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Hitachi Rail wins Taiwan ATP upgrade

gobstopper
May 3, 2026
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Hitachi Rail has secured a €37 million contract to replace ATP equipment on Taiwan Railway’s EMU500 fleet.

Planned merger between two major American railroads

Guest authors
May 3, 2026
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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have submitted an application to merge to the USA’s Surface Transportation Board.

Hydrogen-powered trains for Romania

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May 2, 2026
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Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply Romania with its first fleet of trains powered by hydrogen,

Siemens to install advanced signalling technology in New York’s subway

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May 2, 2026
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New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded a contract to Siemens Mobility to modernise lines on the city’s subway network.

Poland launches second HSR construction tender

gobstopper
May 2, 2026
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Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has launched a second construction tender for Poland’s first high-speed rail line between Warsaw and Łódź.

Poland launches second HSR construction tender

gobstopper
May 2, 2026
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Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has launched a second construction tender for Poland’s first high-speed rail line between Warsaw and Łódź.

Poland launches second HSR construction tender

gobstopper
May 2, 2026
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Centralny Port Komunikacyjny has launched a second construction tender for Poland’s first high-speed rail line between Warsaw and Łódź.

Metro Trains to remove important junction and mainline at South Kensington

Bardy Bigglesworth
May 2, 2026
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Did he receive information about the efficacy of the change no one else in the rail industry can find?

Train services to return to Somerset railway line as contracts signed

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May 2, 2026
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Contracts worth £200m have been signed at Bristol Temple Meads, which will reinstate the Portishead railway line for the first time in 60 years. Work…

Government rejects Transport Committee’s ‘boom and bust’ testimony

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May 1, 2026
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The Government has rejected the premise of a select committee inquiry that rail investment has been subject to systemic ‘boom and bust’, other than in respect of rolling stock. In its response to the Transport Committee’s Rail Investment Pipelines report, the Government acknowledged that “the perception of such cycles is clearly felt by parts of […]