Investment in UK’s Perpetuum enhances Hitachi Rail’s digital train maintenance, using pioneering data analytics to help customers to improve the safety, availability and reliability of their fleets The solution increases the safe lifespan of parts, significantly reducing industrial waste and helps meet Hitachi’s UN Sustainability commitments As part of Hitachi Rail’s offering as a full service p
Hitachi Rail awarded up to $2.2 billion contract with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for 8000-series trains. Hitachi will manufacture the carbody structure, perform the equipment installation and will do the final assembly in the region, creating new U.S. skilled trades' jobs. The initial pilot vehicles for @WMATA are expected to be delivered in 2024. www.hitachirail.com/careers
Further recognition of Hitachi Rail wide experience in the high-speed rail sector
Availability and delivery of materials within 48 hours increases the efficiency of the high-speed operations
10 March, 2021 – Hitachi Rail SpA announced today the signing of a contract with Trenitalia for the integrated logistic support of the ETR 500 - Frecciarossa high-speed fleet of 59 trains.
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Watershed moment for train building in the North East as Hitachi Rail starts welding new passenger trains at its UK factory
Battery-powered tram offers major benefits of requiring no overhead wires or other electrified infrastructure – saving on costs and visual impact On-board batteries allow energy to be additionally recovered during braking Trial in Florence aims to allow mobility firm to offer battery-trams globally Tram adds to the growing list of battery products being developed as Hitachi puts decarbonisation an
Batteries replacing an engine to cut fuel usage and reduce carbon emissions
First time a modern UK intercity train, in passenger service, will use alternative fuel
Tri-mode train can improve air quality and reduce noise across South West route’s non-electrified stations
In a UK-first, Hitachi Rail and Eversholt Rail have signed an exclusive agreement aimed at bringing battery power – and
Global mobility giants Hitachi, Hitachi Rail and Mitsubishi Corp. will deliver Metro de Panama’s Line 3. The 25 km elevated line will reduce inner city congestion and tackle the region’s steep mountainous terrain. Hitachi's trains will be equipped with a B-CHOP system that harnesses re-generative power. The USD $883m Line 3 project will also include 14 new stations when it opens in mid-2025.
@HitachiRailENG @BombardierRail are celebrating a decade of working together to deliver the ETR 1000 - a transformational train setting new standards in comfort, reliability and positive economic benefits
Hitachi Rail SpA and Bombardier Transportation announced today that they have signed a contract with Italy’s primary train operator Trenitalia to supply 23 Frecciarossa 1000 very high-speed (VHS) trains for the new Intermodalidad de Levante (ILSA) rail operation, a joint venture established by Trenitalia and Operador Ferroviario de Levante SL. The contract value is around 800 million euro ($ 943 m
Manufacturing of five 100% electric East Coast Trains commences, signalling the start of a new phase of train building at Hitachi Rail’s Newton Aycliffe factory.
Today (25, November) Hull Trains celebrated the arrival of its first brand-new Hitachi Rail Paragon trains.
Nova 1 was delivered on time, with passengers already benefitting from a proven and reliable train
