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Hitachi Rail
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Hitachi's rail arm, enlarged by AnsaldoBreda, Ansaldo STS and (2024) Thales Ground Transportation: trains, CBTC and mainline signalling across all five Atlas markets.
- Kind
- Signalling & systems — wholly owned by Hitachi, Ltd (Tokyo); Thales GTS acquisition closed 2024
- Headquarters
- Japan
- Ownership
- Subsidiary
- Segments
- Rolling stock, Signalling, Maintenance, Digital operations, Fare collection
- Technology areas
- Signalling & train control, Cybersecurity, Predictive maintenance
- Present in
- European Union, United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada
Footprint
European Union
| Kind | Where | Detail | Sources |
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| Plant | Italy | Pistoia (rolling stock, ex-AnsaldoBreda), Naples (components and signalling, ex-Ansaldo STS), Reggio Calabria |
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| Regional HQ | Germany, France, Spain | Former Thales GTS centres — Ditzingen (1,200 staff, mainline signalling for Germany and export), France and Spain; acquired 31 May 2024 for €1,660m since 2024-05-31 |
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| Project presence | Netherlands | ProRail's ERTMS Central Safety System (up to €420m, 37-year contract) — signed with Thales in 2022, now a Hitachi Rail programme after the 2024 Thales GTS acquisition since 2022-05 |
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United States
| Kind | Where | Detail | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant | District of Columbia | North American headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA; new Hagerstown, MD digital factory (US$100m, 307,000 sq ft) building WMATA's 8000-series (first pilot cars 2027); Batesburg, SC signalling |
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United Kingdom
| Kind | Where | Detail | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant | England | Newton Aycliffe train factory (Azuma/IET fleets); ETCS on-board fitment for the East Coast Digital Programme |
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India
| Kind | Where | Detail | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal | Hitachi Rail STS India, Bengaluru — CBTC for Chennai Metro Phase 2 (₹1,620 cr, 2023), Kolkata East-West, Noida and Navi Mumbai metros |
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Canada
| Kind | Where | Detail | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project presence | Ontario | Lead of Connect 6ix — Ontario Line rolling stock, systems, 30-year operations and maintenance (C$9bn, 2022) since 2022-11 |
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Positions held
SegmentTechnologyPhase
- awarded by TTC — Line 2 automatic train control (communications-based train control), announced 15 July 2026; delivered from Hitachi Rail's Canadian headquarters in Toronto (active · since 2026-07)
- awarded by IP — Évora Norte–Elvas and Elvas–border Lisbon control-centre interfaces; and lot 1 of the RFN signalling and ETCS contract 5010042982, as Consórcio GTSPT / SISINT (active · since 2026-03-23)
- awarded by Turin Line 2 Commissioner — System works and rolling stock for Turin Metro Line 2 (concluded December 2025) (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded by KBM — Rákos–Hatvan interlocking, telecoms and ETCS Level 2 works held by Hitachi Rail GTS Austria GmbH (after modification, December 2025) (active · since 2025-12)
- awarded by Metroselskabet — Spare parts technical support engineering M1–M4 systems 2045 — Hitachi Rail STS S.p.A. (active · since 2025-11)
- awarded by НКЖИ / NRIC — ERTMS on the Voluyak–Dragoman section to Hitachi Rail GTS Austria GmbH with ЦЕНТРАЛНА ЕНЕРГОРЕМОНТНА БАЗА ЕАД (active · since 2025-09-26)
- awarded by CFL GI — Hitachi Rail GTS Deutschland holds CFL's contract of 15 October 2024 for integrated interlockings with central ETCS Level 1 Full Supervision at Bettembourg and Dudelange — the largest single rail contract in the Luxembourg record read for this file, and one held by a foreign prime with no Luxembourg partner named (active · since 2024-10-15)
- awarded by Elliniko Metro — Elliniko Metro Thessaloniki base contract CON-06/004 seventh — HITACHI RAIL STS (active · since 2024-10)
- awarded by SFMTA — Muni Metro communications-based train control, Hitachi Rail GTS USA (active · since 2024-10)
- awarded by Elliniko Metro — Elliniko Metro Thessaloniki base contract CON-06/004 sixth — HITACHI RAIL STS (active · since 2024-07)
- awarded by SEPTA — 200 M-5 railcars for the Market-Frankford Line, with an option for up to 40 more (active · since 2024-07)
- awarded by NYCT — Crosstown (G) line SelTrac CBTC, awarded to Thales, now Hitachi Rail GTS (active · since 2023-03)
- awarded by Elliniko Metro — Thessaloniki Metro rolling stock: HITACHI RAIL STS S.p.A. is named with ΑΚΤΩΡ ΑΤΕ as contractor on the award of 16 February 2023 for fifteen driverless GoA4 trains (active · since 2023-02-16)
- awarded by CMRL — Phase 2 CBTC signalling (active · since 2023)
- awarded by Metrolinx — Ontario Line RSSOM — Connect 6ix (incl. 30-year O&M), 2022 (active · since 2022-11)
- in JV with Plenary — Connect 6ix — Ontario Line RSSOM (with Webuild, Transdev) (active · since 2022-11)
- awarded by ProRail — ERTMS Central Safety System — contract signed with Thales in 2022 (max); Thales GTS became part of Hitachi Rail in May 2024 (active · since 2022)
- awarded by Elliniko Metro — Elliniko Metro Thessaloniki fourth supplementary archaeological contract — HITACHI RAIL STS SpA (active · since 2021-12)
- awarded by IP — IP signalling ETCS RFN sections lot 1 — HITACHI RAIL GTS PORTUGAL , S.A. (active · since 2021-05)
- awarded by WMATA — 8000-series railcars (March 2021); built at Hagerstown, MD (active · since 2021-03)
- awarded by BART — Train Control Modernization — Hitachi Rail STS USA design-build (30 September 2020) (active · since 2020-09-30)
- awarded by Metrolinx — Hazel McCallion Line (Hurontario LRT) — Hitachi Rail STS S.p.A. within Mobilinx (active · since 2019-10)
- awarded by Elliniko Metro — Elliniko Metro Thessaloniki third supplementary archaeological contract — ANSALDO STS SpA; HITACHI RAIL ITALY SpA (active · since 2017-12)
- awarded by DRSI — ERTMS/ETCS fit-out on the state border–Dobova–Zidani Most and Pragersko–Maribor–Šentilj–state border lines, with GH Holding; framework contract of 20 September 2017, still being modified in April 2025 (active · since 2017-09-20)
- awarded by SPT — Glasgow Subway signalling — Ansaldo STS (now Hitachi Rail) in consortium with Stadler (2016) (active · since 2016-03)
- awarded by MBTA — RFP No. 42-14, Commuter Rail Positive Train Control and north-side Automatic Train Control; total contract value (active · since 2015)
- awarded by Banedanmark — Fjernbane West signalling: the ERTMS contract west of Lillebælt, held by a Hitachi and Strukton consortium; roll-out in West Denmark completes in 2027 (active)
- awarded by Metroselskabet — Copenhagen Metro transportation systems: Hitachi Rail STS supplied the M1–M4 vehicles and automatic train control, holds a spare parts and support agreement to 2045 and took the Nordhavn extension systems contract in June 2026 (active)
- awarded by BMRCL / Namma Metro — AFC Phase 2A/2B (active)
- Contract detail and values (15)over $1bn · $500m–1bn · $100–500m · $25–100m · $5–25mIn the Canada, European Union, India, United Kingdom, United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (44)
- ● Alstom (official) · BMRCL CBTC + PSD (Contract 10 ST-DM) (published 2024-06 · checked 2026-06-22)
- ● Bay Area Rapid Transit · Train Control Modernization (project page) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Banedanmark · Netredegørelse 2027, version 2 (§2.3.1 Sportyper; §2.6 Signalprogrammet og Elektrificeringsprogrammet) (published 2026-03-17 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● By-, Land- og Transportministeriet · Status for statslige anlægs- og byggeprojekter — Anlægsstatus 1. halvår 2026 (opgørelse per 1. januar 2026) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● BMRCL (official) · e-procurement portal (published 2026 · checked 2026-06-22)
- ○ Railway-News · San Francisco advances Muni Metro train control upgrade (published 2025-06-12 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● CMRL (official) · Tenders / awarded tenders (published 2026 · checked 2026-06-22)
- ● Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat — Programmadirectie ERTMS · 24e voortgangsrapportage Programma ERTMS (verslagperiode 1 juli – 31 december 2025) (published 2026-04-09 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ○ Global Mass Transit · Hitachi Rail wins BMRCL AFC Phase 2A/2B (published 2025 · checked 2026-06-22)
- ● ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ Α.Ε. · Πρόοδος έργου Θεσσαλονίκης — investment in the two lines under construction exceeds EUR 3 billion; commercial service on the base line started on 30 November 2024; the base project is 9.6 km with 13 stations and a 55,000 m2 depot at Pylaia and 18 driverless trains with platform screen doors (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union — Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Greece-Athens: Excavation work at archaeological sites – contract award notice, «Μελέτη, κατασκευή και θέση σε λειτουργία του Μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης — 3η Συμπληρωματική Σύμβαση», buyer ΑΤΤΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ ΑΕ: supplementary archaeological works; contractors ΑΚΤΩΡ ΑΤΕ, ANSALDO STS SpA, HITACHI RAIL ITALY SpA and SALINI IMPREGILO SpA; total value EUR 17,827,524; contract concluded 8 December 2017 (published 2023-12-13 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union — Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Greece-Athens: Excavation work at archaeological sites – contract award notice, «Μελέτη, κατασκευή και θέση σε λειτουργία του Μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης — 4η Συμπληρωματική Σύμβαση», buyer ΑΤΤΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ Α.Ε.: supplementary archaeological works; contractors ΑΚΤΩΡ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΤΕΧΝΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΙΑ, WEBUILD SpA and HITACHI RAIL STS SpA; total value EUR 45,350,000; contract concluded 6 December 2021 (published 2024-01-10 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union — Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Greece – Excavation work at archaeological sites – 6η Τροποποίηση της σύμβασης CON-06/004 — contract modification notice for the Thessaloniki Metro base contract, buyer ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ ΜΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ Α.Ε., contractor ΚΟΙΝΟΠΡΑΞΙΑ ΑΚΤΩΡ/WEBUILD/HITACHI RAIL STS, total and payable amount EUR 13,806,000, dated 27 October 2023 (published 2024-07-25 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union — Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Greece – Construction work – 7η Τροποποίηση της Σύμβασης CON-06/004 — contract modification notice for the Thessaloniki Metro base contract, buyer ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ ΜΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ Α.Ε., contractor ΚΟΙΝΟΠΡΑΞΙΑ ΑΚΤΩΡ/WEBUILD/HITACHI RAIL STS, total and payable amount EUR 10,470,000, dated 5 June 2024 (published 2024-10-07 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● European Union — Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Greece-Athens: Tramway passenger coaches – contract award notice for «Προμήθεια Τροχαίου Υλικού για το μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης και την επέκτασή του προς Καλαμαριά» (RFP 406/2021), buyer ΑΤΤΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ ΜΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ ΑΕ: design, manufacture, supply and commissioning of fifteen new trains, six for the Thessaloniki base project and nine for the Kalamaria extension, driverless to GoA4 under IEC 62290-1; contractors ΑΚΤΩΡ ΑΤΕ and HITACHI RAIL STS S.p.A.; total value EUR 129,500,000 against an estimated total of EUR 142,000,000; one tender received; contract concluded 16 February 2023 (published 2023-03-10 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Hitachi · Press release — Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Thales GTS (€1,660m; centres in Germany, France, Spain, Canada) (published 2024-05-31 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Hitachi · Press release — Ontario Line trains, systems, maintenance and operations (C$9bn, Connect 6ix) (published 2022-11-18 · checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Hitachi Rail (press release) · Hitachi Rail awarded up to $2.2 billion 8000-series railcar contract with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (published 2021-03-17 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Infrastructure Ontario · Contract awarded for Hurontario LRT — C$4.6bn to Mobilinx Hurontario General Partnership (published 2019-10-21 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Board of Directors) · MBTA Commuter Rail PTC & ATC - Project Completion & Legal Settlement, 12 June 2025 (published 2025-06-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ○ Metro Rail Today · DMRC $683M (₹5,870 cr) O&M, Chennai Phase 2 (published 2025 · checked 2026-06-22)
- ○ Metro Rail Today · Alstom $179M (₹1,538.3 cr) rolling stock, Chennai Phase 2 (published 2025 · checked 2026-06-22)
- ○ Metro Rail Today · RVNL $472M (₹4,058 cr) underground stations, Chennai Phase 2 (published 2023 · checked 2026-06-22)
- ○ Railway-News · Thales and TCE to install CBTC signalling between Brooklyn and Queens (published 2023-03-08 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · FY 2027 Proposed Budget (operating and capital, twelve-year capital programme FY2027-38) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Plenary Americas · Financial close on Ontario Line RSSOM (Connect 6ix: Plenary, Hitachi Rail, Webuild, Transdev) (checked 2026-09-06)
- ● ProRail · Thales wordt systeemleverancier Central Safety System ERTMS — maximale waarde 420 miljoen euro, maximaal 37 jaar (published 2022-04-22 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Infraestruturas de Portugal — contract 5010042982, signalling and ETCS design, supply, installation and maintenance on several RFN sections, lot 1; contract modification notice naming SISINT – Supervisão, Conservação, Manutenção e Gestão de Redes de Energia, Lda. (published 2026-01-12 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Infraestruturas de Portugal — new Évora line Évora Norte–Elvas and Linha do Leste Elvas–border, Lisbon traffic control centre, interfaces and work on existing signalling; awarded to Hitachi Rail GTS Portugal, S.A.; contract award notice (published 2026-03-27 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Strathclyde Partnership for Transport · Subway modernisation — programme and progress (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Strathclyde Partnership for Transport · spt.co.uk (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ○ Swarajya · BEML wins Namma Metro 318 driverless coaches (published 2023 · checked 2026-06-22)
- ● TED notice 702761-2024 · Contract-award notice, CFL, 'Erneuerung der Stellwerke im Bahnhof Bettembourg'. Negotiated with prior call. total-value and BT-161-NoticeResult 53,521,280; winner-name and organisation-name-tenderer both 'Hitachi Rail GTS Deutschland'; winner-selection-status selec-w; LOT-0001; contract concluded 15 October 2024; internal reference 2402561. Lot description: 'Systementwicklung, Projektierung, Lieferung, Montage und Inbetriebnahme von integrierten Stellwerken mit zentralem ETCS Level 1 Full Supervision und vereinfachter Aussensignalisierung zur Neuausruestung der Bahnhoefe Bettembourg und Dudelange des luxemburgischen Eisenbahnnetzes, sowie Umbauten und der Lieferung und Reparatur von Ersatzteilen.' No subcontractor named (published 2024-11-18 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · ДП НК „Железопътна инфраструктура“ (NRIC) — Bulgaria – Railway construction works – Проектиране и строителство на ERTMS за София – Драгоман – сръбска граница: жп участък Волуяк – Драгоман, contract-award notice — notice 689854-2025 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — Metroselskabet I/S, Agreement for the Supply of Spare Parts, Technical Support and Engineering Services (published 2025-11-28 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice — Metroselskabet I/S, spare parts, technical support and engineering services from the M1–M4 system supplier (published 2025-09-26 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice — Metroselskabet I/S, Cityringen Extension — extension of existing transportation system (published 2026-07-20 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Építési és Közlekedési Minisztérium — Hungary – Construction work – Rákos-Hatvan vonalszakasz ETCS 2 kivitelezés (contract modification notice, HUF 25,700,000,000 to Hitachi Rail GTS Austria GmbH) — notice 794978-2025 (published 2025-12-01 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · COMMISSARIO STRAORDINARIO PER REALIZZAZIONE DELL'INTERVENTO - LINEA 2 DELLA METROPOLITANA DELLA CITTA' TORINO — Italy – Appalto 1/2025, Turin Metro Line 2 system works and rolling stock — notice 172373-2026 (published 2026-03-12 · checked 2026-10-03)
- ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · DRSI — Vgradnja ERTMS/ETCS na progah d.m.-Dobova-Zidani Most in Pragersko-Maribor-Šentilj-d.m., contract-modification notice (extension of time and price indexation), €15,956,269.93 — notice 207500-2025 (checked 2026-09-13)
- ○ The News Minute · Hitachi $188M (₹1,620 cr) CBTC signalling, Chennai Phase 2 (published 2022-12 · checked 2026-06-22)
- ● Transport Scotland · Glasgow Subway Modernisation (project page) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Toronto Transit Commission · TTC awards contract for Line 2 signalling upgrade to support more frequent and reliable service (published 2026-07-15 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority · Procurement and contracting (supplier portal and vendor registration) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
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2 sources · all primary
- ● Hitachi Rail · Our locations (checked 2026-09-06)
- ● Hitachi · Press release — Ontario Line trains, systems, maintenance and operations (C$9bn, Connect 6ix) (published 2022-11-18 · checked 2026-09-06)
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