Metro train malfunction fills East Baltimore Street tunnel with smoke

A metro train had a malfunction that caused it to emit smoke on East Baltimore Street, according to Baltimore City Fire ...
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, ...
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, ...
The Herald-Mail

Hitachi-built railcars from near Hagerstown debut in Baltimore

The Maryland Transit Administration introduced the first six new Hitachi railcars on the Baltimore Metro System Jan. 7, marking the first update to the system since 1983. The launch was celebrated ...