InnoTrans

InnoTrans is the largest railway industry exhibition in the world. That’s not just organiser’s hyperbole, the numbers speak for themselves. Held every other year in Berlin during the third week in September, the 2016 show was the eleventh in the series. 2,955 exhibitors took part, representing some 60 countries. 149 products made their world debut at […]

Stadler and Aarhus Letbane I/S held a presentation ceremony at InnoTrans to unveil the first completed light rail vehicle for the Danish city of Aarhus. Stadler was displaying the first of 14 Variobahn trams it is supplying to Aarhus. Its contract...

China's CRRC has presented a concept intercontinental high-speed electric multiple unit (EMU) which it hopes will "open up new markets" for the company. The double-deck train will carry passengers on the upper level and freight below. In promotional material presented at...

PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA and DB Netz AG have signed an agreement in Berlin to improve cooperation on cross-border train movements. Primarily the agreement, which builds on a set of principles established in 2012, will seek to create common...

Bombardier has launched its new metro product, Movia Maxx, and next-generation regional train platform, Talent 3, at InnoTrans this week. The latest in its line of Movia metro trains, the Maxx is a new high-capacity train concept for the urban...

Strukton and John Holland have used InnoTrans to announce the creation of Acuit.Systems - a new joint venture which will help businesses improve the performance and maintenance of assets. Aimed at railways in Australia and New Zealand, Acuit.Systems will capture...

Stadler’s EC250, believed to be the world’s first mass produced low-floor high-speed train, has been presented at InnoTrans 2016. From the end of 2019, the EC250 will begin operating between Basel/Zürich and Milan, and has been designed to meet the...

The leaders of Deutsche Bahn (DB) and SNCF have signed a memorandum of understanding promoting the development of digital technology on the railway. Dr Rüdiger Grube, chief executive of DB, and Guillaume Pepy, president of SNCF, signed the memorandum of...

MTU, a division of Rolls-Royce, has signed a contract with Hitachi Rail Europe to supply additional PowerPack engines for the UK's Class 800 and 801 IEP fleets. MTU was awarded a contract to supply 250 PowerPacks for the Intercity Express Programme...

The Class 88 will begin the certification process in the UK soon said Stadler, presenting one of the dual-mode, 4-axle locomotives at InnoTrans this week. Stadler, which acquired the locomotive's manufacturer Vossloh Rail Vehicles in 2015, presented the Class 88 at...