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Hitachi Rail Washington, LLC. (“Hitachi Rail”) has been awarded a contract worth up to $2.2 billion with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“Metro”) to design and build 256 of the 8000-series railcar vehicle. The Contract includes options, if exercised,…
Hitachi Rail Starts Welding Brand New British Trains as Investment in North East Factory Reaches £110m • Watershed moment for train building in the North East as Hitachi Rail starts welding new passenger trains at its factory in the Sedgefield…
Railway MGVs Support Maintenance Operations : Just because it’s made for the Rail industry doesn’t necessarily mean it has to run on rails. Manually guided vehicles as well as automatically guided vehicles are often found moving between tracks in order…
Hitachi Rail Announces 250 Jobs Could Be at Risk : Hitachi Rail EU has announced that up to 250 members of staff at its Newton Aycliffe factory could potentially lose their jobs in the coming weeks. The company’s factory at…
Warnings Against Scaling Back HS2 Project : Cancelling the eastern extension of HS2 that connects to Leeds and Sheffield, would be “out of touch” with the expectations of Northern leaders, according to Transport for the North (TfN). Earlier this year,…
The project team behind the ongoing £200 million rail manufacturing facility in East Yorkshire has been strengthened with a new appointment. Siemens Mobility Limited appointed Mace to support the project, providing a range of services including project and cost management,…
Marking International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) on Sunday 23 June, HS2 Ltd has produced a short film which subverts the stereotype of what an engineer looks like, challenging the out-dated masculine preconceptions of an industry that is rapidly becoming more gender-inclusive.…
On its 14th and latest edition, Railtex has once again proved it is the UK’s premier exhibition of railway equipment, systems and services. A total of 6700 visitors from 50 countries and almost 2500 professionals representing exhibiting companies gathered at…
The first Class 230 D Train has entered passenger service on the Marston Vale line on Tuesday, 23 April, morning. Unit 2300034 is now in service on the route between Bletchley and Bedford. The train, which has been developed by…
Rail manufacturer Alstom revealed its plans to bring hydrogen trains to the UK by 2022. The ‘Breeze’ train will be a conversion of existing Class 321 trains, re-engineering some of the country’s most reliable rolling stock in order to create…
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