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Hitachi Rail shows strong presence at InnoTrans 2012
LONDON, UK, September 19, 2012 – Hitachi Ltd. today announced that the rail business of the company will have a strong presence at the upcoming trade fair InnoTrans 2012. The show takes place in Berlin, Germany from 18th to 21st September and Hitachi Rail will have a large stand in one of the most prominent halls, Hall 4.2, Stand 106.
The biennial show for the railway industry draws a global audience of more than 100,000 visitors. At its stand, Hitachi Rail is focusing on its European successes and capabilities which are drawing on the Japanese headquarter’s expertise – from manufacture and maintenance of rolling stock to traction, signalling and as well as Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning.
Centrepiece of the stand will be the model of a train cab, which provides a fitting environment to experience Hitachi Rail’s ETCS (European Train Control System) signalling technology in a real-time simulation. Interested visitors are invited to take a seat and experience the Signalling System first-hand.
Visitors can receive a demonstration of the Traffic Management System, which recently won Hitachi Rail Europe a contract to deliver a prototype in the UK. The system is tried and tested in many of Japan’s busiest train control centres.
A display of the broader product range of the Hitachi Group, which includes Data Centre technology, construction machinery and power plants among many other products provide a more rounded picture of the breadth of the Hitachi offering.
The show halls at Messe Berlin will be open from 9:00 to 18:00 every day from 18th September to 21st September.
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About Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd.
Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Europe, Ltd. and is headquartered in London, UK.
Hitachi Rail Europe is a total railway system supplier offering rolling stock, traction equipment, signalling, traffic management systems, and maintenance depots.
Hitachi draws on many years of experience as a leading supplier of high-speed trains such as the Shinkansen (bullet train) for the Japanese and international markets. In Europe, Hitachi Rail Europe’s first rolling stock contract was to deliver a fleet of 29 Class 395 trains, the first domestic high-speed train in the UK, which are maintained at Hitachi’s state of the art depot in Ashford, Kent. As part of the British Department for Transport’s Intercity Express Programme, Hitachi Rail Europe will replace the UK’s ageing fleet of Intercity trains, and will establish a new rolling stock manufacturing facility in the UK for this purpose. The trains will be maintained and services in a number of new maintenance
depots along the Great Western Main Line and the East Coast Main Line.
For more information about the company, please visit: www.Hitachirail-eu.com .
