Archive for category: Rolling Stock and Components

Mechan installs record jack system for Alstom

Sheffield-based rail maintenance equipment specialist, Mechan, has installed the largest single system of lifting jacks in the UK at the Alstom Transport Traincare Centre in Longsight near Manchester. The 44-jack system, which is the biggest ever produ...
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New train maintenance facility to create 120 jobs in Melbourne

Investment in a state-of-the-art train stabling and maintenance facility will ‘help bring train travel to three new stations and provide the biggest boost to weekend travel in a generation,’ Transport Minister Terry Mulder said. Mr Mulder s...
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Southeastern train refurbished in under 3 minutes

Transys Projects has released a timelapse video showing the refurbishment of a Southeastern train carriage. Transys has ‘nearly completed’ the 18-month long project to refurbish 148 Electrostar trains and install new CCTV systems. Project m...
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Transportation Secretary announces new safety standards

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a final locomotive safety rule that ‘eliminates unnecessary regulatory burdens, facilitates the use of new technologies and incorporates existing industry and engineering best practices&#82...
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Transportation Secretary announces new safety standards

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a final locomotive safety rule that ‘eliminates unnecessary regulatory burdens, facilitates the use of new technologies and incorporates existing industry and engineering best practices&#82...
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CAF awarded train contract in Latvia

Latvia’s national passenger operator Pasažieru Vilciens has awarded CAF a train manufacturing contract to supply 34 electrical units and 7 diesel units. The contract is worth over €400 million and includes the maintenance of the vehicles for 3...
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CAF awarded train contract in Latvia

Latvia’s national passenger operator Pasažieru Vilciens has awarded CAF a train manufacturing contract to supply 34 electrical units and 7 diesel units. The contract is worth over €400 million and includes the maintenance of the vehicles for 3...
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Transmashholding sales increase by 38%

Transmashholding recently announced that sales figures in 2011 were up 38%, to 106.3 billion roubles, compared to 2010. The rolling stock manufacturer said the most significant growth was seen in mainline diesel locomotives, of which sales were up by 5...
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Transmashholding sales increase by 38%

Transmashholding recently announced that sales figures in 2011 were up 38%, to 106.3 billion roubles, compared to 2010. The rolling stock manufacturer said the most significant growth was seen in mainline diesel locomotives, of which sales were up by 5...
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Alstom wins order from Deutsche Bahn

Alstom has been awarded a contract by Deutsche Bahn to manufacture 28 Coradia Continental regional trains. The contract is worth approximately €140 million. This is the first stage of the frame contract signed in 2011 with DB Regio for the delivery o...
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Alstom wins order from Deutsche Bahn

Alstom has been awarded a contract by Deutsche Bahn to manufacture 28 Coradia Continental regional trains. The contract is worth approximately €140 million. This is the first stage of the frame contract signed in 2011 with DB Regio for the delivery o...
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