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Alstom to Provide Additional 64 Commuter Trains to Hamburg, Germany

WIL BALDWIN September 12, 2021

Alstom and S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH have signed a contract for the delivery of an additional 64 Class 490 S-Bahn trains. The order is an option from a framework contract signed in 2013 and is valued…

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Alstom Hydrogen Train Enters Regular Passenger Service in Austria

WIL BALDWIN September 13, 2020

In Vienna, a new era in passenger rail starts today. Until the end of November, a hydrogen train will run for the first time in regular passenger service for ÖBB, the Austrian Federal Railways. The…

Alstom Signs First Contract for Battery-Electric Regional Trains in Germany

WIL BALDWIN February 6, 2020

Alstom will manufacture, deliver and maintain until 2032 eleven Coradia Continental battery-electric trains for regional traffic on the Leipzig-Chemnitz route on behalf of VMS (Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen) and with the support of ZVNL (Zweckverband für den…

Alstom to Test its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Train in the Netherlands

WIL BALDWIN November 2, 2019

First pilot project with Coradia iLint outside Germany 31 October 2019 – Alstom and the Province of Groningen, local operator Arriva, the Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail and the energy company Engie have signed plans for…

Tesla Scouting Sites for Possible Factory in Germany

WIL BALDWIN August 25, 2019

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla <TSLA> is scouting out locations for a possible factory in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany's most populous state, daily Rheinische Post reported on Sunday, citing people…

Bombardier wins Dresden contract for 30 Flexity trams

WIL BALDWIN August 22, 2019

Innovative lightweight concept allows wider trams to use existing infrastructureBombardier wins contract to supply and maintain 30 FLEXITY trams for Dresden’s transport authorityContract includes the FlexCare maintenance management system and the Obstacle Detection and Assistance System Mobility solution provider…

Alstom to Supply 32 Additional DT5 Metros for Hamburg

WIL BALDWIN June 28, 2019June 28, 2019

28 June 2019 – Alstom, in consortium with Bombardier Transportation, will supply 32 further DT5 metro trains to Hamburger Hochbahn AG (Hochbahn) for a total amount of 186 million euros. Alstom's share of the contract…

Bombardier to Provide 74 Additional Coaches to Israel Railways

WIL BALDWIN June 6, 2019June 6, 2019

Seventh consecutive order will increase Israel Railways’ fleet of Bombardier-built double-deck TWINDEXX Vario coaches to 586 Mobility solution provider Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract to provide 74 additional BOMBARDIER TWINDEXX Vario double-deck coaches to…