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    Rail Business UK

    Wabtec Rail to overhaul Class 158 DMUs

    2020-04-17T06:00:00Z

    UK: Leasing company Angel Trains has awarded Wabtec Rail a contract to undertake the C4 overhaul of 40 Class 158 diesel multiple-units. The contract includes 24 two-car units operated by Transport for Wales. These require a full vehicle and bogie C4 overhaul, which will begin in August ...

  • Transport for Wales Rail Services has awarded Tracsis Travel Compensation Services a five-year contract to provide an automated systems to handle delay repay compensation.
    Rail Business UK

    Welsh fleet deployment programme rationalised

    2020-02-27T14:03:00Z

    TfW uses Class 175 DMUs suplied by Alstom in the late 1990s on its long-distance services between north and south Wales. UK: Faced with mounting costs from Network Rail to provide gauge clearance services, KeolisAmey has revised its plans to roll out new and refurbished rolling stock ...

  • Relco Locomotives
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    Wabtec expands capabilities with purchase of RELCO Locomotives

    2020-01-08T17:24:00Z

    USA: Wabtec Corp has announced the expansion of its remanufacturing and repair capabilities with the acquisition of RELCO Locomotives for $29m. RELCO Locomotives is an established company in the leasing, rebuilding, and repair sector, with operations in Albia and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It has projected sales for ...

  • Wabtec India Engineering & Technology Centre
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    Wabtec opens Indian engineering and technology centre

    2019-12-17T06:00:00Z

    INDIA: The Wabtec India Engineering & Technology Centre was inaugurated on December 12. The company is investing US$5m in the facility, which will occupy five floors of a building on the ITC Green Campus in Bangalore. This will house engineering teams from across the company’s digital electronics ...

  • GE Transportation
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    Wabtec and GE Transportation complete merger

    2019-02-25T14:53:00Z

    USA: The merger of Wabtec Corp and GE Transportation was completed on February 25, with Wabtec President & CEO Raymond T Betler describing the transaction as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring together nearly four centuries of collective experience to create a technologically advanced leader with a highly ...

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    News

    Wabtec buys Brush Traction

    2011-02-28T15:32:00Z

    UK: Wabtec Corp of the USA announced on February 28 that it had acquired Brush Traction for US$31m. Operating from plants in Loughborough and Kilmarnock, Brush Traction has built electric locomotives for customers including Eurotunnel and more recently has been active in the locomotive overhaul and refurbishment ...