Balfour Beatty wins contract to fit out Crossrail Woolwich station
9 September 2014 | By Crossrail
Crossrail Ltd has announced that it will award the contract for the fit-out of Woolwich station to Balfour Beatty Group Limited...
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Lower Emissions and Less Noise: First Atribo DMU for Trenitalia Driven by Voith RailPacks leaves PESA
8 September 2014 | By Voith
Trenitalia, the main rail operator in Italy, has ordered 40 diesel-driven ATR 220 railcars from the Polish manufacturer PESA...
Siemens automates transshipment railroad station on Norway‘s northern coast
8 September 2014 | By Siemens
Siemens has been contracted by the Swedish mining company Bergbaugesellschaft Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) to equip the Narvik transshipment railroad station in Northern Norway with signaling and instrumentation and control technology...
MTR launches cutting edge train simulator training centre
8 September 2014 | By MTR Corporation
MTR Corporation, which operates the London Overground and the Stockholm Metro, has unveiled their newest state-of-the-art driver training facility in Sweden...
Greater Manchester transport leaders call for more accessible rail station funding
8 September 2014 | By Transport for Greater Manchester
Transport leaders called on government for increased funding to improve access to the 54 local rail stations in Greater Manchester that still do not have step-free access...
MAN D2862 LE633 12-cylinder train engines successfully deployed in ZOS Vrutky’s Regiomover
8 September 2014 | By MAN
Having successfully deployed MAN engines in the past, Slovakian rail vehicle manufacturer ŽOS Vrútky a.s. has ordered an additional 40 engines of type D2862 LE633 for the period up to the first quarter of 2015...
Passengers to benefit from £210 million boost to UK’s busiest commuter network
8 September 2014 | By Department for Transport
150 new carriages will increase capacity, create jobs and boost economic growth...
Hitachi Rail Europe shows its firm support for UK suppliers in building new Class 800/801 trains
8 September 2014 | By Hitachi
Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd. announced that it is working with more than 30 UK-based suppliers to build trains for the first phase of train delivery Government’s Intercity Express Programme...
Businesses leaders back Linking Liverpool Campaign
5 September 2014 | By Kenyon Fraser
Businesses leaders from across the City Region joined forces this week at a business summit to back the High Speed Rail - Linking Liverpool campaign...
Estonian rail freight carrier’s cargo volume reached 1.06 million tons in August
5 September 2014 | By EVR Cargo AS
Estonian state-owned rail freight carrier EVR Cargo’s freight volume reached 1.06 million tons in August, decreasing by 5.7 per cent year-on-year...
Nomad to deploy first Wi-Fi service on regional trains in Germany
4 September 2014 | By Nomad Digital
Nomad Digital has been chosen by Alstom to provide Passenger Wi-Fi for 20 new trains, set to be the first regional trains to offer a Passenger Wi-Fi service in Germany...
SISCOG optimally schedules dynamic work of Dutch Railways’ Service and Security Staff
3 September 2014 | By SISCOG
SISCOG concluded TUTIS, a research project that produced a prototype which optimises the daily work assignments of NS’s Service & Security (S&S) personnel...
Northern Rail Brings Security Systems to 200 Stations
2 September 2014 | By Northern Rail
The UK’s largest rail operator, Northern Rail, has reached a landmark in its security provision and has now installed 200 CCTV facilities at its stations...
Getzner Werkstoffe secures exclusive supply contract with Hitachi
2 September 2014 | By Getzner Werkstoffe GmbH
Vibration-protection experts supply elastic bearings for floating floors...
Eversholt Rail awards Alstom with contract to overhaul Scottish suburban trains
1 September 2014 | By Eversholt Rail
Eversholt Rail has awarded Alstom a two year contract worth £36.1 million to improve the passenger environment and reliability of the 40 First ScotRail Class 334 trains that run between Airdrie and Bathgate...