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  • Hitachi brings rail manufacturing back to its British birthplace

    Hitachi brings rail manufacturing back to its British birthplace

    Hitachi Rail today celebrated the return of rail manufacturing to its British home in the North East, joining with key delivery partners at the official opening of a £82 million Rail Vehicle Manufacturing Facility in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.

  •  New High Speed Trains Confirmed For The South West

    New High Speed Trains Confirmed For The South West

    London; 30 July, 2015 – UK rail customers are set to enjoy faster and more comfortable journeys between London and Cornwall from 2018 following Government approval for a deal between Hitachi Rail Europe and FirstGroup.

  • New High Speed Trains Confirmed For The South West

    New High Speed Trains Confirmed For The South West

    The Government has today given the go-ahead for the deal that First Great Western put forward in March, which will see Hitachi deliver and maintain 29 high speed trains for the new franchise. The fleet of AT300 trains will run primarily from London Paddington to Plymouth and Penzance, replacing the 40-year-old trains currently serving this key intercity route.

  • Hitachi Rail Europe Wins First Traffic Management Contract in UK

    Hitachi Rail Europe Wins First Traffic Management Contract in UK

    London; 27 July, 2015 - Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE) today held a ceremonial event at its Global Headquarters in London to mark the awarding and signing of the Thameslink contract for Traffic Management (TM) in partnership with Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (“Network Rail”).

  • Hitachi Rail Europe Wins First Traffic Management Contract in UK

    Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE) today held a ceremonial event at its Global Headquarters in London to mark the awarding and signing of the Thameslink contract for Traffic Management (TM) in partnership with Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (“Network Rail”).

  • Hitachi Rail Showcases High Speed Rail Vision

    Hitachi Rail Showcases High Speed Rail Vision

    Hitachi Rail is presenting its headline vision for the future of high speed rail at the UIC High Speed Congress in Tokyo. To mark the occasion, Hitachi Rail is exclusively releasing 3D film footage of its conceptual train interior, in which the central focus is the user experience.

  • Students visit flagship Hitachi train maintenance centre

    Students visit flagship Hitachi train maintenance centre

    Ashford, Kent; 17th June, 2015 - Hitachi Rail Europe today hosted students from Bethnal Green Academy at the Ashford Train Maintenance Centre in Kent, to see at first-hand the work the company is doing to maintain the iconic Class 395 ‘Javelin’ trains serving High Speed 1 (HS1) and Kent.

  • Students visit flagship Hitachi train maintenance centre

    Hitachi Rail Europe today hosted students from Bethnal Green Academy at the Ashford Train Maintenance Centre in Kent, to see at first-hand the work the company is doing to maintain the iconic Class 395 ‘Javelin’ trains serving High Speed 1 (HS1) and Kent.

  • Apprentices glimpse new commuter trains for Scotland

    Apprentices glimpse new commuter trains for Scotland

    ​ScotRail’s apprentices were introduced to the new fleet of Hitachi AT200 commuter trains, due to go into passenger service in Scotland from 2017. The event was held in Glasgow last week (Wed. 20).

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