scheduled to start a HK$1.6bn ($213m) project to develop Diamond Hill station in mid-April 2013.
Canadian National Railway sells Oakville-Burlington rail segment to Metrolinx
Canadian National Railway (CN) has sold a portion of its rail line west of Toronto, Canada, to Metrolinx, a local transportation agency that operates public transit for the GTHA, for C$52.5m ($51m).
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nymr.co.uk - Due to sudden illness, the evening talk this evening by Chris Ware has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. The exhibition will still be open until 20:00 for browsing..
Railway Engineering News
..takes a look at the fastest series built train in Europe....and the RAIB is investigating an incident that occurred on the morning of 8 March 2013 in one of the two single bore tunnels between Old Street and Essex Road stations.
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