RAILWAY NEWS

  • Siemens Mobility Opens New Rail Technology Center in the UK - RaillyNews
    Siemens opens Chippenham digital rail factory and innovation centre Siemens Mobility has launched a new factory and innovation center in Chippenham, Wiltshire, designed to accelerate the UK’s rollout of digital signaling and to create hundreds of local jobs and apprenticeships. The site will manufacture computer-based interlocking, components for the European 🚄
  • Siemens to Install Signaling Systems for Taoyuan Metro - RaillyNews
    Siemens wins signaling contracts for Taoyuan Metro extensions Siemens secured turnkey signaling contracts for two Taoyuan Metro extension projects awarded by ST Engineering’s Urban Solutions unit. The scope covers roughly 11 kilometers of new track: the Brown Line extension and the Green Line branch reaching Zhongli (A23). The Brown Line 🚄
  • VIA Rail Offers Three Years of Free Train Travel for Pediatric Patients - RaillyNews
    VIA Rail has launched a three-year partnership with the Children’s Hospital Foundations of Canada to provide free train travel for families of pediatric patients traveling to six hospitals across Ontario and Quebec. The program expands a pilot launched in London in April 2026 and aims to reduce the financial and 🚄

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  • Claim That Two Tankers Struck Mines in Strait of Hormuz from Iran - RaillyNews
    Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported that two oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz struck mines, triggering fires aboard both vessels. According to the IRGC, one tanker was located east of the strait and the other within the strait when crews turned off navigation and tracking systems 🚄

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