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Major order for new high-floor light rail vehicles for Hanover

Public transit specialists Vossloh Kiepe and consortium partner Alstom Transport Deutschland have been awarded an order for new TW 3000 light rail vehicles for Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG....

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More transport & urban transit news:

New major signalling contract will mean faster, more frequent and more reliable Tube services
New signalling system will serve 40 per cent of the Tube network...

Government figures confirm Stagecoach leads the way on greener hybrid electric buses
Stagecoach Group is leading the way on investing in new greener buses using state-of-the-art hybrid electric technology...

Bombardier to supply additional low-floor trams to the Rhine-Neckar region
Bombardier Transportation has received an order from RNV for 11 new low-floor trams...

Firetrace® Fire Protection chosen for 1500 Polish Buses
Firetrace International has secured a number of major orders for the protection of bus engine compartments in Poland...

“Vamos” Bielefeld: Presentation of the first new light rail vehicle in Leipzig
In 2009 the Bielefelder moBiel GmbH put up an order for 16 modern high-floor light rail vehicles with an option for an additional 25 vehicles...

Tube train wins design and ergonomics award
Bombardier’s S Stock train, which was designed for London Underground’s Metropolitan Line, has won the 2011 Institute of Ergonomics Design Award...

Vossloh wins another megacontract
Vossloh Electrical Systems has gained the contract to supply new TW 3000 urban light rail vehicles to the Hannover local transport company, Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG...

London Underground racks up record ridership figures
New passenger figures released show that London Underground services carried record numbers during the 2010/11 financial year, exceeding 1.1 billion for the first time...

Handheld Group wins large public transportation tender for rugged PDAs
The Handheld Group has been awarded the contract to supply the Netherlands Railways with more than 10,000 rugged Nautiz handhelds...

Houston places US$83 million order with Siemens for 19 LRT vehicles
METRO wants to expand its fleet of light rail transit vehicles and has placed a US$83 million order with Siemens for the supply of 19 S70 type LRTs...

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