27 June 2017, 08:15 am
Ansaldo STS has been awarded of a procurement procedure, within a framework agreement, worth of 100 million Euros
The agreement scope of work includes the supply of technical assistance services, maintenance and repair; furthermore reconfiguration and upgrading of Ansaldo STS systems in revenue service on RFI network. The contract will last two years and is based
The first Intercity Express Train bound for GWR’s Devon and Cornwall route has now arrived in the UK
Her Majesty The Queen has marked the 175th anniversary of the first rail journey made by a monarch, recreating the original journey made by Queen Victoria, before naming a new Intercity Express Train “Queen Elizabeth II” at Paddington Station today.
08 June 2017, 11:45 am
New technology to automatically adjust train frequency to best cater for change in passenger numbers
Ansaldo STS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Metroselskabet to develop a Proof of Concept for a new Dynamic Headway solution leveraging Hitachi technologies for the Copenhagen Metro M1/M2.
The new Dynamic Headway solution will be designed usi
30 May 2017, 16:30 pm
“The reopening of Scampìa Metrocampania Nord East construction site is a remarkable event for the city, for Neapolitans and for our company.”
These are Roberto Passalacqua’s main remarks (the Vice President Region railways & Mass Transit of Ansaldo STS), pronounced during the event which took place on the 30th of May 2017 in Naples (Italy). The ceremony has bee
15 May 2017, 10:30 am
Montreal (Canada), 15 May 2017 – Technology, innovation and sustainable development. These are the main topics at the core of the 62th edition of the UITP Global Public Transport Summit, the most important world exhibition on urban and regional transportation. The fair will take place at the Palais de Congres de Montreal – Canada – between the 15th and the 17th of May
Virgin Trains’ customers are a step closer to new trains as work begins on the Azuma (Class 800) fleet, due to enter service on the east coast in 2018.
Hitachi Rail Europe is on schedule to employ 250 people at their newly built Doncaster depot. The depot is hiring a brand new team to maintain new fleets of intercity trains inspired by Japanese bullet trains, which are due to start running next year. Hitachi has invested £80m in the Doncaster site to create a facility that is clean, light and packed with the most advanced industry technology.
Cagliari, February 24th 2017
ERSAT is the latest generation signaling project that interfaces and integrates – for the first time in Europe – the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) with the navigation and satellite positioning technology Galileo.
ERSAT EAV project, which is presented together with Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Trenitalia in Sardinia today to show how this te
Passengers travelling towards Devon and Cornwall are one step closer to experiencing new trains as Hitachi Rail’s Italian factory receives bodyshells to start work. Hitachi’s UK manufacturing facility has already built its first train for Great Western Railway. The delivery of trains will transform passenger experience for routes connecting London to Wales and the South West of England.
Set to inspire the next generation of rail workers, enthusiasts and the public on the latest innovations in high speed rail, Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE) has donated a driver’s cab of the new intercity train to the National Railway Museum (NRM).
Hitachi Rail Italy today announced that it has been awarded a contract worth 106 million EUR from Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM) to manufacture an additional 15 “Leonardo” metro trains for the city of Milan. This contract, final option of the framework agreement for 60 trains signed in 2012, concerns the delivery of 9 trains for Line 1, and 6 trains for Line 2 of Milan metro.
