Intercity battery train completes testing in the north of England, demonstrating superior performance and cost-effectiveness compared to diesel engines. Trial confirms single battery technology can reduce fuels costs between 35%-50% and enter and leave stations in zero-emission mode. Ahead of Railway 200 celebration, this new UK rail innovation is ready to reduce cost and emissions on the railway
Hitachi Rail’s digital asset management suite – powered by NVIDIA AI technology – launches today and is transforming the way transport operators run and maintain railways.
12-month Network Rail pilot project underway to automate detection of potential hazards such as overhanging trees, leaves and subsidence that risk disruption. ‘Front-Facing CCTV’ digital monitoring will optimise safety and maintenance of infrastructure and vegetation using AI technology from CrossTech. Digital asset monitoring project has been facilitated by Hitachi Rail, applying CrossTech tec
First-ever trial in the UK to replace a diesel engine with a battery on an intercity train is underway.
Pioneering collaboration between Angel Trains, TransPennine Express, Turntide Technologies and Hitachi Rail.
Hitachi Rail has built a battery using the North East supply chain, with one battery unit predicted to reduce emissions and fuel costs by as much as 30%.
Testing of the UK’s firs
Hull Trains awarded the gold prize for the second consecutive year in the intercity reliability category, with Lumo securing silver.
ScotRail’s Class 385 wins gold award in the regional category.
Awards are recognition of industry collaboration and benefits of digital maintenance.
Hitachi Rail fleets win three separate awards at the 2023 Golden Spanner Awards. The fleets were rewarded for the
Hitachi Rail confirms new major contract for high speed ETR1000 trains
First train in £27 million refurbishment project re-enters passenger service The Class 395 Highspeed fleet travels at 140mph and connects London St Pancras International with Ashford, East Kent and Medway Upgrade part of train operator’s plan to deliver its best ever customer experience which involves a refresh of existing trains or new trains introduced to Southeas
Hitachi Rail has completed phase one of its production of ground-breaking battery Masaccio train at Hitachi Rail’s factory in Pistoia, near Florence, and are operating on routes across the length and breadth of Italy.
Hitachi and Toshiba win order to deliver the most advanced high speed train
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
Key landmark achieved as the first newly built Avanti West Coast Hitachi train makes inaugural test run on the West Coast Main Line
First two trains move to Alstom’s Oxley depot following two months of dynamic testing
New fleet on course to enter service on the West Coast Main Line in 2023
The Class 805 bi-mode train, which can run under both electric and diesel power, undertook the 560-mile
The innovative, sustainable and cutting-edge Blues train will enter into passenger service in Sicily. The new hybrid train, built by Hitachi Rail for Trenitalia, is ready to begin passenger service following its international presentation at the world’s leading rail expo, Innotrans, last September in Berlin.
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
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
ATM has awarded a €368m framework agreement for the manufacturing of new metro trains for the Milan metro, to Hitachi Rail. public transport system. The investment is made up of a framework agreement for the supply of 46 new metro trains.
Today, Hitachi Rail revealed the final designs and images for its new $70M train factory and 800-yard test track, built on a 41-acre site located in Washington County, Maryland.
Eversholt Rail, Southeastern and Hitachi Rail are delighted to announce they have signed an agreement to upgrade the Class 395 Javelin trains that provide high speed services between London St Pancras and Kent.
The upgrade will future-proof the UK’s only very high speed passenger fleet, which has already delivered record levels of reliability, passenger satisfaction and a £1 billion boost to t
Hitachi Rail’s new ‘Blues Train’, one of the most advanced trains in the world, was unveiled today (Wednesday 21st 2022) in Berlin at the world’s largest rail transport fair, InnoTrans. Built for Trenitalia, the cutting-edge battery hybrid train will reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption by 50% and has the ability to arrive at and depart from stations completely under battery power.
ScotRail and Hitachi Rail today celebrated four years of Class 385 passenger service, which has delivered record reliability and shorter journey times for passengers on Scotland’s Central Belt.
Hitachi Rail hat heute bestätigt, dass das Unternehmen die Übernahme der Rechte am geistigen Eigentum und der Geschäftsaktivitäten bezüglich de bisherigen Anteils von Bombardier Transportation zu den in Italien, Frankreich und Spanien eingesetzten Hochgeschwindigkeitszügen ETR 1000 von Alstom erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat.