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  • Hitachi Rail Europe HR team success

    London UK, Monday 20 June 2016; The HR team at Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd. (HRE) in Newton Aycliffe is celebrating after being crowned the HR&D team of the year at the North East of England CIPD awards.

  • Ansaldo STS and Hitachi, Ltd. sign turnkey contract with Dorts of New Taipei City

    Genoa, Italy and Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2016
    Ansaldo STS and Hitachi, Ltd. as members of the ARH consortium (including Ansaldo STS SpA, RSEA Engineering Corp. and Hitachi, Ltd.), have signed a turnkey contract with New Taipei City Government Department of Rapid Transit System (NTCG DORTS).
    Ansaldo STS’s scope of work, as leader of the consortium, includes the supply of CBTC technology

  • Ansaldo STS update about the dispute on contract in Libya

    Genoa, June 20th 2016
    The recent arbitration award, related to the dispute between the joint venture Ansaldo STS - Selex ES and Zarubezhstroytechnology (ZST) about the contract for the Sirth – Benghazi line in Libya, almost entirely rejected Ansaldo STS and Selex's counterclaims accepting ZST claims.
    Following the arbitration award, Ansaldo STS has to repay to ZST its own share of the resid

  • Hitachi Rail Europe HR team success

    The HR team at Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd. (HRE) in Newton Aycliffe is celebrating after being crowned the HR&D team of the year at the North East of England CIPD awards. The Hitachi team was recognised at an industry event for its recruitment and training processes that have seen over 500 new people recruited from over 16,000 applications last year.

  • Ansaldo STS and Hitachi, Ltd. sign turnkey contract with Dorts of New Taipei City

    Genoa, Italy and Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2016
    Ansaldo STS and Hitachi, Ltd. as members of the ARH consortium (including Ansaldo STS SpA, RSEA Engineering Corp. and Hitachi, Ltd.), have signed a turnkey contract with New Taipei City Government Department of Rapid Transit System (NTCG DORTS).
    Ansaldo STS’s scope of work, as leader of the consortium, includes the supply of CBTC technology

  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and UK Prime Minister David Cameron visit Hitachi Train Maintenance Centre

    Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE) was proud to host Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister David Cameron at its recently refurbished North Pole train maintenance centre in West London. As part of a UK visit by the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Shinzo Abe joined UK Prime Minister David Cameron for a tour of the rail facility, which will serve as one of the maintenance centres for new IEP trains.

  • Hitachi Rail Italy presents the first train of the new Metro of Honolulu

    Directly from Hawaii, Hitachi Rail Italy unveiled yesterday the first of 20, 4-cars vehicles planned for the new metro of Honolulu. Manufactured and assembled in Italy, at the factory in Reggio Calabria, the cars are completed, furnished and equipped with all the foreseen technological innovations, in the HRI site of Pittsburgh in California and transported to Hawaii.

  • TransPennine Express and Angel Trains orders 95 Inter-City rail carriages from UK manufacturer Hitachi

    The new TransPennine Express franchise, operated by FirstGroup has been given the go-ahead to complete a new rolling stock contract with Hitachi Rail Europe to supply 95 brand new, state of the art train carriages. The contract, for the fleet of AT300 ‘Inter City’ trains will lead to the procurement of 19 five-car Hitachi AT300 bi-mode trains, operating on both electric power and diesel power.

  • Completed the construction of the first train of the new metro of Honolulu

    ​ Hitachi Rail Italy has finished the setting up of the first out of 20 vehicles with 4 cars planned for the new metro of Honolulu. From the HRI facility in Pittsburg, California, the vehicle completed with interiors - destination the island of Hawaii - has in fact left.

  • Virgin unveils the Virgin Azuma!

    Livery and name for Virgin’s new fleet of East Coast trains unveiled for first time Azumas will revolutionise East Coast travel from 2018 Customers will experience faster journeys, quicker acceleration and better comfort

  • Virgin unveils the Virgin Azuma!

    Virgin Trains has unveiled the first of its new fleet of trains in a ceremony at King’s Cross attended by Sir Richard Branson. Set to revolutionise travel on the East Coast from 2018, the Virgin Azuma will be one of the most advanced trains on the UK’s rail network, and will embody the customer-centric approach which Virgin Trains is famous for.

  • The Results of the Mandatory Tender Offer

    Hitachi, Ltd. informs that its (indirectly) wholly owned subsidiary, Hitachi Rail Italy Investments S.r.l., today announced that, as of the date hereof, the offer period of the its mandatory tender offer on the ordinary shares of Ansaldo STS S.p.A. has ended.

  • Manufacturing – not just a man’s world

    Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE) celebrated International Women’s Day by holding a ‘Ladies Day’ recruitment event at their rail vehicle manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe on Tuesday, 8th March. The facility was opened by the Prime Minister in September last year.

  • Ansaldo STS awarded Modernisation of the Glasgow Subway, Scotland

    Genoa, March 8th 2016
    The Ansaldo STS - Stadler consortium has won contracts for the replacement of the train fleet and the modernisation of the signalling and control systems, associated equipment, and for 10 years maintenance support services. Ansaldo STS’s share is valued at £ 104.3 million
    The Ansaldo STS - Stadler consortium has won contracts to modernize the subway of Glasgow with st

  • Ansaldo STS awarded Modernisation of Glasgow Subway, Scotland

    The Ansaldo STS - Stadler consortium won contracts to modernize the subway of Glasgow with state-of-the-art technology, including the supply of 17 new trains, Communication Based Train Control driverless signalling technology, platform screen doors and depot equipment, and related maintenance support services to upgrade 10.5 km long twin subway lines, and 15 stations.

  • Network Rail Ferriby – Gilberdyke re-signalling scheme UK contract awarded to the consortium Ansaldo STS / Linbrooke Services Ltd

    Genoa, February 10th, 2016
    Ansaldo STS and Linbrooke Services Limited have been awarded the contract worth £34.5 million (£15.15 million for Ansaldo STS and £19.35 million for Linbrooke) relating to the re-signalling of the line with computer based interlocking technology. The CBI technology will be implemented to upgrade the 7 main stations served along the 35 miles between Ferriby and Gilbe

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