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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.
Rail News
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.
Rail Business
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.
HS2
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...
Rail News
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.
Rail News
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.
Rail News
Refreshed IC3 interiors revealed
DSB has released photos of one of the first IC3 units to undergo a major interior refurbishment.
High Speed Rail
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).
Rail News
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.
Rail News
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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Work starts on Eaglescliffe station improvement scheme
Network Rail, Tees Valley Combined Authority, and Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council have started work to transform Eaglescliffe railway station and...