News/Press

Special vehicles in the Rail-Road segment

Design and production of road-rail vehicle innovations - The Hilton Group, with about 100 employees and two manufacturing locations in Gehrden (Germany) and Maastricht (NL) is constantly pushing the limits of road-rail technology creating new multifunctional machines for railway contractors around the world.

Hilton at IAF 2017 in Münster

From 30th May until 1st June 2017 the worldwide leading track exhibition will take place in Münster. Hilton will present several innovative road-rail vehicles during the fair. We are looking forward to see you in Münster. Please visit us on the outside area booth A-224.

Hilton on Innotrans 2016

From 20.- 23. September the industry’s leading international trade fair will take place in Berlin. Hilton will present several innovative road-rail vehicles during the fair. We are looking forward to see you in Berlin. Please visit us on the outside area booth O/431.

2x new vehicles for the tram of Karlsruhe (Germany)

Hilton recently delivered 2 new road-rail vehicles to the tram of Karlsruhe in Germany. A catenary maintenance vehicle and a rail cleaning vehicle have been taken in operation. Both vehicles were built on a MAN TGM 4x2 Euro 6 chassis including an hydrostatic driven lorry rail drive system.

New Catenary Vehicles for Basel and Düsseldorf

Hilton has delivered 2 new catenary vehicles to the tram of Basel in Switzerland and Düsseldorf in Germany. Both vehicles are built on a Mercedes Benz Axor Euro 5 chassis with a maximum width of 2300mm. 

Innotrans exhibition

Hilton Kommunal will present the latest innovations for road-rail vehicles during the Innotrans exhibition in Berlin from 23.09-26.09. We are looking forward to see you on our booth in the outside area G1/31/F1/31.

New MEWP for Cologne! Reliable - Compact – User Friendly

Hilton delivered a new catenary vehicle to the tram operating company KVB in Cologne (Germany). The vehicle has been built on a Mercedes Benz Axor 1829 4x2 chassis. The rail drive unit is a hydrostatic driven lorry with individual wheel drive and a gauge of 1435mm.

Schörling / Hilton Technology for Cleaning of Metro Tunnels and Stations

With the rapid increase of world-wide metro infrastructure projects, Hilton is continuously extending its product range for tunnel cleaning vehicles. Recently new orders have been received from Network Rail (UK) and Ansaldo (I) for the delivery of several road-rail tunnel cleaning and drainage vehicles.

Innotrans 2012

Hilton Kommunal will present the latest developments of road-rail vehicles during the Innotrans exhibition in Berlin from 19.09-21.09. We will present innovative catenary vehicles with telescopic booms and scissor lifts as well as our rail cleaning vehicles.

New cooperation with Zwiehoff/Unimog

Since 2012, Hilton is the official manufacturing partner of Zwiehoff for all Unimog rail guidance systems. Zwiehoff will continue the sales of the Unimog road-rail vehicles and will manufacture all rail guidance systems in cooperation with Hilton Kommunal.