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Hitachi Rail Europe has ordered 136 power units from MTU for the Class 802 bi-mode intercity trains it is building for Great Western Railway. The Series 1600 MTU PowerPacks, which are designed to meet EU Stage IIIB emission legislation, will...

Helsinki City Transport (HKL) has exercised an option for 20 new low-floor trams, and committed to ordering a further 29, for an extension of its light rail network to Espoo. Transtech, the Finnish subsidiary of Škoda Transportation, said the first bi-directional...

The Government of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Railway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British company DP Rail to deliver a new 240 km railway between Dhaka and Payra. The agreement gives DP Rail the exclusive right to...

Alstom and Colas Rail are to deliver the power supply equipment for the new east-west line 2 of the Nice tramway network. The two companies will design and put together the system, which includes seven substations, 10 lighting power stations...

Siemens has delivered the first Class 707 train for operator South West Trains to Clapham to undergo a final phase of testing. Two five-car trains will begin testing in January in anticipation of the start of passenger service in April. Like...

Liverpool is to finally get new trains for its Merseyrail network after local leaders approved a £460 million project to replace the existing 40-year-old fleet. 52 new four-car trains will be manufactured and supplied by Stadler, based in Bussnang in...

Cubic has been awarded a $10.2 million contract to design and implement a contactless payment system across Sydney's public transport network. The system, which will allow passengers to pay for travel by pressing their credit or debit card against the existing Opal...

Three companies - Balfour Beatty, Carillion and VolkerFitzpatrick - have been shortlisted to build London Overground's 4.5 km Barking Riverside extension. The extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking line, which is currently closed for electrification works, will serve the...

RET has signed a €120 million loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to purchase new trains for Rotterdam's metro network. The loan will finance the procurement of 16 trains for the Hoekse Lijn, which is due to open next...

Metrovagonmash says it has completed the delivery of 27 new diesel trains to Serbia a year ahead of schedule. Costing US $100 million, the new two-car trains are part of a contract signed in 2014 between Russian President Vladimir Putin...