News Bulletin 3rd June 2024

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Hitachi Rail has announced the completion of its €1.6bn acquisition of Thales’ Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) business.
The closing of the deal means that 9000 additional colleagues will join Hitachi Rail, taking the company’s workforce to 24,000. This almost doubles the company’s engineering capability and will enable an increase in innovation across signalling, ticketing, operations and cyber security solutions.
The creation of a new Agile Innovation team will combine the digital strength of Hitachi’s Group companies with the expertise from GTS’ five global Digital Hubs. This collaboration will help to drive cost competitiveness, including improving the effectiveness of procurement, engineering capabilities and investment in R&D.
The deal demonstrates Hitachi’s strategic focus on helping customers through the sustainable mobility transition, which represents a modal shift of people turning their back on private transport in favour of sustainable modes of public transport.

Staff at LNER and TransPennine Express (TPE) have joined together to celebrate the start of Pride Month.
Colleagues gathered at York Railway Station ahead of the city’s Pride Parade alongside two special-liveried trains, one from each operator. The LNER train bears the slogan “Together”, while TPE’s Pride-liveried train has been named “Unity”.
LNER’s “Together” launched during Pride Month last year. The name champions the unification of all the communities that LNER supports and celebrates the relationship between members of the LGBTQIA+ community, allies at LNER and the wider rail industry.
TPE launched its Pride-liveried train earlier this year at part of the operator’s “Week of Inclusion”. “Unity” represents the company’s commitment to diversity and celebrates the individuality of colleagues and customers.

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