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San Francisco Bay, Northern California: HItachi Rai's CBTC system project for BART will be one of the most extensive signaling projects in the United States.

Hitachi Rail’s $798m Digital Train Control Upgrade for BART to Increase Capacity between San Francisco and Oakland by 30%

BART selects Hitachi's CBTC train control technology for increased capacity between San Francisco and Oakland A key pillar of BART’s comprehensive USD $3.5b Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Project, Hitachi Rail’s CBTC system will enable BART to meet the projected demand of 30,000+ Transbay passengers per hour at peak and includes options that could extend the system to Silicon Valley.

Rendering of Frecciarossa in Madrid station

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

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

Building trains at Hitachi's facility in Newton Aycliffe

Global High Speed Rail Learning Programme - Bombardier Transportation and Hitachi Rail to work with the National College for High Speed Rail

Hitachi and Bombardier, the UK-based global technology and engineering leaders who have joined forces in a bid to build the trains for HS2, are already attracting new British talent into the industry and developing the next generation of engineers. Today at the NCHSR in Doncaster, the companies are announcing the next step: A Global High Speed Rail Learning Programme.
If their bid is successful

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