Rail Business

Choosing Alstom's street-level power rail solution means that the 10km-long line will be entirely catenary-free.

The Danish rail freight company was established by the two parties in 2008 to "outmanoeuvre competitors in the Scandinavian market" but after 10 years the partnership is ending. 

The order is worth more than €27 million and will see the trains built at Alstom's site in Salzgitter, Germany, and delivered in December, 2019. 

Story said that it has been in discussions with the liquidated company's former employees who were working on the project and are "delighted" that they have agreed to join as direct employees.

Under the Transport Act of 1967, NIR assumed responsibility for all of the country's rail services when it became a legal entity on April 1, 1968.

The latest contract, of which the overall value is around €539 million, represents Nokia's largest GSM-R award to date and a significant stride forward as it seeks to "expand beyond its traditional communication service provider customer base".

Brookville Equipment Corporation was tasked with restoring and modernising the trams at its Western Pennsylvania manufacturing facility following a contract award in 2015.

Metrovagonmash has supplied rolling stock to Baku since 1967. Currently, there are around 280 metro cars in service that have been manufactured by the company.

Line 2, a 21km elevated route with 16 stations, is expected to enter commercial operation in 2019.

Alpiq Engineering Services employs around 7,650 people and reported sales of approximately ∼€1.4 billion in 2017. It largely works in Switzerland, Germany and Italy.