A consortium made up of Egyptian contractor Orascom Construction, Bouygues subsidiary Colas Rail and Japanese engineer Hitachi has been chosen to modernise Cairo’s Metro Line 1. The €800m deal will…

The first section of Hanoi’s second metro line, Line 3, has opened for a free trial period before the official unveiling, due in September 2024. The 8.5km elevated railway built…

Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis company, has signed a framework agreement to help Poland install small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) as an alternative to coal-fired power stations. Canada-headquarted AtkinsRéalis, formerly known…

The European Commission has given a green light to Hitachi Rail’s €1.6bn acquisition of Thales Ground Transportation Systems. To make the deal possible, Hitachi is divesting its signalling businesses in…

A team made up of Rome-based contractor Webuild and Japan’s Hitachi Rail has won a section of a €4.8bn high-speed, high-capacity rail line between Verona and Padua. The Iricav Due…

Hitachi Energy and Vinci have won contract to connect the French and Spanish electricity grids with two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) links across the Bay of Biscay. Combined, the links…