In this file photograph dated April 30, 2016, Cambodian passengers board a train at the Phnom Penh train station as railway service resumes after years of suspension. (TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP) PHNOM PENH — Cambodia has planned to upgrade its existing northern Phnom Penh-Poipet railway to become the kingdom's first high-speed rail, which is […]
TOKYO, Dec 9, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Rail’s planned acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business was announced in August 2021. Since that time, Hitachi Rail and Thales have been making steady progress towards securing the regulatory approvals necessary for the transaction to proceed, including achieving merger clearances in 9 […]
TOKYO, Nov 18, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Rail has been awarded a major contract worth around 114bn JPY(1) (around 814m USD) called CP04 by the Philippine Government’s Department of Transportation to deliver Electrical & Mechanical Systems and Track Works, including digital signalling for the new commuter railway from Solis to Malolos […]
MILAN, Nov 7, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – ATM has awarded a EUR368m framework agreement for the manufacturing of new metro trains for the Milan metro, to Hitachi Rail. The award is part of ATM’s massive investment plan to deliver an increasingly sustainable and technologically advanced public transport system. New Trains for Metro […]
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Sep 22, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Energy today announced the launch of its innovative oil-free traction transformer RESIBLOC Rail, with integrated cooling system and voltages up to 25-kilovolt (kV), at InnoTrans, the international trade fair for rail transportation at the Berlin Messe in Germany happening from September 20-23, 2022. […]
BANGKOK, May 4, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Asia Pacific Rail 2022, the leading annual gathering of Asia Pacific’s rail leaders, will take place in Bangkok on 11-12 May 2022. After an absence of more than three years, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event marks the first time that the region’s rail […]
GENOA, Italy, Feb 9, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Rail will supply the Ligurian capital Municipality with 14 new generation trains equipped with the onboard systems necessary for the correct operation on the Genoa Network. The investment amounts to EUR70 million. The agreement was recently signed by AMT, acting on the basis […]
TOKYO, Feb 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Deutsche Bahn and the German Federal Railway Authority has witnessed a series of functional and operational tests that proved Hitachi Rail’s capability to adapt its digital interlocking product to German specifications and standards. The move represents a major step towards Hitachi Rail entering the German […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan 20, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Rail announced today that it has signed a 72.5 million EUR contract with Princess Noura Bint Abdul Rahman University to operate and maintain the autonomous metro system in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the next three years. Autonomous metro system in Riyadh, Saudi […]
London, UK, Jan 14, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi Rail and Intermodal Telematics (IMT) have agreed an exclusive long-term partnership that will add IMT’s pioneering monitoring sensors to Hitachi’s existing digital freight service. The agreement will allow Hitachi to offer rail freight companies around the world a solution that provides real time […]
TOKYO, Nov 5, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – With COP26 underway, two Principal Partners for one of the most important climate summits in recent history have come together to agree a new renewable energy deal. Hitachi Rail has agreed a contract with ScottishPower, part of the Iberdrola Group, for the supply of 100% […]
Singapore, Sep 10, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Passenger demands, expectations and behaviours have changed in the last 18 months. And to meet these changing patterns, railway operators and authorities are changing too. On 15-16 September, Asia Pacific Rail 2021 will bring together rail leaders from across the region to discuss the future […]
Editor's Note: Better infrastructure connectivity including the Belt and Road Initiative, especially the China-Europe rail freight network, has played a big role in China becoming the top foreign direct investment destination as well as the top source of outward foreign direct investment in the world, writes a veteran journalist with China Daily in the fourth […]
Tokyo and London, Aug 4, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) and Hitachi Rail today agreed to acquire Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems business (the “Business” or “GTS”) for an enterprise value of EUR1,660 million (~YEN215 billion). The final purchase price will be determined after customary adjustments typical for a transaction […]
Singapore / SEAPRWire / April 9, 2021 / – With nations now much more prepared in dealing with the pandemic with vaccinations, testing, and containment, Asia Pacific is slowly and surely getting its economies back to speed as safely and as expeditiously as possible. Moving masses through the veins of the cities In many of the Asia […]
Then Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (right) speaks as Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong looks on during a joint press conference after a signing ceremony to team up on a high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, at Najib's official residence in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur on July 19, 2016. (PHOTO / AFP) […]