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West Midlands Trains has put its first Alstom Class 730 Aventra electric multiple-units into service on London Northwestern Railway branded services on the West Coast Main Line. The first passenger service was the 06.04 from Bletchley to London Euston on November 13.
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Eversholt Rail has awarded Alstom a £12m contract for the mileage-based overhaul 40 three-car Class 334 electric multiple-units which are leased by ScotRail.
(Permalink) Alstom Class 334 Eversholt Rail ScotRail  Bathgate LMD: Class 334s in the sidings on the south side of Bathgate station on 22 February.  Glasgow Central: Standing at platform 10 of Glasgow Central station is ScotRail class 334 no 334006. Photographed on 16 October 2010, the unit is the first of its class to appear in Saltire livery. See image [[21672 f ... |
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The deal is part of Alstoms commitments to the European Commission in association with Bombardier Transportation takeover.
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Pete Waterman issues thank you message to Avanti West Coast and Alstom after charity auction raises over 3,500 for Railway Benefit Fund.
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Major boost for UK train-building as HS2s state-of-the-art fleet of 225mph (360km/h) high speed trains will be built by Alstom and Hitachi Rail at their factories in County Durham, Derby and Crewe. Landmark contract set to support 2,500 jobs across the UK and boost the economy by over £157m each year.
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Alstom has agreed to hand over the business activities associated with Bombardier Transportations contribution to the V300 ZEFIRO very high-speed.
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The agreement between Alstom and Eversholt Rail will see the delivery of 10 HMUs, supporting the UK and Scotland government ambitions to decarbonise the rail sector.
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Celebrity Pete Waterman, joins forces with Avanti West Coast and Alstom to launch auction in support of Railway Benefit Fund.
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Leasing company Eversholt Rail has awarded supplier Alstom Transport UK a £124m contract to undertake the mileage-based overhaul of its fleet of 40 three-car Class 334 Juniper electric multiple-units which are operated by ScotRail.
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Five organisations are bidding for a contract to design, manufacture and maintain the trains for the first phase of HS2. The original list was Alstom, Bombardier, Hitachi, Siemens and Talgo. When Bombardier and Hitachi decided to make a joint bid, CAF was added to the list to maintain five bidders.
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The former Alstom factory at Washwood Heath, Birmingham, where Virgins Pendolinos were built, has been demolished to make way for an HS2 maintenance depot. Underground-train manufacturer Metro Cammell, which owned the site before Alstom, built trains for countries across the world at Washwood Heath, including British Rails iconic Blue Pullman as well as most of ...
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One of the largest centres for train modernisation to ever be built in the UK has today been unveiled by Alstom.
Situated in Widnes in the north west of England, the facility was opened by Parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Lord Prior of Brampton. Alstoms facility is now the biggest in the UK, covering over 13,000 square metres of space, and the company has said that due to its close embrace of Industry 4.0 principles, the facility is ideal for work on intercity trains. (Permalink) Alstom |
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Alstom has run the first successful test of the worlds only hydrogen fuel cell passenger train Coradia iLint at its test track in Salzgitter, in preparation for an extensive test campaign in Germany and Czech Republic in the coming months.
The test runs, which will continue for the next four weeks, aim to confirm the stability of the trains energy supply system based on co-ordinated interaction between the drive, the fuel cell and battery, as well as to check the braking power of the vehicle. The zero-emission silent train is powered by a single hydrogen fuel cell, producing electrical power for the traction. (Permalink) Alstom Coradia iLint Hydrogen |
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The French train company Alstom is to build a new multimillion-pound plant in the north-west of England, delivering a major boost to the region during a time of uncertainty about Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Alstom will spend an initial £20m on a new site at Widnes, Cheshire, creating about 600 jobs. The facility will modernise the Pendolino trains on the west coast mainline and contain a training academy, but it could eventually manufacture new rolling stock if Alstom wins a contract to produce trains for London Underground or HS2. [From Mark Bartlett] (Permalink) Alstom |
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Rolling stock leasor Eversholt Rail has awarded Alstom a £36.1m contract to refurbish its 40 class 334 EMUs operated by First ScotRail on services between Glasgow and Edinburgh via Bathgate. Work is due to start in early 2015 and will take place at the Glasgow Traincare Centre in Polmadie, where components will be removed and refitted, and at Manchester Traincare Centre.
(Permalink) Alstom Class 334 Eversholt Rail Glasgow Traincare Centre Manchester Traincare Centre Polmadie ScotRail  Edinburgh Waverley: 334012 at Waverley's platform 17 with the 18.21 to Garscadden, on 31 December 2012.  Helensburgh Central: Busy scene at Helensburgh Central on 3 September, with platform 3 accommodating 320307, platform 2 is occupied by 334024 on the 1210 service to Edinburgh Waverley, while 334027 is about to depart from ...  Airdrie: An Edinburgh Waverley - Helensburgh Central train formed by 334 001 heads west from Airdrie station on the afternoon of 23 December 2010. |
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