Railway supply industry news
Latest business news from the global railway supply industry, including company mergers, acquisitions and financial results.
STM launches infrastructure services division
RUSSIA: Sinara Transport Machines has established a Railway Infrastructure Division which will offer services using leased equipment as well as machines produced by its own subsidiary companies. STM is also studying the opportunities for producing further types of high performance track machine, possibly through partnerships with international manufacturers.
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CAF to acquire Alstom multiple-unit ranges and Reichshoffen plant
EUROPE: Alstom has agreed to divest its Coradia Polyvalent and Talent 3 multiple-unit families to CAF, along with the production facilities at Reichshoffen in northern France.
Lineas divests locos and wagons in sale and leaseback agreements
BELGIUM: As part of efforts to strengthen its balance sheet, freight operator Lineas has reached a sale and leaseback agreement covering a portion of its rolling stock fleet.
Hydrogen train refuelling standard to be developed
HYDROGEN: A agreement to optimise hydrogen refuelling equipment for passenger trains and define an international standard has been signed by Alstom and the Hynamics hydrogen subsidiary of French energy group EDF.
Industry and academic collaboration to apply machine learning to railway condition monitoring
AUSTRIA: Frauscher Sensonic and the Institute for Machine Learning at Johannes Kepler University in Linz are to collaborate to apply the latest machine learning techniques to the use of optic fibres for railway infrastructure condition monitoring.
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Fuel cell company Ballard acquires Arcola Energy
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Norfolk Southern inaugurates Atlanta headquarters
ORR seeks increased competition in the signalling market
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Akiem invests to drive down French locomotive maintenance costs
Rhomberg Sersa buys Balfour Beatty’s US track business
QR awards concrete sleeper contract
Wagon wheel exports start
Indian plant begins assembly of Russian track machines
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SNCF sells wagon leasing business
Porterbrook appoints Chief Operating Officer
Leasing company acquires maintenance business
Assystem acquires UK rail consultancy
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Autonomous train trials and green power planned at Velim test track