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Hitachi Rail boosts maintenance offer as it completes acquisition of digital tech firm Perpetuum

Hitachi Rail boosts maintenance offer as it completes acquisition of digital tech firm Perpetuum

Investment in UK’s Perpetuum enhances Hitachi Rail’s digital train maintenance, using pioneering data analytics to help customers to improve the safety, availability and reliability of their fleets The solution increases the safe lifespan of parts, significantly reducing industrial waste and helps meet Hitachi’s UN Sustainability commitments As part of Hitachi Rail’s offering as a full service p

Hitachi Rail plans to add U.S. skilled trades' jobs to tackle assembly of the 8000-series railcars for Metro. The initial pilot vehicles are expected to be delivered in 2024.

Hitachi Rail Awarded up to $2.2 Billion Contract with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for 8000-series Railcars

Hitachi Rail awarded up to $2.2 billion contract with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for 8000-series trains. Hitachi will manufacture the carbody structure, perform the equipment installation and will do the final assembly in the region, creating new U.S. skilled trades' jobs. The initial pilot vehicles for @WMATA are expected to be delivered in 2024. www.hitachirail.com/careers

ETR 500 high speed train

Hitachi Rail awarded contract by Trenitalia for the integrated logistic support on the Frecciarossa high-speed fleet

Further recognition of Hitachi Rail wide experience in the high-speed rail sector Availability and delivery of materials within 48 hours increases the efficiency of the high-speed operations
10 March, 2021 – Hitachi Rail SpA announced today the signing of a contract with Trenitalia for the integrated logistic support of the ETR 500 - Frecciarossa high-speed fleet of 59 trains.
The contrac

Hitachi Rail digitaliserer 140 km jernbanelinje som forbinder Sverige og Norge i nord

Hitachi Rail digitaliserer 140 km jernbanelinje som forbinder Sverige og Norge i nord

• Hitachi Rail skal sammen med det svenske Trafikverket oppgradere den første linjen i det svenske jernbanenettet til ERTMS.
• Det nasjonale oppgraderingsprogrammet starter med Malmbanen, som går fra den norsk-svenske grensen til Luleå havn.
• Kontrakten innebærer leveranse av Hitachis ERTMS Level 2-mark system på den 140 km lange linjen mellom Gällivare og Boden.
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Hitachi Rail digitaliserar 14 mil av Malmbanan mellan Gällivare och Boden, benämnt styrområde Polcirkeln

Hitachi Rail digitaliserar 14 mil av Malmbanan mellan Gällivare och Boden, benämnt styrområde Polcirkeln

• Hitachi Rail kommer tillsammans med Trafikverket och som ett led i ERTMS-utbyggnaden arbeta med den första stora implementationen av det nya ERTMS-systemet i Sverige.
• Arbetet med det nationella programmet för järnvägsdigitalisering börjar med moderniseringen av den viktiga Malmbanan som utgör förutsättning för transporterna av malm till hamnarna i Narvik och Luleå.
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SNCF et ses partenaires font circuler le premier train semi-autonome sur le réseau ferré national

SNCF et ses partenaires font circuler le premier train semi-autonome sur le réseau ferré national

Pour la première fois en France, une locomotive a circulé en autonomie partielle, dans des conditions d’exploitation réelles, avec des fonctions d’accélération et de freinage 100% automatisées. Cet essai, réalisé le 29 octobre, marque une étape clé dans le projet Train Autonome.
UNE ÉTAPE MAJEURE POUR LE PROJET TRAIN AUTONOME
Deux ans après le lancement en 2018 d’un consortium dédié au dével

SNCF and its partners run the first semi-autonomous train on the national railway network

SNCF and its partners run the first semi-autonomous train on the national railway network

For the first time in France, a locomotive has run in partial autonomy, under real operating conditions, with fully automated acceleration and braking functions. This trial, conducted on 29 October, marks a key stage in the Autonomous Train project.
A MAJOR STEP FOR THE AUTONOMOUS TRAIN PROJECT
Two years after the launch in 2018 of a consortium to develop the prototype of an autonomous train

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