VIRGIN has revealed it’s latest plans to take on Eurostar with an order for a dozen new trains to Europe. Plans for Virgin to launch a transatlantic train route were first announced in 2023.

Alstom has secured a contract to supply 15 additional automated metro trains to the Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL). The order, valued at approximately 210 million EUR, brings the total number of ...

Developed at a cost of €340m, the Avelia Horizon will form the next generation of high-speed rolling stock in France. Robert Preston reports on how manufacturer Alstom has worked to reduce the total ...

GO Transit TORONTO — Ontario transit agency Metrolinx has signed an agreement with Alstom to overhaul 181 bilevel railcars for Toronto-area commuter rail operator GO Transit. The agreement, valued at ...

Alstom will upgrade the Bi-Level series VIII railcars at its Thunder Bay facility in Ontario. Credit: Alstom SA. Alstom has signed a framework agreement, worth about C$500m ($348.56m), with public ...

Mid-life overhaul and upgrades of the Bi-Level series VIII cars will begin by 2026 at Alstom’s facility in Thunder Bay and will support approximately 250 high-skilled jobs until at least 2030. The ...

THUNDER BAY — Company officials with Alstom say a new $500 million contract they’ve signed with the Ontario government to upgrade over 180 additional GO Transit rail cars will ensure continued ...

Mid-life overhaul and upgrades of the Bi-Level series VIII cars will begin by 2026 at Alstom’s facility in Thunder Bay and will support approximately 250 high-skilled jobs until at least 2030.

Alstom says its new generation of high-speed trains - the single-deck Avelia Liberty for Amtrak and the double-deck Avelia Horizon for SNCF - will raise the bar for high-speed train design in terms of ...

THUNDER BAY — The Ontario government is making a transformative investment of nearly $500 million to refurbish 181 GO Transit bi-level rail coaches at the Alstom plant in Thunder Bay. The project is ...

In total, 280 "Alstom Innovia 300" cars for Cairo - which makes 70 trains - were assembled and tested at Alstom's Litchurch Lane Works in Derby, which is also home to Alstom’s Global Centre of ...

The refurbishment, funded by rolling stock financier Porterbrook, was carried out by Alstom at its Widnes site. The project saw 28 four-car units, each with 234 seats, revamped at the Alstom Transport ...