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.
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, 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.
Today (25, November) Hull Trains celebrated the arrival of its first brand-new Hitachi Rail Paragon trains.
Nova 1 was delivered on time, with passengers already benefitting from a proven and reliable train
Hitachi Rail STS, as a member of the Mobilinx consortium, signed a C$4.6 billion contract with Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx for the Hurontario LRT
Hitachi has unveiled how train stations of the future could transform passenger experiences by using robots and the latest digital technology.
Ticket barriers could be removed with new technology being developed and trialled by Hitachi Rail.
Abellio UK, recently awarded the new eight-year East Midlands Railway (EMR) franchise by the Department for Transport, has today confirmed that it has now awarded a £400 million contract to Hitachi Rail to build a pioneering new fleet of intercity trains.
Two UK-based rail giants have submitted a ‘Great British’ train proposal to High Speed Two (HS2) that would be the most advanced, customer-oriented train ever to run in the UK.
Hitachi Rail SpA and Bombardier Transportation, in a partnership expected to involve company participation of 60% and 40% respectively, will supply 14 Frecciarossa 1000 (also known as ETR 1000) very high-speed trains to Trenitalia (Italian Railways), as well as a ten years maintenance service agreement for the new trains.
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has confirmed the company’s first world-class Azuma train will enter passenger service on the iconic East Coast route tomorrow, Wednesday 15 May 2019, from London King’s Cross to Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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