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  • DB Stuttgart S-Bahn EMU refurbishment (1)
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    Refurbished Stuttgart S-Bahn trains ready to return to service

    2025-01-23T12:11:00Z

    GERMANY: The first three Stuttgart S-Bahn electric multiple-units to be refurbished have been unveiled by operator DB Regio and transport authority VRS ahead of their return to passenger service in February. The €200m programme to refurbish 215 Class 423 and 430 EMUs is being undertaken at ...

  • Lille metro trainset being assembled at Alstom’s Valenciennes-Petite Forêt site Photo Alstom, Samuel Dhote)
    Metro Report International

    Lille orders more metro trains

    2025-01-22T11:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Métropole Européenne de Lille has awarded Alstom a €210m firm order to supply 15 more rubber-tyre automated light metro trainsets, following on from 27 ordered previously. The trainsets in the latest order will replace the current Siemens VAL208 trainsets from 2028 onwards, enabling Line 1 ...

  • Madrid Metro Line 6 Arganzuela Planetario station (Photo Alstom)
    Metro Report International

    Resignalling programme to create Madrid’s first driverless metro line

    2025-01-21T11:02:00Z

    SPAIN: Metro de Madrid has awarded Alstom a contract to upgrade the signalling on Line 6 to make it the city’s first driverless metro line. The 23·5 km circular line with 28 stations is the busiest on the network. Automation is expected to enable an increase ...

  • Alstom Derby Litchurch Lane Works
    Rail Business UK

    Rob Whyte appointed Managing Director for Alstom UK & Ireland

    2025-01-20T05:00:00Z

    UK: Alstom has announced the appointment of Rob Whyte as Managing Director UK & Ireland with effect from February. He was previously Managing Director in the Nordics. Whyte joined Alstom more than 30 years ago as an apprentice in the company’s Transmission & Distribution business while ...

  • Northern Class 156 DMU at Whitby (Photo Northern)
    Rail Business UK

    Five manufacturers invited to bid for Northern Trains fleet renewal contracts

    2025-01-17T14:47:00Z

    UK: Northern Trains has invited five manufacturers to negotiate for framework contracts to supply up to 450 new electric and electro-diesel bi-mode multiple-units. The manufacturers named on January 17 are Alstom, CAF, Hitachi, Siemens Mobility and Stadler. Northern is seeking both 25 kV 50 Hz electric-only ...

  • GO Transit coach at Thunder Bay plant (Photo Alstom, Dan Garrity Media)
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    GO Transit coach refurbishment contract awarded

    2025-01-16T15:25:00Z

    CANADA: Greater Toronto area transport agency Metrolinx has awarded Alstom a C$500m framework agreement for the mid-life overhaul and modernisation of 181 BiLevel Series VIII coaches used on GO Transit services. This will include new seating, doors, flooring, walls and ceilings, upgraded toilets, updated electrical outlets ...

  • Alstom Tren Maya  (14)
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    Mexico: Tren Maya is up and running

    2025-01-15T12:00:00Z

    Regular inter-city passenger services have returned to Mexico with the launch of Alstom’s Tren Maya fleet across five states in the Yucatán Peninsula.

  • RER NG Paris E1 (Photo Jeremie Anne) (2)
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    RER NG trains launched on Line D as Paris fleet renewal accelerates

    2025-01-10T13:49:00Z

    FRANCE: The renewal of the rolling stock fleet used on the RER suburban network around Paris is continuing, with the latest generation RER NG trainsets entering service on Line D in December. The RER NG fleet comprises two subclasses, Z58000 for Line E and Z58500 for ...

  • Class 376 refreshed exterior_cropped
    Rail Business UK

    Southeastern Class 376 EMU fleet to get mid-life refresh

    2025-01-08T14:57:00Z

    UK: Contracts have been awarded for a mid-life refresh of the Class 376 electric multiple-units used on Southeastern’s London suburban services since 2004. The work is be undertaken in collaboration with leasing company Eversholt Rail and Alstom, the successor to Bombardier Transportation which originally built the ...

  • Alstom Avelia Horizon high speed train impression
    Rail Business UK

    UK firm wins rolling stock electronics export orders

    2025-01-02T05:00:00Z

    EUROPE: British electronic and electro-mechanical component and systems supplier LPA Group has announced three export orders in the rail sector with a total value of £4m. SNCF Voyageurs has ordered bespoke interior LED lighting for retrofitting to regional and inter-city fleets over the next five years. ...

  • OnTrain (Photo Griffin Capital Partners)
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    Leasing company launched to modernise Poland’s locomotive fleets

    2024-12-18T07:00:00Z

    POLAND: Leasing company OnTrain has been launched to offer central European freight operators a way to replace ageing locomotive fleets, and has placed initial orders for 80 electric locos. OnTrain is majority-owned by Luxembourg based infrastructure investor Marguerite, along with privately-owned investment and asset manager Griffin ...

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    Hyundai Rotem among bidders to supply 150 trainsets to ONCF

    2024-12-12T07:00:00Z

    MOROCCO: National railway ONCF is seeking bids for the supply of up to 150 trains, with Hyundai Rotem among the suppliers involved in the procurement.

  • San Clemente Coast (Photo Metrolink)
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    Alstom awarded California Metrolink operation and maintenance contract

    2024-12-10T14:01:00Z

    USA: Southern California Regional Rail Authority has awarded Alstom a combined Train Operation & Maintenance Services contract for its Metrolink passenger rail services. Alstom is to take over on July 1 2025 when its current fleet maintenance contract and the separate operating contract with Amtrak expire. ...

  • Riyadh Metro's King Abdullah Financial District station (Photo: Bechtel)
    Metro Report International

    King inaugurates Riyadh Metro ahead of public opening

    2024-11-28T15:18:00Z

    SAUDI ARABIA: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud officially inaugurated the Riyadh Metro as the future backbone of the capital’s public transport network on November 27. A phased opening to passengers is planned between December 1 and January 5.

  • RMV Alstom iLint hydrogen train (RMV, Arne Landwehr)
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    Diesel trains to temporarily replace hydrogen on Germany’s Taunus network in 2025

    2024-11-28T12:17:00Z

    GERMANY: Ongoing technical problems with a fleet of hydrogen-powered iLint Alstom multiple-units on part of the Taunus network has prompted the operator to replace them with Lint41 diesel multiple-units on route RB15 between Bad Homburg and Brandoberndorf. The change in traction will take effect progressively from ...

  • The first of the Class 77 electric multiple-units ordered by state rolling stock owner Norske Tog has been unveiled at Alstom’s Salzgitter factory in Germany.
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    Norwegian Class 77 EMUs unveiled

    2024-11-25T16:19:00Z

    NORWAY: The first of the Class 77 electric multiple-units ordered by state rolling stock owner Norske Tog has been unveiled at Alstom’s Salzgitter factory in Germany. The six-car 200 km/h trainsets from the Coradia Nordic family will be used to increase capacity on the busiest lines ...

  • Manila LRT1 opening (Photo President's office)
    Metro Report International

    Manila opening gives commuters ‘the gift of more moments spent with their loved ones’

    2024-11-19T06:00:00Z

    PHILIPPINES: Passenger services on the Manila LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Phase 1 began on November 16, following an official inauguration by President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr the previous day. ‘This extension will greatly reduce travel time, giving commuters the gift of more moments spent with ...

  • Taipei Wanda Line Alstom metro train (Photo DORTS)
    Metro Report International

    First trainset delivered for Taipei’s Wanda Line

    2024-11-13T11:00:00Z

    TAIWAN: Alstom has delivered the first medium-capacity automated metro trainset for the 22·8 km Wanda Line, also known as the Light Green Line and Line 7, which will provide a 30 min journey time between Taipei and New Taipei City. In 2018 the Taipei City Government’s ...

  • Barcelona Trambesòs T4 (Photo Barcelona City Council)
    Metro Report International

    Low key opening for Barcelona tramway extension

    2024-11-12T10:00:00Z

    SPAIN: An extension of Barcelona’s Trambesòs light rail network along Avenida Diagonal between the Plaça de les Glòres and Verdaguer opened without ceremony on November 10. The planned celebrations have been postponed as a mark of solidarity with people affected by the severe flooding in València. ...

  • Barcelona FGC airport train impression (Image Alstom) (3)
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    Barcelona airport train design revealed

    2024-11-09T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Alstom has unveiled the design of the Coradia Stream electric multiple-units it is to supply for use on services from central Barcelona to El Prat Airport from 2026. In September 2022 Catalunya operator FGC awarded Alstom a €107m contract to supply 10 five-car 120 km ...