Railway supply industry news
Latest business news from the global railway supply industry, including company mergers, acquisitions and financial results.
Train operators respond as Vivarail enters administration
UK: Vivarail Ltd went into administration on December 1, with the appointment of joint administrators from Grant Thornton UK.
Railway supply industry news round-up
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
Holistic design concepts rethink train interiors for sustainability
UK: PriestmanGoode has unveiled Green Carriage, a collection of train interior design concepts developed to ’push boundaries for greener systems and processes across the entire interior, rethinking what a future interior can be’.
Inclusive Trains aims to improve employability of people with learning disabilities
SPAIN: An Inclusive Trains initiative to improve the employability of people with learning disabilities is being launched by specialist training body Fundación Juan XXIII with backing from the Alstom Foundation.
Stadler relocates Flirt production from Belarus to Poland
POLAND: Stadler Rail has switched the production of Flirt multiple-units being built for Azerbaijan Railways from its Fanipol plant in Belarus to Siedlce in Poland.
Transnet Freight Rail looks at alternative traction energy options
SOUTH AFRICA: Transnet Freight Rail is seeking industry feedback on how affordable renewable electricity could be integrated into its traction power supplies to improve energy security and efficiency and reduce the railway’s environmental impact
Vivarail files intention to appoint administrators
Greenbrier expects wagon deliveries to remain high for next financial year
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Wabtec launches hydrogen traction research partnership
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Indigenous CBTC to support driverless metro and train operation in India
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Freight automation technology partnership agreed
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Saudi Arabia: SAR seeks international partners as expansion and privatisation plans develop
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Australian National Rail Manufacturing Plan funded
Electric train sale-and-leaseback deal finalised
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Hitachi Rail’s Maryland rolling stock factory under construction
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Hydrogen traction and fuel supply agreement signed