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Alstom to supply 153 trains in Portugal’s largest rail fleet order
€1.03 billion contract will deliver new commuter and regional trains for Portugal while creating a new manufacturing facility and hundreds of jobs.
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DB Cargo UK names Class 66 locomotive after Plasmor founder Antony Slater
DB Cargo UK honours Plasmor founder Antony Slater with locomotive naming as the companies mark a renewed five year rail freight partnership.
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Amtrak launches $50m community investment programme for Baltimore tunnel project
Funding programme will support community development, workforce training and local projects alongside construction of the new Frederick Douglass Tunnel in Baltimore.
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Canadian National Railway unveils America250 locomotives celebrating US independence across freight network
Canadian National Railway launches commemorative locomotives honouring the United States’ 250th anniversary, highlighting rail’s historic role in powering American industry and innovation.
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Union Pacific deploys advanced modelling platform to enhance rail safety and efficiency
Union Pacific introduces advanced modelling technology to optimise train builds, improve operational safety and accelerate real time decision making across its US freight network.
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Maritime opens Northampton strategic rail freight interchange in £80m investment milestone
Maritime Transport unveils new rail connected logistics hub at SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton, boosting capacity, connectivity and low carbon freight across the UK supply chain.
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Amtrak confirms single level fleet strategy to replace ageing long distance trains
Amtrak will standardise its long distance fleet with new single level trains, aiming to reduce risk, widen supplier competition and accelerate replacement of ageing rolling stock.
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India launches RailTech policy to make railway claims digital
Ashwini Vaishnaw unveils RailTech Policy and AI enabled e-RCT system under Indian Railways 52 reforms initiative to accelerate innovation and citizen focused justice.
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Nomad digital surpasses 2,000 days without lost time injury milestone
Nomad Digital has recorded over 2,000 days LTI free, reinforcing its global safety culture across 13 countries and 2.7 million working hours.
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Hitachi rail invests C$30m in new Toronto signalling headquarters
Hitachi Rail will open a 125,000 sq ft Toronto headquarters, creating 1,100 jobs and advancing next-generation CBTC signalling technology development in Canada.
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UK and Welsh governments commit to generational rail transformation across Wales
Keir Starmer and Eluned Morgan back long term investment pipeline, supporting 12,000 jobs and delivering new stations, faster services and major infrastructure upgrades.
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British steel launches round the clock production for Türkiye high speed rail deal
Major export contract for Ankara to İzmir line secures new jobs, 24 7 operations in Scunthorpe and strengthens UK Türkiye rail partnership.
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Knorr Bremse accelerates AI transformation through strategic AWS partnership
Long term collaboration with Amazon Web Services aims to modernise manufacturing processes, boost productivity and position Knorr Bremse as an artificial intelligence pioneer.
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Alstom deepens Stilfold partnership to advance lightweight steel train components
Alstom and Swedish start-up Stilfold expand collaboration to scale origami-inspired steel technology, targeting lighter, lower-carbon and more cost-effective train structures.
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Rail reliability taskforce sets long term reforms to strengthen Singapore network
Singapore’s rail reliability taskforce will implement phased technical, operational and workforce reforms to strengthen asset resilience, improve disruption recovery and futureproof the expanding MRT and LRT network.
