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For the first time ever, passengers are able to pre-book their onward taxi rides at the same time as their online train ticket purchase. London, UK (PRWEB) February 05, 2013 First Great Western has partnered with Cabforce to bring taxi pre-booking to First Great Western’s online booking system. Now customers can be sure that a taxi is waiting for them at their station destination – no need to queue and the price is guaranteed. Cabforce consolidates the market by partnering with...

Hitachi Critical Facilities Protection Pte. Ltd. and Advanced Protection Technologies, Inc. announce the signing of an agreement that marks the beginning of a strategic partnership between them. The Agreement provides that APT will manufacture Hitachi-CFP’s new line of Surge Protective Devices. Clearwater, FL (PRWEB) January 25, 2013 Hitachi Critical Facilities Protection Pte. Ltd. (Hitachi-CFP), (a subsidiary of Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd, Japan) and Advanced Protection...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul Company of Coastal South Carolina recently announced that it has expanded the U-Haul network of self-storage locations with its purchase of Stars and Stripes Self-Storage, located at 8222 Dorchester Road. The new addition features seven single-story self-storage buildings offering 397 storage rooms, with more than 57,200 square feet of net rentable self-storage. (Logo:...

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on the popular TV series Chuggington((TM)) that airs weekdays on Disney Channel's Disney Junior programming block for kids and their families, and daily on the new 24-hour Disney Junior basic cable and satellite channel, HO Scale Chuggington((TM)) electric Locomotives, Rolling Stock, and Accessories are arriving from Bachmann Trains in 2013! Join your favorite "trainees" --Brewster, Wilson, and Koko-- as they ride the rails pulling...

WILMERDING, Pa., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) has signed contracts to provide components for 300 subway cars being supplied by Bombardier Transportation to MTA New York City Transit under the R-179 order. The pilot cars are scheduled to be delivered at the end of 2014, with delivery of the production series cars beginning in mid-2015. For the cars, Wabtec units will provide brakes, couplers and current collectors (Wabtec Passenger Transit), and...

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Led by strength in tank cars and its automotive-related products, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE: GBX) announced today it is meeting robust demand for new railcars in North American and European markets with orders for over 4,200 units valued at over $430 million since the start of its current fiscal year which began on September 1, 2012. Continued strength in North American shale energy markets generated orders for 1,250 of...

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. [NYSE: GBX] ("Greenbrier" or "the Company") today reaffirmed that American Railcar Industries, Inc.'s [NASDAQ: ARII] ("American Railcar") conditional proposal to acquire the Company for $22 per share is unacceptable and not in the best interests of Greenbrier stockholders. Greenbrier also refuted the characterization of events and discussions described in the letter from American Railcar to Greenbrier...

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), today announced the extension of its Small Shareholder Program ("the Program") to February 15, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Toronto time (EST). The voluntary Program, originally scheduled to expire on December 17, 2012, enables eligible registered and beneficial shareholders who owned 99 or fewer Common Shares ("Shares") of Cascades Inc. as of September 17, 2012, to sell their Shares without incurring any brokerage...

New Effort by German Automakers to Promote Diesel Cars in U.S. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first ever joint promotion campaign by German automakers to promote clean diesel vehicles in the U.S. was welcomed today with the hope that it can accelerate current market successes for domestic clean diesel vehicle sales, according to Allen Schaeffer, the Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum. (Logo:...

BERLIN, December 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Economical, clean, and powerful - joint website for diesels Six German automotive companies - the passenger car manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen, and the supplier Bosch - are starting their first ever joint information campaign for "clean diesels" in the USA. Under the slogan "Clean Diesel. Clearly Better." from today onwards they will publicise the advantages of modern diesel passenger car technology...