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New executive appointments at Hitachi Rail and Hitachi Europe

New executive appointments at Hitachi Rail and Hitachi Europe

Effective 1st April 2023, current Group CEO of Hitachi Rail Andrew Barr will take the role of Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Regional Strategies (EMEA), and President of Hitachi Europe Ltd. In this newly created role, Mr Barr will be responsible for driving growth for Hitachi’s businesses across Europe’s mobility, energy and digital sectors. Mr Barr will be succeeded by Giuse

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Hitachi Rail’s ‘360Pass’ mobility app to transform travel in Trentino

Hitachi Rail has today unveiled its new 360Pass travel app and platform in Trentino, underlining its commitment to growing its smart mobility business. Downloadable free of charge from any app store, citizens and tourists will benefit from being able to plan and travel on all public transport in Trentino without having to purchase a traditional ticket.

Hull Trains and Hitachi Rail celebrate top award for reliability

Hull Trains and Hitachi Rail celebrate top award for reliability

Hull Trains has been named ‘Best in Class’ at a national awards ceremony to recognise the most reliable fleets in the railway industry. The Hitachi built and maintained (Class 802s) Paragon fleet won the award due to the high levels of reliability achieved across 2022.
The Golden Spanner awards, organised by trade publication Modern Railways, celebrate the best of rolling stock maintenance a

Hitachi Rail to deliver new Ontario Line trains, systems, maintenance and operations in $9B CAD deal

Hitachi Rail to deliver new Ontario Line trains, systems, maintenance and operations in $9B CAD deal

Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx reach agreement with Hitachi Rail’s Connect 6ix consortium to transform Toronto’s mass transit network via the 15.6-km Ontario Line subway project A new fleet of driverless subway trains will run up to every 90 seconds through heart of the city Hitachi Rail will maintain and operate trains and the line for 30 years, creating a new control centre and maintena

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