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Top railway ESG deals in 2024
Jan 17, 2025 · From rolling stock to innovative fuel cells, and even ticketing, Railway Technology has covered dozens of deals related to ESG tracking rail industry trends. Broken down by …
Sumitomo invests in Evertrak to advance railroad infrastructure
2 days ago · Sumitomo, through its subsidiary Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA), jointly known as the Sumitomo Corporation Group, has made a strategic investment in Evertrak, a …
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Hitachi Rail acquires rail monitoring tech provider Omnicom. The acquisition allows Hitachi Rail to enhance asset management with real-time track anomaly detection using edge computing and …
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UK’s Northern Trains plans fleet upgrade with 450 new trains. British train operating company Northern Trains has announced plans for a fleet upgrade, potentially introducing up to 450 …
Hitachi Rail acquires rail monitoring tech provider Omnicom
4 days ago · Hitachi Rail has announced the acquisition of Omnicom, a provider of rail monitoring technology, from Balfour Beatty. This move is expected to bolster Hitachi Rail’s digital asset …
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Bow Goods Yard: London’s Olympic legacy continues. In October 2024, Network Rail Group Property, the commercial division accountable for the management of all of Network Rail's land…
Staying on track? Railway industry predictions for 2024
Jan 30, 2024 · In our railway industry predictions piece last year, we highlighted how the rail sector in 2023 would need to focus on its continued post-pandemic recovery, highlighting …
Canadian National Railway launches hybrid locomotive pilot project
Jan 17, 2025 · Canadian National Railway (CN) has initiated a pilot project to evaluate a new medium horsepower hybrid electric locomotive to advance its efforts towards more sustainable …
Tracks in time: 200 years of locomotive technology
May 19, 2015 · 1804: Trevithick kicks off the age of steam power. Before his big rail breakthrough in 1804, British mining engineer, inventor and explorer Richard Trevithick had been working on …