New Year work has now begun for the VolkerRailStory joint venture, as it continues to increase resilience and improve reliability on the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade project.
VR procures nine sleeper coaches and eight car-carrier coaches from Škoda Transtech Oy. The new rolling stock will be in use by the end of 2025. The value of the procurement is approximately EUR 50 million.
HS2 minister Huw Merriman became the first person to officially walk on top of the UK’s longest railway bridge, which is under construction at an HS2 site just outside London.
Sydney Metro has awarded a contract that will see new mechanical gap filler technology installed at stations between Marrickville and Bankstown as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project.
Stadler and DB Netz AG signed a contract for retrofitting up to 80 maintenance and track service vehicles with the Stadler ETCS train control system GUARDIA (European Train Control System).
VTG Rail Logistics has stepped up its presence in the Baltics. With effect from January 01, 2023, what used to be VTG Project Logistics has shifted its focus and is now offering a complete portfolio of VTG solutions under the name VTG Rail Logistics Baltics UAB.