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  • Hitachi Rail Italy awarded Service contracts worth 108 million Euro

    Hitachi Rail Italy has been awarded three Service contracts for a total amount of 108 million Euro. They are for the provision of maintenance of Frecciarossa 1000, Frecciarossa 500 and TSR regional trains. The new contracts include activities of control, monitoring and maintenance through the supply of materials and experienced skilled labour.

  • Hitachi Rail Italy Delivers the Last Tram For Line 2

    Hitachi Rail Italy has completed the supply for the second line of the urban transport system for the city of Florence and is now going to deliver further 7 trams for Line 3, all within the contractual deadlines.

  • Hitachi Intercity trains begin digital signalling tests

    Hitachi’s Intercity trains, bound for passenger service on the Great Western route from 2017, have begun testing digital technology designed to create extra capacity and relieve overcrowding on the country’s rail network.

  • Delhi Metro Rail Corp. Ltd awards Ansaldo STS – ZTE Corp. for Indian contract Noida – Greater Noida Metro project


    02 September 2016, 15:30 pm
    DMRC awards Consortium of Ansaldo STS & ZTE Corporation equivalent amount of EUR 38.8 million works for Train Control, Signalling (CBTC) and Telecommunication Systems for Noida-Greater Noida Metro Project.
    The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) has been authorized by Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) to proceed with the implementation of Metro Rail

  • Hull Trains to expand fleet with £60 million deal

    Passengers on the East Coast Main Line are to benefit from the arrival of five brand new Inter City trains, following completion today of a £60 million deal between FirstGroup and Hitachi Rail Europe, financed by Angel Trains.

  • Hitachi Rail Italy: Train Number 1 for Miami Metro is a reality

    First Hitachi-made metro unveiled in Florida Hitachi Rail Italy today presented the first vehicle for the new Metro for Miami-Dade County, with the Miami Mayor Carlos Gimenez and the Japanese Consul General Ken Okaniwa in attendance.

  • Prime Minister Renzi visits Hitachi Rail Italy in Pistoia

    This morning Prime Minister Matteo Renzi visited the Hitachi Rail Italy plant at Pistoia, welcomed by the Global CEO of Hitachi Rail Alistair Dormer, the CEO of Hitachi Rail Italy Maurizio Manfellotto, the CEO of Trenitalia Barbara Morgante and Lorena Dellagiovanna Country Manager of Hitachi Ltd.

  • Ansaldo STS awarded two contracts for signalling in Italy


    Genoa, October 11th 2016
    Ansaldo STS has been awarded two contracts for a total value of EURO 74.8 million related to the signalling of the DD Rome – Florence route of the AC/AV Turin – Milan – Naples line
    The scope of work of Ansaldo STS, in the contracts awarded by RFI (Italian Railway Network), is related to the design and construction of the Ground Subsystem ERTMS/ETCS Level 2, o

  • Ansaldo STS Brussels metro lines 1&5 signalling system renewal


    07 October 2016, 15:00 pm
    Ansaldo STS announces that it has been signed the contract worth Euro 88 million with STIB (Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles) for the automatization of the lines 1&5, as part of the modernization programme of the Brussels metro (so called Pulsar project).
    Within the modernization project Ansaldo STS will supply STIB with its Driverless CB

  • InnoTrans 2016: Ansaldo STS brings its most innovative solutions to Berlin


    Berlin, 19th September 2016
    With a dedicated stand of 800 sqm on two floors, Ansaldo STS is exhibiting this year at InnoTrans, the world's leading trade fair of the railway sector, opening in Berlin on 20 September with 300 thousand square meters of exhibition, 3000 metres of rails and more than 2500 exhibitors.
    Andy Barr, CEO and General Manager of Ansaldo STS said: "I am convinced tha

  • The First Driverless Train of New Lima Metro, manufactured by Hitachi Rail Italy, arrives in Lima

    Today Hitachi Rail Italy delivered train number 1 of the new automatic Lima Metro. The first 6 cars of the innovative train, built in Reggio Calabria were unloaded at the port of the Peruvian capital. The train, made of aluminium is 108 m long and 2,85 m wide, has a capacity of 166 seated and 1,105 standing passengers, and is capable of reaching a max speed of 90 km/h.

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