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Hitachi and Toshiba to Supply High-Speed Trains for Taiwan

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Hitachi Toshiba Supreme Consortium (HTSC), consisting of Hitachi, Toshiba and Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions has been awarded a contract to supply 12 sets of high-speed trains for the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC). This order consists of 144 cars worth approximately 124 billion JPY (723 million GBP). Tokaido Shinkansen N700S

DB Cargo to Replace its Diesel Locomotive Fleet

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DB Cargo is investing in a new climate-friendly locomotive fleet with alternative drives. A Siemens Mobility Vectron locomotive for Deutsche Bahn © Deutsche Bahn | Volker Emersleben The transport company is planning to replace its old diesel locomotives with 300 new shunting and dual-powered locomotives in order to improve efficiency and sustainability. This will

Japanese take over Rio suburban network

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BRAZIL: A consortium of Mitsui and West Japan Railway has purchased a majority stake in Rio de Janeiro suburban operator SuperVia, at a reported cost of around ¥20bn. The Japanese trading group had previously held a 24% stake in the concessionaire, through its stake in SuperVia parent Odebrecht Mobilidad. It has

Toshiba unveils tri-mode locomotive demonstrator

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GERMANY: Toshiba Railway Europe unveiled a electric-diesel-battery hybrid traction technology demonstrator locomotive at the Transport Logistic trade show in München on June 4. The company has a contract to supply 50 diesel-battery centre cab locomotives to DB Cargo from 2021, TRE Managing Director Hinrich Krey told Railway Gazette. The demonstrator is

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