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Stadler to supply FLIRT trains for Ireland cross-border services

Stadler has secured acontract to build eight new FLIRT Intercity trains for Ireland’s Iarnród Éireann and Northern Ireland’s Translink NI Railway.

Alstom has secured a €295 million contract to a metro system operated by Transports publics de la région lausannoise (tl) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Amtrak has launched new TV advertisements to promote its next-generation Acela trains.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have submitted an application to merge to the USA’s Surface Transportation Board.

Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply Romania with its first fleet of trains powered by hydrogen,

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded a contract to Siemens Mobility to modernise lines on the city’s subway network.

Nox Mobility has raised €2 million towards introducing a new generation of trains for night travel across Europe.

Amtrak has started the procurement process for a fleet of new long-distance trains.

Stadler has received approval for its EURODUAL bi-mode locomotives to operate throughout Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia.

Rolling stock manufacturer Stadler is to equip trams in Basel in Switzerland with the communication-based train control system NOVA Pro.