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Hitachi and Bombardier awarded contract to supply 23 very high-speed Frecciarossa trains to Trenitalia for operation by ILSA on routes in Spain

10 August 2020 11:55

Hitachi Rail SpA and Bombardier Transportation announced today that they have signed a contract with Italy’s primary train operator Trenitalia to supply 23 Frecciarossa 1000 very high-speed (VHS) trains for the new Intermodalidad de Levante (ILSA) rail operation, a joint venture established by Trenitalia and Operador Ferroviario de Levante SL. The contract value is around 800 million euro ($ 943 m

Hitachi Rail to acquire railway technology firm Perpetuum to accelerate UK digitisation strategy

10 August 2020 08:00

Japanese mobility firm to purchase UK technology company in move to advance and digitise its global train maintenance programme Perpetuum’s technology could cut delays and improve reliability of thousands of passenger services across the world Southampton-based firm, including all 73 staff, to be integrated within Hitachi’s railway business of more than 12,000 employees across 38 countries
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Hitachi Rail and Turntide agreement opens way for battery trains across Britain

6 July 2020 07:30

Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive Innovation have signed an exclusive agreement to develop battery packs to power zero-emission trains and create a battery hub in the North East.

Hitachi Rail begins new phase of manufacturing at UK factory with East Coast Trains order

17 June 2020 00:10

Manufacturing of five 100% electric East Coast Trains commences, signalling the start of a new phase of train building at Hitachi Rail’s Newton Aycliffe factory.

EMR launches competition to name new intercity fleet

2 June 2020 15:46

East Midlands Railway is asking for entries from the public to help name its new Intercity bi-mode trains.

Hitachi Rail to deploy on board ERTMS technology in Finland

17 February 2020 09:00

Latest contract cement Hitachi’s leading ERTMS market position in the Nordics ERTMS for fleet of 60 diesel locos for Finnish Railways underlines strong collaboration between manufacturer of train and ERTMS provider
Hitachi Rail’s leading role in the supply of on-board ERTMS systems to train operators in the Nordics has been further strengthened, with the award of its latest contract to i

Green signal for High Speed 2, as project given go-ahead

11 February 2020 14:43

Britain's two biggest train manufacturers have welcomed the Prime Minister's announcement that HS2 will proceed,

Network Rail awards Wales & Western signalling framework contract to Hitachi Rail and Linbrooke

7 February 2020 11:34

Billions of pounds will be invested through Network Rail in railway signalling over the next five years to improve the reliability of systems on Britain’s railways. Over Control Period 6 (2019-2024) an estimated £2.4bn will be invested - with a joint venture between Hitachi Rail STS UK Ltd and Linbrooke Services Ltd winning the Wales & Western framework.

Hitachi to make Newton Aycliffe train factory more flexible, agile and globally competitive

9 January 2020 15:53

New c£8.5m investment in train welding and painting, enabling a greater scope of work to be carried out at UK plant Post-Intercity Express Programme manufacturing phase will see transition to core workforce model for greater flexibility, agility and global competitiveness Changes entirely unrelated to Brexit
Preparing for the next phase of manufacturing
Hitachi Rail’s factory at Newton

First Trenitalia chooses Hitachi Rail to build new intercity trains for Avanti West Coast

6 December 2019 07:32

First Trenitalia, whose new Avanti West Coast rail service starts on Sunday 8th December 2019, has today awarded a contract worth more than £350m to Hitachi Rail to provide and maintain 23 new intercity trains (135 carriages), to be built at its County Durham factory.

First Hitachi-built Paragon train arrives in Hull

25 November 2019 19:58

Today (25, November) Hull Trains celebrated the arrival of its first brand-new Hitachi Rail Paragon trains.

TransPennine Express launches Hitachi Rail built Nova 1 intercity trains

22 November 2019 09:00

Nova 1 was delivered on time, with passengers already benefitting from a proven and reliable train