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New timetable and new trains for London Midland

9 December 2014 | By Global Railway Review

Thanks to £62 million of UK government investment, London Midland will roll-out 10 new four-car trains for their network as part of its new timetable from Sunday 14 December 2014...

Alstom delivers the first Régiolis train to the Poitou-Charentes region of France

4 December 2014 | By Alstom

Alstom presented the first Régiolis train for the Poitou-Charentes region to elected representatives of the Technicentre in Saintes on 4 December. Attending the event were Jean-François Macaire, President of the Poitou-Charentes region, Stéphane Lambert Deputy Regional Director of the SNCF and Ana Giros Calpe, Senior Vice-President for Alstom Transport France...

New report sets out funding and financing options for Crossrail 2

28 November 2014 | By Department for Transport

An independent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) published has set out funding and financing options for Crossrail 2, the high frequency, high capacity rail line that could link south west and north east London to provide additional transport capacity for the capital...

New rail line to Wrocław Airport receives EU support

28 November 2014 | By The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency

The EU's TEN-T Programme will invest over €600,000 for studies on a new rail connection between the airport and the city centre of Wrocław in Poland...

Mafex trade delgation to Turkey

27 November 2014 | By MAFEX

From November 3rd to 7th, the Spanish Railway Association (MAFEX) organised a trade delegation to Turkey with the aim of strengthening the relations of the Spanish railway sector with this country and supporting the industry’s technological and professional offer facing the forthcoming tenders...

More seats, more services and new trains for east coast passengers

27 November 2014 | By Department for Transport

Rail journeys between London and Edinburgh will be transformed by more seats, more services and new trains after the government announced its intention to award the new East Coast franchise to Inter City Railways, a consortium of Stagecoach and Virgin...

EU to support Finnish rail development plans

27 November 2014 | By The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency

The EU's TEN-T Programme will back with almost €2.5 million studies on the railroad development between Pasila (Helsinki) and Riihimäki in southern Finland...

WiRailCom…an extensible framework for wireless monitoring

25 November 2014 | By Richard Lewis, WiRailCom/ TWI Technology Centre (Wales)

The provision of remote condition monitoring is evolving from asset-centric, hardwired/mains powered legacy systems to generic, light-weight, ad-hoc wireless systems that promote ubiquitous monitoring...