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Upgraded Berlin North-South S-Bahn tunnel begins operation
5 May 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Passenger operation has commenced on the recently refurbished Berlin North-South S-Bahn tunnel.
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Thameslink hi-tech train centres near completion
20 April 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Construction of the new Thameslink hi-tech train centres at Three Bridges and Hornsey nears completion.
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Network Rail orders upgrade of signalling equipment on two major lines
9 April 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has ordered the upgrade of signalling equipment on Chiltern Main Line and Cherwell Valley Line for completion in 2016.
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Finland welcomes Vectron locomotive for broad gauge rail system
9 April 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The Siemens Vectron locomotive for a broad gauge rail system was revealed today at a ceremony in Helsinki, Finland.
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Manufacture of new Desiro City trains on course for Thameslink service
8 April 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Production of the new Siemens Desiro City, Class 700 trains is on course to meet delivery for the Thameslink service later this year.
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BLS Cargo orders Siemens multisystem locomotives for cross-border services
30 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Siemens are to provide Swiss rail cargo specialist BLS Cargo with 15 Vectron MS multisystem locomotives.
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Siemens awarded €1.7 billion order to build Rhine-Ruhr Express
27 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Siemens has been commissioned to build the new Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) rail transport concept at a total order volume of more than €1.7 billion.
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Siemens automates line section for highspeed trains in Spain
25 November 2014 | By Siemens
Siemens is in a consortium with the French technology business Thales that is to modernize the control, signaling and safety equipment on the roughly 340-kilometer section of high-speed line between Olmedo and Ourense in Northern Spain...
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ÖBB cityjet Desiro presented
11 November 2014 | By Siemens
The Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Alois Stöger, and the CEO of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), Christian Kern, were joined by Jochen Eickholt, CEO of the Siemens Mobility Division, in presenting the new Desiro type regional multiple-unit train for Austria at the Siemens plant in Krefeld (Germany)...
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Vectron DE receives authorisation for Germany and TSI certificate
25 September 2014 | By Siemens
The diesel-electric variant of the Vectron locomotive has reached authorisation for putting into service for Germany...
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World premiere: British Secretary of State launches state-of-the-art train to be used on Thameslink route
23 September 2014 | By Siemens
The British Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, and Jochen Eickholt, CEO Siemens Rail Systems, alongside Cross London Trains and Govia Thameslink Railway Limited, presented for the first time three completely assembled cars for the new Class 700 train, to be used as part of the Thameslink project, at…
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Siemens automates transshipment railroad station on Norway‘s northern coast
8 September 2014 | By Siemens
Siemens has been contracted by the Swedish mining company Bergbaugesellschaft Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) to equip the Narvik transshipment railroad station in Northern Norway with signaling and instrumentation and control technology...
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ÖBB order further nine Railjet units
4 August 2014 | By Siemens
Austrian Federal Railways is ordering a further nine Railjet trains from Siemens, with delivery of the seven-car units planned for December 2016...
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Siemens to install automatic train protection system for high-speed line in Southern Spain
2 July 2014 | By Siemens
Siemens is to install signaling and control equipment on the approximately 126-kilometer high-speed line between Antequera and Granada in a consortium with Thales...
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Vectron MS authorized in Germany
2 July 2014 | By Siemens
The multisystem version of the Vectron locomotive received authorization from Germany’s Federal Railway Authority in June...
