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  • TransPennine Express and Angel Trains orders 95 Inter-City rail carriages from UK manufacturer Hitachi

    TransPennine Express and Angel Trains orders 95 Inter-City rail carriages from UK manufacturer Hitachi

    The new TransPennine Express franchise, operated by FirstGroup has been given the go-ahead to complete a new rolling stock contract with Hitachi Rail Europe to supply 95 brand new, state of the art train carriages. The contract, for the fleet of AT300 ‘Inter City’ trains will lead to the procurement of 19 five-car Hitachi AT300 bi-mode trains, operating on both electric power and diesel power.

  • Contract Award for Thailand Red Line Construction Project

    Contract Award for Thailand Red Line Construction Project

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation were awarded a contract by State Railway of Thailand to design and build an Electric and Mechanical system, as a full turn-key package, for Red Line Construction Project. The contract price is approximately 32.399 billion Thai Baht and completion of the construction is expected in 2020.

  • Completed the construction of the first train of the new metro of Honolulu

    Completed the construction of the first train of the new metro of Honolulu

    ​ Hitachi Rail Italy has finished the setting up of the first out of 20 vehicles with 4 cars planned for the new metro of Honolulu. From the HRI facility in Pittsburg, California, the vehicle completed with interiors - destination the island of Hawaii - has in fact left.

  • Virgin unveils the Virgin Azuma!

    Virgin unveils the Virgin Azuma!

    Livery and name for Virgin’s new fleet of East Coast trains unveiled for first time Azumas will revolutionise East Coast travel from 2018 Customers will experience faster journeys, quicker acceleration and better comfort

  • Virgin unveils the Virgin Azuma!

    Virgin unveils the Virgin Azuma!

    Virgin Trains has unveiled the first of its new fleet of trains in a ceremony at King’s Cross attended by Sir Richard Branson. Set to revolutionise travel on the East Coast from 2018, the Virgin Azuma will be one of the most advanced trains on the UK’s rail network, and will embody the customer-centric approach which Virgin Trains is famous for.

  • Hitachi Rail USA, the American subsidiary of Hitachi Rail Italy, is pleased to announce the completion of a manufacturing facility for Miami Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works’ new Metrorail vehicles

    Hitachi Rail USA, the American subsidiary of Hitachi Rail Italy, is pleased to announce the completion of a manufacturing facility for Miami Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works’ new Metrorail vehicles

    ​The 140,400 square-feet plant, located in Medley, FL., will manufacture 136 cars and 272 motor bogies to replace the County’s Metrorail fleet. The Miami-Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works contracted the production to Hitachi Rail. The plant was completed in approximately six months and received the Certificate of Occupancy the first week of January 016.

  • The Results of the Mandatory Tender Offer

    Hitachi, Ltd. informs that its (indirectly) wholly owned subsidiary, Hitachi Rail Italy Investments S.r.l., today announced that, as of the date hereof, the offer period of the its mandatory tender offer on the ordinary shares of Ansaldo STS S.p.A. has ended.

  • Manufacturing – not just a man’s world

    Manufacturing – not just a man’s world

    Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE) celebrated International Women’s Day by holding a ‘Ladies Day’ recruitment event at their rail vehicle manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe on Tuesday, 8th March. The facility was opened by the Prime Minister in September last year.

  • Manufacturing – not just a man’s world

    Manufacturing – not just a man’s world

    Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE) celebrated International Women’s Day by holding a ‘Ladies Day’ recruitment event at their rail vehicle manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe on Tuesday, 8th March. The facility was opened by the Prime Minister in September last year.

  • Ansaldo STS awarded Modernisation of the Glasgow Subway, Scotland

    Ansaldo STS awarded Modernisation of the Glasgow Subway, Scotland


    Genoa, March 8th 2016
    The Ansaldo STS - Stadler consortium has won contracts for the replacement of the train fleet and the modernisation of the signalling and control systems, associated equipment, and for 10 years maintenance support services. Ansaldo STS’s share is valued at £ 104.3 million
    The Ansaldo STS - Stadler consortium has won contracts to modernize the subway of Glasgow wit

  • Ansaldo STS awarded Modernisation of Glasgow Subway, Scotland

    The Ansaldo STS - Stadler consortium won contracts to modernize the subway of Glasgow with state-of-the-art technology, including the supply of 17 new trains, Communication Based Train Control driverless signalling technology, platform screen doors and depot equipment, and related maintenance support services to upgrade 10.5 km long twin subway lines, and 15 stations.

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