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4/5/2022
Alstom has signed a contract with Germany’s DB Regio AG for 29 Coradia Stream high-capacity electric double-deck multiple units. The trains will be used on the Frankfurt-Fulda-Bebra and Frankfurt-Wachtersbach lines starting in December 2025.
Thales and SMRT Trains recently inked a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and leverage digital technologies such as data analytics to enhance rail maintenance and operations on Singapore's oldest MRT lines – the North-South and East-West lines, including the Tuas West Extension. The project marks the 10th anniversary of the ongoing collaboration between Thales and SMRT Trains, which uses the SelTrac™ CBTC signaling solution for the North-South and East-West lines.
Arup has appointed Fiona Cousins chair and Nigel Nicholls chief operating officer of the firm's Americas region. Cousins, a mechanical engineer, is an Arup fellow and a member of the Arup Group Board. Having joined Arup in 1985, she most recently led the climate services and sustainability teams for Arup in the Americas, along with serving as a key leader in building engineering and digital strategies for the firm. Nicholls, also a mechanical engineer, joined the firm in London in 1989 and has spent the last 10 years as managing director of Arup's New York office.