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Testing underway for new TransPennine fleet

TransPennine Express' Nova 1 test train has completed its first trial run between Doncaster and Darlington.

Bombardier lands contract to supply Singapore NSEWL trains

Bombardier has won a contract to build 66 new metro trains for Singapore's North-South and East-West Lines (NSEWL) in a deal worth more than $800 million.

ORR: Siemens-Alstom merger would have “detrimental impact on competition”

Britain's rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road, has welcomed the opening of an investigation by the European Commission into the planned merger of Siemens and Alstom.

Milan orders extra metro trains from Hitachi Rail Italy

Milan's public transport operator, Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM), has placed an order for 12 more Leonardo train sets. The €87 million contract with Hitachi is an extension of the 60 vehicles which have already been procured through a 2012 framework...

Hamburg S-Bahn looks to driverless future

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is to work with Siemens to automate one of Hamburg's S-Bahn lines as part of a wider programme of digitisation across the German rail network.

SBB completes seven-year project to modernise Zurich’s double-deck commuter fleet

SBB and public transport association ZVV have completed a seven-year modernisation of the double-deck, push-pull DPZ commuter fleet.

Refreshed IC3 interiors revealed

DSB has released photos of one of the first IC3 units to undergo a major interior refurbishment.

Europe’s ‘ineffective patchwork’ of high-speed railways unlikely to achieve long-term goals

The EU's current strategy for high-speed rail will struggle to achieve its long-term targets and has resulted in a 'patchwork' of poorly connected national networks, according to a report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).

SNCF to deploy ETCS test train

SNCF Réseau and SNCF Mobilités has presented a specially equipped TER train to test ETCS on the French network.

Roll-out for Azerbaijan’s first Alstom locomotive

Alstom has presented the first new Prima T8 AZ8A electric freight locomotive it is supplying to Azerbaijan Railways (ADY).

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