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COVID-19 Impacts KiwiRail’s Fiscal Year 2020 Result

WIL BALDWIN November 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on KiwiRail’s bottom line for the past financial year, but rigorous operational changes and cost savings measures have helped stabilise the business, KiwiRail chairman Brian Corban says. KiwiRail…

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Amtrak Celebrates 20 Years of Acela Travel with $20 Fares

WIL BALDWIN November 11, 2020

To commemorate 20 years of Acela service throughout the Northeast Corridor (NEC),Amtrak is Acela-celebrating by offering customers the opportunity to travel on its premium product one way in Business class for only $20 from anywhere between Boston and Washington,…

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Amtrak and California Recognize Lodi Cop Who Saved Man

WIL BALDWIN September 29, 2020

The Amtrak Police Department (APD) presented a Lodi, California Police Officer with the prestigious “Life Saving Medal” for her swift and heroic actions that saved a man’s life within seconds of being hit by an…

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Alstom to Provide Digital Train Control, Traffic Management and Electrification Infrastructure for the Rhine-Danube Rail Corridor

WIL BALDWIN September 27, 2020

- Alstom project value: 70 million EUR - Travel time reduced to one hour on Sighisoara-Brasov section thanks to modernised infrastructure - Alstom working on 75% of the 450 km currently in rehabilitation on the…

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Amtrak-Led Coalition Wins Another Southwest Chief Grant

WIL BALDWIN September 23, 2020

- $11.5 million will stabilize and improve Colorado - New Mexico segment WASHINGTON – Amtrak, committed to the national network of long-distance, interregional trains, is thanking the Federal Railroad Administration for a $5.6 million Consolidated…

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Alstom Introduces the Citadis X05 Tram to Athens, Greece

WIL BALDWIN September 17, 2020

Alstom is proud to deliver the first two of the 25 Citadis X05 trams ordered by Attiko Metro, the urban transport authority of Athens, in July 2018. The tram will begin dynamic tests at the…

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Alstom Delivers Guadalajara Urban Transportation Network Line 3

WIL BALDWIN September 14, 2020

- Inauguration of a landmark mobility project for the State of Jalisco in Mexico Alstom has officially delivered Line 3 of Guadalajara urban transportation network, a new line expected to carry around 230,000 passengers daily.…

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Alstom Celebrates Cairo Metro Line 3 – Phase 4 Entry into Service

WIL BALDWIN August 17, 2020

Alstom has successfully supplied, tested and commissioned part of Cairo Metro line 3 - Ph4 with a total of 10 stations from Heliopolis to Adly Mansour. His excellency the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi,…

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Siemens Mobility Awarded Billion-Euro Order for Deutsche Bahn High-Speed Trains

WIL BALDWIN August 10, 2020

Beginning in 2022, DB will expand its mainline fleet with 30 new high-speed trains. Deutsche Bahn has awarded the billion-euro order to Siemens Mobility. DB called for tenders at the end of 2019 when the…

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European Commission Clears Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier Transportation

WIL BALDWIN August 3, 2020

Alstom and Bombardier welcome the European Commission’s (EC) decision for conditional clearance of the proposed acquisition of Bombardier Transportation by Alstom. The Commission’s approval for the transaction is conditional on the proposed engagements that consist…