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Alstom to supply Italy’s first hydrogen trains
The board of FNM, Lombardy’s leading public transport group, approves major investment in green railway transportation
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Talgo’s hydrogen train will be ready in 2023
The hydrogen train will be named Talgo Vittal-One, in reference to the hydrogen’s place in the periodic table
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Cummins to open new fuel cell systems production facility in Germany
Cummins Inc. announced it will open a new facility in Herten, Germany, which will initially focus on the assembly of fuel cell systems for global transportation leader Alstom’s hydrogen trains.
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Hexagon Purus to supply composite cylinders for the first hydrogen powered commuter train in the US
Hexagon Purus has signed a contract with Stadler Rail to develop cylinder storage system for the first hydrogen commuter train in the US.
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First passengers travel on a Hyperloop
Virgin Hyperloop tested human travel in a hyperloop pod for the first time. Josh Giegel, CTO and co-founder, and Sara Luchian, Director of passenger experience, ride this new form of transportation.
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Composite whale tail sculpture saves runaway metro train in Rotterdam
The metro had burst through the buffer stop while approaching the end of the line in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands. Instead of plummeting into the bike path 12 metres below, the metro car came to rest upon one of two tails which make up the ‘Whale Tails’ sculpture.
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Virgin Hyperloop unveils West Virginia as the location for the Hyperloop Certification Center
After years of testing and developing Hyperloop technology at their full-scale test site, Virgin Hyperloop unveiled that West Virginia will be home to the Hyperloop Certification Center (HCC).
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Tecnofire success in fire testing for rail applications
TFP shared new fire test data for the use of Tecnofire in rolling stock composites applications. The results demonstrate the product’s effectiveness in enabling composites manufactured from a non-FST epoxy carbon fibre prepreg to pass key elements of the EN45545-2 rail standard with a HL2 R1 rating.
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Bombardier and Alstom sign definitive agreement for sale of transportation business
Alstom announces that it signed the sale and purchase agreement with Bombardier Inc and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) for the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation.
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Engie and ArianeGroup team up to develop renewable liquid hydrogen
Engie and ArianeGroup have just announced the signing of a cooperation agreement in the field of renewable liquid hydrogen to speed up the decarbonization of heavy-duty and long-distance transportation.
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