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Hitachi Rail has delivered advanced traffic control technology to Egyptian National Railways, modernizing the Cairo-Alexandria corridor and enhancing capacity, safety, and efficiency for millions of passengers and freight operators.

23.08.2025

Hitachi Rail boosts Cairo-Alexandria railway modernization

Hitachi Rail has delivered advanced traffic control technology to Egyptian National Railways, modernizing the Cairo-Alexandria corridor and enhancing capacity, safety, and efficiency for millions of passengers and freight operators.
Hitachi Rail is reinforcing its market leadership by acquiring UK-based Omnicom to expand its digital solutions for infrastructure monitoring and diagnostics

13.08.2025

Hitachi Rail Strengthens Its Position in Digital Infrastructure Monitoring

Hitachi Rail is reinforcing its market leadership by acquiring UK-based Omnicom to expand its digital solutions for infrastructure monitoring and diagnostics.
Teleste signed a strategic agreement with Hitachi Rail to equip Florence trams with advanced onboard systems, improve passenger safety, and enhance the comfort of urban electric transport

11.08.2025

Teleste and Hitachi Rail launch strategic partnership in Florence

Teleste signed a strategic agreement with Hitachi Rail to equip Florence trams with advanced onboard systems, improve passenger safety, and enhance the comfort of urban electric transport.
Hitachi Rail Expands Role in Metro Vancouver Transit

30.07.2025

Hitachi Rail Expands Role in Metro Vancouver Transit

Metro Vancouver’s latest SkyTrain addition has entered service using Hitachi Rail technology, marking a new era of innovation and automation in the region’s expanding rapid transit network.
Hitachi Rail to Modernize South Yorkshire Supertram Network

24.07.2025

Hitachi Rail to Modernize South Yorkshire Supertram Network

Hitachi Rail has signed a 15-year framework agreement with SYMCA to modernize South Yorkshire’s Supertram, introducing digital upgrades that improve passenger experience and operational reliability.
Turntide to Supply Next-Gen Batteries for Hitachi Trains

14.07.2025

Turntide to Supply Next-Gen Batteries for Hitachi Trains

UK-based Turntide Technologies will supply batteries for new hybrid trains produced by Hitachi Rail at its plant in County Durham, boosting localization and cutting emissions.
Spacia X Train Wins Red Dot Design Award 2025 for Design

14.07.2025

Spacia X Train Wins Red Dot Design Award 2025 for Design

The premium tourist train Spacia X, developed by Hitachi Rail, won the Red Dot Design Award 2025 for its unique design that merges local culture with advanced engineering solutions, as reported by the company “NPO A.
Turntide Technologies has secured a major contract to provide LFP batteries for UK battery trains, powering a new fleet of sustainable intercity units for Hitachi Rail.

06.07.2025

LFP batteries for UK battery trains to boost rail innovation

Turntide Technologies has secured a major contract to provide LFP batteries for UK battery trains, powering a new fleet of sustainable intercity units for Hitachi Rail.
Hitachi Rail has reached a major milestone in London’s Four Lines Modernisation project by completing its most complex signalling deployment to date at Neasden Depot

01.07.2025

Hitachi Rail Marks Breakthrough in London Signalling Upgrade

Hitachi Rail has reached a major milestone in London’s Four Lines Modernisation project by completing its most complex signalling deployment to date at Neasden Depot.

21.06.2025

Brescia Launches €326M Tram Project with Manelli and Partners

Brescia has awarded a €326 million contract to build the T2 tramway line, connecting Pendolina and Fiera with 21 stops along an 11.
Hitachi Rail will modernize a 200-kilometer stretch of the Hamburg–Berlin rail corridor, delivering advanced CCS systems between Paulinenaue and Schwanheide to enhance speed, control, and safety on this key high-speed route

02.06.2025

Hitachi Rail to Upgrade Hamburg–Berlin Line with Digital CCS

Hitachi Rail will modernize a 200-kilometer stretch of the Hamburg–Berlin rail corridor, delivering advanced CCS systems between Paulinenaue and Schwanheide to enhance speed, control, and safety on this key high-speed route.
Hitachi Rail signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with Prasarana to boost innovation and rail system performance in Malaysia, focusing on technology, workforce training, and sustainable development.

30.04.2025

Hitachi Rail Expands Strategic Rail Partnership in Malaysia

Hitachi Rail signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with Prasarana to boost innovation and rail system performance in Malaysia, focusing on technology, workforce training, and sustainable development.