Railway supply industry news – Page 9

  • Indian slab track plant opens (Photo NHSRCL) (1)
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    Factory opens to produce Japanese-designed slab track in India

    2023-10-16T08:00:00Z

    INDIA: A highly automated facility for the local production of Japanese J-slab ballastless track components has opened in Anand, southeast of Ahmedabad. Opened on September 30, the factory will produce the ballastless reinforced concrete trackbed for a 116 km section of double-track on the 508 km ...

  • Rosehill Rail anti-trespass panels have been installed at Tri-Rail's Fort Lauderdale Airport station (Photo Rosehill Polymers)
    Rail Business UK

    Rosehill Polymers targets exports following financing deal

    2023-10-16T04:00:00Z

    UK: Rosehill Polymers Group has finalised a deal with Virgin Money and UK Export Finance to complete a refinancing and management buyout and accelerate international growth. Rosehill Rail anti-trespass panels have been installed to discourage people from walking on the tracks at Tri-Rail’s Fort Lauderdale Airport station ...

  • Siemens Mobility employees posing in front of new Airo prototype in Sacramento (Photo Dave Lustig)
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    Amtrak Airo train production provides supply chain boost

    2023-10-13T13:01:00Z

    USA: Amtrak says the production of Airo trainsets at Siemens Mobility’s Sacramento plant is boosting businesses across the country, with more than 3 500 parts being manufactured by nearly 100 suppliers in 31 states. ‘As we build to support the soaring demand for train travel, Amtrak ...

  • LTE Wascosa Detail 067 LR
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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2023-10-13T05:00:00Z

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  • Go-Ahead EMU in Bayern (Photo Go-Ahead Group)
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    Go-Ahead sells German rail business to ÖBB

    2023-10-12T14:03:00Z

    GERMANY: Go-Ahead Group has agreed to sell its German rail business to Austrian Federal Railways’ passenger division ÖBB-Personenverkehr, and is looking at options for the future of its Norwegian activities. Managing Director of Go-Ahead Deutschland Fabian Amini said ÖBB ‘has a good reputation in Germany’. The ...

  • Columbus McKinnon Engineered Products train lifting equipment in production
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    Make in India train lifting equipment delivered

    2023-10-07T05:00:00Z

    INDIA: Columbus McKinnon Engineered Products has produced a underfloor train lifting system meeting the government’s Make in India standards for use at an Indian Railways depot. The manufacturer worked with its local subsidiary Stahl India and crane, lift and escalator supplier Techno Industries to achieve a ...

  • Inland Rail project
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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2023-10-06T05:00:00Z

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  • Green banner repeater (Photo Network Rail)
    Rail Business UK

    Regulator approves Hitachi Rail acquisition of Thales GTS

    2023-10-05T03:59:00Z

    UK: The Competition & Markets Authority has approved Hitachi Rail’s proposed €1·7bn purchase of Thales’ Ground Transportation business following Hitachi’s offer to sell its existing main line signalling business in the UK, France and Germany. CMA will need to approve the purchaser, and key customers will ...

  • Italo train
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    MSC takes 50% stake in open access high speed train operator Italo-NTV

    2023-10-03T10:11:00Z

    ITALY: Global Infrastructure Partners has entered into a binding agreement to sell an approximately 50% stake in open access high speed train operator Italo-Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori to Mediterranean Shipping Co. The other approximately 50% stake will continue to be owned by New York based investor GIP, ...

  • MerMec
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    Bank backs digital railway R&D

    2023-10-02T11:00:00Z

    ITALY: The European Investment Bank is providing MerMec with a €30m loan to finance research and development of digital railway technology, including signalling for driverless trains, and diagnostic and management technology for rolling stock and infrastructure assets. An agreement covering the first €20m was signed by ...

  • MRCE Siemens Mobility Vectron locomotive
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    Beacon Rail completes MRCE acquisition

    2023-09-29T15:18:00Z

    EUROPE: Beacon Rail announced on September 29 that it had completed the acquisition of locomotive leasing business Mitsui Rail Capital Europe from Mitsui & Co. The transaction had been agreed on August 7. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in the Netherlands, MRCE has a fleet of ...

  • Pesa Newag
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    2023-09-29T05:00:00Z

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  • Wabtec and President Tokayev
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    Kazakh hydrogen loco co-operation

    2023-09-28T10:02:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: National railway KTZ and Wabtec have signed a framework agreement for the production of hydrogen locomotives and the creation of an engineering centre at the LKZ loco factory in Astana. It was signed on September 17 when Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev discussed plans for the ...

  • US dollars in bundles
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    Amergin Rail buys wagon fleet

    2023-09-26T13:00:00Z

    USA: Transport asset investor Amergin Asset Management’s Amergin Rail business has acquired PNC Bank’s lease fleet of more than 6 000 wagons. ‘This acquisition is consistent with our goal of acquiring attractive transportation assets that will deliver stable risk-adjusted returns for our investors’, said AAM CEO ...

  • Railcoop DMU
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    ‘Fragile’ Railcoop plans restructuring to secure investment

    2023-09-25T11:04:00Z

    FRANCE: Open access co-operative Railcoop is planning to split into two companies in the wake of its decision to cease running freight trains and ahead of the launch of its planned Lyon – Bordeaux passenger service. Rolling stock Rolling stock availability remains the critical element for ...

  • Transnet freight train
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    South African operator addresses maintenance backlog with turnout contract

    2023-09-23T05:00:00Z

    SOUTH AFRICA: Transnet Freight Rail has awarded Voestalpine VAE SA a three-year contract to supply turnouts and components. VAESA Chief Executive Pulane Tshabalala Kingston said this is the first substantial turnout contract to have be successfully awarded by TFR in the last five years. She said ...

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    Railway supply industry news round-up

    2023-09-22T05:00:00Z

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  • Global Infrastructure Group
    Rail Business UK

    RSK expands UK and Ireland rail capabilities with acquisition

    2023-09-22T04:00:00Z

    EUROPE: RSK has acquired Global Infrastructure Group, a principal contractor providing rail and other transport engineering services in the UK and Ireland. Managing Directors Marco Lombardelli and Stephen O’Brien will continue to lead Global Infrastructure Group, which has more than 350 engineers, managers and multi-skilled operatives, ...

  • FRMCS
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    Polish FRMCS testing letter of intent signed

    2023-09-21T13:26:00Z

    POLAND: A letter of intent for the implementation and testing of the Future Railway Mobile Communication System in Poland has been signed by Alstom, Ericsson, NetWorks and rail research organisation Instytut Kolejnictwa. The signatories plans to engage in joint research and development, verify requirements under real-world ...

  • Lleida - Figueres line
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    Hitachi Rail restarts EU approval process for Thales GTS acquisition

    2023-09-19T11:59:00Z

    EUROPE: Hitachi Rail has refiled its merger notification with the European Commission, formally restarting the clearance process for its proposed acquisition of Thales’s Ground Transportation Systems business in the EU. Regulatory approvals have been obtained in 11 of the 13 required jurisdictions since the planned €1·66bn ...