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8 June 2017 08:00

Ansaldo STS signs MoU with Metroselskabet for Proof of Concept of new Dynamic Headway Solution leveraging Hitachi technologies for Copenhagen Metro

08 June 2017, 11:45 am
New technology to automatically adjust train frequency to best cater for change in passenger numbers
Ansaldo STS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Metroselskabet to develop a Proof of Concept for a new Dynamic Headway solution leveraging Hitachi technologies for the Copenhagen Metro M1/M2.
The new Dynamic Headway solution will be designed usi

30 May 2017 08:00

Naples: the reopening ceremony of Scampìa Metrocampania

30 May 2017, 16:30 pm
“The reopening of Scampìa Metrocampania Nord East construction site is a remarkable event for the city, for Neapolitans and for our company.”
These are Roberto Passalacqua’s main remarks (the Vice President Region railways & Mass Transit of Ansaldo STS), pronounced during the event which took place on the 30th of May 2017 in Naples (Italy). The ceremony has bee

15 May 2017 08:00

Hitachi Rail Italy and Ansaldo STS in Montreal for UITP 2017

15 May 2017, 10:30 am
Montreal (Canada), 15 May 2017 – Technology, innovation and sustainable development. These are the main topics at the core of the 62th edition of the UITP Global Public Transport Summit, the most important world exhibition on urban and regional transportation. The fair will take place at the Palais de Congres de Montreal – Canada – between the 15th and the 17th of May

Work at Kasado, Japan, on new Azuma (Class 800)

5 May 2017 00:05

Hitachi begins work on Virgin Trains’ Azuma fleet

Virgin Trains’ customers are a step closer to new trains as work begins on the Azuma (Class 800) fleet, due to enter service on the east coast in 2018.

10 April 2017 07:01

Hitachi on track to recruit for 250 jobs at newly built Doncaster rail depot

Hitachi Rail Europe is on schedule to employ 250 people at their newly built Doncaster depot. The depot is hiring a brand new team to maintain new fleets of intercity trains inspired by Japanese bullet trains, which are due to start running next year. Hitachi has invested £80m in the Doncaster site to create a facility that is clean, light and packed with the most advanced industry technology.

24 February 2017 08:00

Ansaldo STS presented ERSAT and ERSAT EAV projects: the satellite technology applied to the railway traffic management for the first time in Europe

Cagliari, February 24th 2017
ERSAT is the latest generation signaling project that interfaces and integrates – for the first time in Europe – the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) with the navigation and satellite positioning technology Galileo.
ERSAT EAV project, which is presented together with Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Trenitalia in Sardinia today to show how this te

15 February 2017 07:01

New Hitachi trains for GWR’s Devon and Cornwall route a step closer to entering service

Passengers travelling towards Devon and Cornwall are one step closer to experiencing new trains as Hitachi Rail’s Italian factory receives bodyshells to start work. Hitachi’s UK manufacturing facility has already built its first train for Great Western Railway. The delivery of trains will transform passenger experience for routes connecting London to Wales and the South West of England.

Intercity train driver cab mock-up now at National Railway Museum, York

9 February 2017 10:14

Hitachi donates cab of new generation high speed train to National Railway Museum

Set to inspire the next generation of rail workers, enthusiasts and the public on the latest innovations in high speed rail, Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE) has donated a driver’s cab of the new intercity train to the National Railway Museum (NRM).

9 February 2017 07:01

Hitachi Rail Italy wins contract worth 106 million euros for additional 15 “Leonardo” metro trains from ATM

Hitachi Rail Italy today announced that it has been awarded a contract worth 106 million EUR from Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM) to manufacture an additional 15 “Leonardo” metro trains for the city of Milan. This contract, final option of the framework agreement for 60 trains signed in 2012, concerns the delivery of 9 trains for Line 1, and 6 trains for Line 2 of Milan metro.

6 February 2017 07:01

150 new jobs created in Bristol area by Hitachi Rail Europe

Hitachi Rail Europe is recruiting for 150 new roles at their Stoke Gifford depot. The recently built depot is hiring ahead of a new ‘bullet train inspired’ fleet entering service later this year. HRE will build upon the area’s engineering legacy, which includes transportation achievements such as Concorde, to develop a new long-term hub for skilled work.

1 February 2017 07:01

Strengthening Business Structure to Expand Social Innovation Business Using Digital Technologies

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, “Hitachi”) today announced that it will strengthen business structure in order to achieve further growth through the global rollout of Social Innovation Business using digital technologies.

24 January 2017 08:00

Ansaldo STS signed 44 million AUD signalling and communications contract in Australia

Genoa, 24th January 2017
Ansaldo STS has signed a contract worth 44 million AUD (Australian dollars) with Salini Impregilo - NRW Joint Venture (SINRW) to deliver the complete signalling and telecommunications system for Perth’s 8 km Forrestfield - Airport Link rail extension project
Under the contract awarded to Ansaldo STS by the SINRW, Ansaldo STS will deliver the complete signalling