Hitachi Rail doubling number of trainees in UK to over 100
Hitachi Rail, one of the largest builder and maintainer of trains in the UK, has launched a new national apprentice and graduate programme.
Virgin Azuma debuts in Scotland on East Coast test run
Virgin’s state-of-the-art Azuma train has visited Scotland for the first time on Wednesday 16th August as part of plans to transform Edinburgh-London rail journeys.
New Intercity Express Trains for Devon and Cornwall begin testing
On Tuesday 8th August, the first of Great Western Railway’s Intercity Express Trains for Devon and Cornwall carried out test runs in Somerset, between Bruton and Cogload. Two more trains are due to arrive in the South West within the coming weeks as part of a comprehensive test programme.
Ansaldo STS publishes the 2016 Sustainability Report
Genova, 1st August 2017
We hereby announce that the eight edition of Ansaldo STS’s annual Sustainability Report for the year 2016 has been made available to the public on the Company’s website today.
The Board of Directors approved the 2016 edition drafted in compliance with the G4 “Sustainability Reporting Guidelines ”In Accordance Core” option.
This Report was subject to the limi
New Hitachi trains pass Department for Transport digital tests
Hitachi’s new intercity trains, due to enter passenger service this autumn, have passed tests to run their digital technology required by the Department for Transport. The UK-built fleet, known as the Class 800s, is among the first in the country to successfully test an advanced level of digital signalling.
Hitachi Ansaldo Baltimore Rail Partners, LLC: Awarded 400.5 million USD contract for Baltimore Metro Subway Link by the Maryland Transit Administration
Hitachi Ansaldo Baltimore Rail Partners, LLC, a company established between Hitachi Rail Italy SpA and Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. (the US subsidiary of Ansaldo STS SpA), has been awarded a $400.5 million contract from Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) to provide a new metro fleet of railcars and a Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) system for the Baltimore Metro Subway Link.
New Hitachi trains pass Department for Transport digital tests
Hitachi’s new intercity trains, due to enter passenger service this autumn, have passed tests to run their digital technology required by the Department for Transport.
ANSALDO STS has been awarded of 100 million Euros framework agreement with RFI
27 June 2017, 08:15 am
Ansaldo STS has been awarded of a procurement procedure, within a framework agreement, worth of 100 million Euros
The agreement scope of work includes the supply of technical assistance services, maintenance and repair; furthermore reconfiguration and upgrading of Ansaldo STS systems in revenue service on RFI network. The contract will last two years and is based
First new intercity train for Devon and Cornwall arrives in the UK
The first Intercity Express Train bound for GWR’s Devon and Cornwall route has now arrived in the UK
HM The Queen names new Hitachi Intercity Express Train “Queen Elizabeth II”
Her Majesty The Queen has marked the 175th anniversary of the first rail journey made by a monarch, recreating the original journey made by Queen Victoria, before naming a new Intercity Express Train “Queen Elizabeth II” at Paddington Station today.
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
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
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