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Hitachi Rail's Lorna McDonald appointed Vice Chair of RIA North

Hitachi Rail's Lorna McDonald appointed Vice Chair of RIA North

RIA North is pleased to announce that Lorna McDonald has been appointed Vice Chair of the group. She is currently Head of Sales - Commuter at rolling stock manufacturer Hitachi Rail, which has invested in Northern rail manufacturing and maintenance, with its fleets connecting the North’s major cities, and beyond.
Lorna has over a decade of rail experience and is a member of Women in Rail. As H

Hitachi Rail achève les premiers essais dynamiques de son nouveau système d’enclenchement sur la LGV Paris-Lyon

Hitachi Rail achève les premiers essais dynamiques de son nouveau système d’enclenchement sur la LGV Paris-Lyon

Hitachi Rail franchit une étape clé en France dans le déploiement de son système de d'enclenchement de nouvelle génération, sur la ligne à grande vitesse la plus fréquentée d'Europe, entre Paris et Lyon. Le nouveau système d'enclenchement numérique SEI+ d'Hitachi Rail a passé avec succès ses premiers essais dynamiques et remplacera, à terme, la technologie actuelle. Hitachi Rail contribue à la t

Hitachi Rail completes first dynamic testing of its Digital Interlocking signalling system on Paris-Lyon High Speed Line

Hitachi Rail completes first dynamic testing of its Digital Interlocking signalling system on Paris-Lyon High Speed Line

Hitachi Rail achieves key milestone in France in rolling out its next-generation interlocking signalling on Europe’s busiest high-speed line between Paris-Lyon. Hitachi Rail's new SEI+ digital interlocking system has successfully completed its first dynamic testing and will replace current legacy technology. Hitachi Rail is helping to transform a smarter, more sustainable rail network across Euro

Groundbreaking Relationship Charter Enhances Culture of Collaboration

Groundbreaking Relationship Charter Enhances Culture of Collaboration

London North Eastern Railway (LNER), Agility Trains and Hitachi Rail have signed a pioneering agreement that will define how the three organisations collaborate over the next three decades.
The industry-leading approach has been announced on the fourth anniversary of the first Azuma train entering passenger service on the LNER route on 15 May 2019.
The Relationship Charter is a commitment

TMe locomotive

Nordic Re-Finance Trains across Scandinavia to benefit from new on-board signalling technology ERTMS+STM delivered by Hitachi Rail

Hitachi Rail will roll out European standard ERTMS on-board technology to Nordic Re-Finance’s Scandinavian train fleet Introduction of Hitachi’s leading technology continues firm’s support for modernisation and digitisation of Scandanvia’s railways
Hitachi Rail has been awarded a new contract by Nordic Re-Finance to upgrade the signalling systems of the TMe fleet of locomotives operating in S

DENCHA train running on battery power

JR Kyushu and Hitachi Rail celebrate five year anniversary of DENCHA, world’s-first battery train for an AC network

Celebration of fifth anniversary of the DENCHA train’s, the world’s first battery-powered train charged by AC overhead lines, first journey in Japan Award winning fleet has reduced CO2 emissions by 2,700,000 kg in the past five years Success of the battery-powered fleet has seen Hitachi Rail expand its offer of battery train solutions across the world to decarbonise transport, and is a key pilla