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Hitachi wins contract to supply more high-speed trains to Italy

Hitachi Rail has secured a €260 million contract from Italy’s Trenitalia, part of the FS Group, for nine new-generation Frecciarossa trains.

A new large integrated information board that provides comprehensive travel information has been installed near the main entrance to Ipswich station.

Vintage Trains is celebrating winning two awards this month by offering passengers discounted tickets for its Easter tours.

LGBT+ charity Stonewall has awarded ‘Trailblazer’ status to Alstom.

Siemens Mobility has signed a framework agreement with leasing and maintenance company Akiem for the purchase of 80 Vectron locomotives.

This year, the Bure Valley Railway in Norfolk will allow visitors to imagine they are in the West Country with a journey on the Cream Tea Express.

Alstom has secured a contract to replace the existing automated people mover system at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.

The West Lancashire Light Railway has been handed ownership of a small industrial locomotive that it has had on loan for the last 50 years.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, and Scottish ministers, have signed a framework for a Memorandum of Understanding for Scotland’s railways.

HS2 is assembling the west deck of the M6 South viaduct, which high-speed trains will travel across on their way to Birmingham.