Wabtec completes acquisition of Dellner Couplers from EQT
SWEDEN: Wabtec has completed the acquisition of Dellner Couplers from investment group EQT, saying the coupler and gangway manufacturer brings ‘highly attractive and complementary technologies’.
Spitzke invests in high-performance Plasser & Theurer track machines
GERMANY: Rail infrastructure contractor Spitzke is expanding its track maintenance machine fleet through a large-scale order placed with Plasser & Theurer.
Railway supply industry news round-up
This week’s news from the global railway supply chain.
UN Model Rules for rolling stock updated to include digital platforms
INTERNATIONAL: The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Working Party on Rail Transport has published the third revision of the UN Model Rules for the Permanent Identification of railway rolling stock.
Great British Railways is a ‘golden opportunity’ to end boom and bust
UK: The creation of Great British Railways provides a ‘golden opportunity’ to take ‘a radical new approach’ to tackle the boom and bust investment cycles, according to House of Commons Transport Committee Chair Ruth Cadbury.
FS Group launches London-based transport consultancy to solve challenges at scale
INTERNATIONAL: Italy’s national railway FS Group has launched London-based transport and infrastructure consultancy FS Advisory.
Metrans picks Szeged as its next intermodal hub
CRRC starts work on São Paulo metro trainsets
Italferr rebranded as ‘an ambassador of high-tech Italian engineering’
Skills, signalling and military mobility in focus at RailTech Europe event
Railway supply industry news round-up
Masabi acquires customer information and ticketing system supplier Passenger Technology Group
RITES to support Botswana’s railway modernisation ambitions
Angola to award 30-year Namibe Corridor railway concession
MÁV gains full ownership of Dunakeszi Járműjavító
Railway supply industry news round-up
Financial close allows Ho Chi Minh City Line 2 civil works to start
Booking platform Kombo acquires KelBillet
Vingroup withdraws cross-country proposal to focus on regional high speed projects
Siemens and Newag to co-operate in Polish high speed train market
Rolling Stock: EuCo Rail responds to high demand for component maintenance
Asset Maintenance: Cracking the nut of rising costs
Investment: Belfast summit reflects all-island rail momentum
Ahmedabad metro train sashays into spotlight as Titagarh targets the world market