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12 November 2018 15:00

Ansaldo STS, as the lead entity of the FLOW consortium, has signed the contract for the Operation and Maintenance Services of Lines 3, 4, 5 & 6 of Riyadh Metro

Genova
12 November 2018, 08:30 am
Following the press release dated September 18, regarding the receipt of a letter of award from the Riyadh Development Authority (RDA) - formerly ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA), Ansaldo STS (STS.MI), as leader of the FLOW consortium, has signed on November 11, 2018, the O&M services contract related to lines 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Riyadh Metro.
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29 October 2018 06:40

Hitachi to increase stake in Ansaldo STS

Tokyo, Japan, and Rome, Italy, 29 October, 2018 – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, “Hitachi”) today announced that Hitachi, Ltd. and its (indirectly) wholly owned subsidiary, Hitachi Rail Italy Investments S.r.l., have signed an agreement to acquire the 31.794 percent stake (63,588,837 ordinary shares) in Ansaldo STS S.p.A. owned by Elliott International, L.P., Elliott Associates, L.P.and The Liverpool Li

11 October 2018 10:18

Thousands of young people to benefit from ground breaking engineering programme with global rail giant

Hitachi Rail is launching a brand new educational programme with Primary Engineer that will see 2,700 5 to 11 year olds learn about engineering with the help of experts in the field.

9 October 2018 14:00

Ansaldo STS Awarded Major Railway Signalling Project in Malaysia

Genoa
09 October 2018, 17:15 pm
Ansaldo STS (STS MI) through its subsidiary Ansaldo STS Malaysia Sdn Bhd, partner of the Ansaldo STS Pestech consortium1, has been awarded a project contract for the signalling of the 198km track that extends between Gemas to Johor Bahru in southern Malaysia. The contract for Ansaldo STS portion is worth approx. MYR 264 million, approx. EUR 55 million.

18 September 2018 13:00

Ansaldo STS Leads of the FLOW Consortium, is awarded the contract for the Operation and Maintenance Services Riyadh Metro

Genoa
18 September 2018, 08:30 am
Ansaldo STS (STS.MI), as Leader of FLOW consortium1, has received yesterday a letter of award from ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA) related to the operation and maintenance services contract of Lines 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Riyadh Metro. The contract covers a period of 12 years including the mobilization period, and has a total value to the FLOW Consortium

12 September 2018 11:08

Hitachi Rail and Bombardier Transportation open new HS2 development centre in Birmingham

Two British-based global rail giants are opening up a new High Speed 2 bid centre in Birmingham to develop their plans to build an iconic train for the project.

L-R: Ross Nagle, Phil Wilson MP, Phil Lloyd (who won the naming competition)

24 August 2018 10:07

Hitachi investment in train factory tops £100million with new building completion

Hitachi announces the opening of a new building at their train factory in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. The £5million building, which increases production capacity, means Hitachi’s total investment in the site reaches over £100million

8 August 2018 12:01

British train builders start work on LNER’s Azuma at Hitachi’s North East factory

Passengers are a step closer to experiencing new trains as work steps up on Azuma.

1 August 2018 08:00

Ansaldo STS publishes the 2017 Sustainability Report

Genoa
01 August 2018, 15:30 pm
We hereby announce that the ninth edition of Ansaldo STS’s annual Sustainability Report for the year 2017 has been made available to the public on the Company’s website today.
This Report, approved by the Board of Directors, approved on 31st July 2018, was audited (so-called "limited assurance") by the auditing company Ernst & Young in accordance wit

25 July 2018 09:58

Testing begins for TPE’s bullet train inspired fleet

Hitachi has begun testing TransPennine Express’ new Nova 1 fleet, with a successful run between Doncaster and Darlington.

Class 385 arriving at Glasgow Queen Street Station

24 July 2018 14:34

Brand new ScotRail and Hitachi electric trains start running this week

ScotRail customers will be able to travel on the first new Hitachi class 385 electric train from 24th July

Leonardo metro trains, destined for Milan Metro Line 2

17 July 2018 16:18

Hitachi Rail Italy signed a contract worth 87 million Euros for further 12 Leonardo trains for Milan metro.

Hitachi Rail Italy signed a contract worth 87 million euro for the supply of 12 Leonardo metro trains, destined for Milan Metro Line 2. These units are in addition to the 60 trains already ordered by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM) as part of a framework agreement entered into in 2012.

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