Brightline West has chosen Siemens American Pioneer trainsets capable of reaching speeds up to 220 mph. 'I JUST GOT THREE THINGS TO SAY: GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GENTLEMAN, START YOUR ENGINES!' 🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

As we move closer to buying trainsets, we're considering multiple seating options for high-speed rail passenger service. Here's a look at a few preliminary seating designs, in order:

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.Brightline West has selected Siemens Mobility as its 'preferred bidder' to build 10 trainsets for its new LA-area to Vegas route, opening (maybe) in 2028.

They'll be designed as seven-car trains with 434-450 passenger capacity with a top speed of 220 MPH.

i am once again thinking about the talgo 6 trainsets

Hartford Line (Amtrak trainsets only) ridership continuing to average 45% above last year's total

The growth % will likely slow a bit over the summer as that is when a hugely popular schedule reshuffle happened last year + track work this year

FLASH: Brightline West selects Siemens to build Valero Novo trainsets for their SoCal - Las Vegas HSR. These trains will he capable of 220mph!

#Welkenraedt , Belgium 🇧🇪, in May 2006. A picture taken before the opening of the high-speed line between #Liège and #Aachen 🇩🇪: this is why we see a Cologne-bound #Thalys passing through the station. To the right: two #SNCB #NMBS class AM 62 “classic”trainsets built in the 1960s.

.Brightline West has selected Siemens AP220 trainsets for its new Las Vegas-Southern California high-speed rail line.

Background: washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/04…

NEW: Brightline announces Siemens Mobility was awarded a contract to build its AP220 trainsets for the Las Vegas-to-SoCal light rail project, per release.

Brightline adds the contract includes a 30-year maintenance deal, where trains will be worked on at its Sloan facility.

German firm Siemens has been designated the 'preferred bidder' to build train sets for the Brightline West high-speed rail project that will connect Las Vegas and Southern California.

Siemens will introduce AP220 trainsets, a new generation of high-speed transport tech.

#Throwback to February 2024 when #AlstomIndia commenced production of driverless trainsets for #Chennai Metro Phase II. Watch below to learn how these state-of-the-art coaches, mfg in #SriCity , promise a safe & reliable mode of urban rail transport for the residents of #Chennai

Jerome Alexander Horne in #egypt , #Siemens Mobility has been selected as the
to build the initial trainsets for the North egypt and south

Looking upstream on Rideau River, a Stadler FLIRT crosses towards ⁦Carleton University⁩ Station. Appreciate how long these new trainsets are compared to a single Coradia LINT previously. More capacity and doors!

In four year, in @siemens_mobility trainsets to Las Vegas! 🤩

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No real surprise, but news nonetheless: Siemens designated by Brightline West for 10 HSR trainsets for Vegas-SoCal

Brightline West will use ten Seimens 'American Pioneer 220' trainsets.
mobility.siemens.com/us/en/company/…

This one of the most encouraging developments in the painful history of U.S. high speed rail. Ground has been broken and a trainset contract is under way! railwayage.com/passenger/high…

Trenitalia has purchased a few hybrid Diesel-electric trainsets to run intercity service on the Ionian railway.

The funny thing is that it's just the same Hitachi's used elsewhere for regional service, but with a different internal layout and livery.

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Jurutera 🇲🇾 3-carriage, with option to expand to 4 when demand arises. I'm sure there's not enough trainsets though. Should make it at least 40+ sets. The point of LRT is not high capacity train, but frequent mid-capacity system.

Brightline West Selects Siemens to Manufacture High Speed Rail Trainsets rail-suppliers.com/brightline-wes… Siemens Mobility
#Siemens Brightline #BrightlineWest #RailNews #RailwayNews #AP220