New Baltimore subway cars begin to replace 40-year-old trains

Assembled at a Hitachi factory in Maryland, the rail cars represent a “generational investment,” said a Maryland ...
Planetizen

Baltimore Metro Receives First of 78 Japanese Bullet Train Cars

As Luke Parker reports in The Baltimore Sun, the 78 new cars are produced by Hitachi Rail and feature wider doors, brighter, ...
Trains

New subway cars enter service in Baltimore

The first six cars in an order for new subway equipment have entered service on Baltimore’s Metro subway system. On Wednesday ...

Hitachi-built railcars from near Hagerstown debut in Baltimore

Baltimore Metro introduces Hitachi railcars built near Hagerstown, marking its first major upgrade since 1983 for safer, faster rides.

First batch of railcars from bullet train giant hit Baltimore Metro system

Baltimore is running its first batch of Hitachi railcars underground with six new transports installed in its metro system on ...
Railway Gazette International

Baltimore metro trains and CBTC enter service as ‘far more than a fleet replacement’

USA: The first of 78 metro cars being supplied by Hitachi Rail have entered service on the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink, along with a communications-based train control system.
Capital Gazette

Bullet-train giant Hitachi Rail launches $100M factory in Western Maryland to power U.S. transit boom

Hitachi’s new $100 million railcar factory in Western Maryland is using AI-powered robotic dogs, 3D vision inspections and other digital tools to make what it calls trains of the future. Hitachi Rail, ...