First Great Western announces major WiFi expansion plans
11 December 2013 | By Nomad Digital
First Great Western has announced a time scale for the implementation of free WiFi on board its High Speed Train fleet...
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New Customer Care Centre created by Alstom for Virgin Trains
11 December 2013 | By Alstom
Alstom is to create a dedicated Customer Care Centre that will allow Virgin train crew to report technical issues in real time...
Transport infrastructure: €350 million to fund key TEN-T projects
11 December 2013 | By TEN-T Executive Agency
The European Commission launched Calls for proposals worth €350 million to finance European transport infrastructure...
EU supporting future Rail Freight Corridor 1 through co-financed project
10 December 2013 | By TEN-T EA
The European Union will promote the concept of Rail Freight Corridors with €1.61 million from the TEN-T Programme...
£15m to improve the railway at Whiteball tunnel
10 December 2013 | By Network Rail
Passengers between Tiverton and Taunton are set to benefit as Network Rail invests in a major scheme at Whiteball tunnel...
Comply Serve secures Banedanmark electrification contract
10 December 2013 | By Comply Serve
Banedanmark will implement ComplyPro® project compliance software across the electrification of the Danish railways...
Contractor appointed to prepare London Overground network for longer trains
9 December 2013 | By Transport for London
Longer trains to provide a 25 per cent increase in capacity by end of 2015...
Network Rail delivers first phase of £400m North West electrification
9 December 2013 | By Network Rail
Electric trains have started to operate between Newton Le Willows and Castlefield junction outside Manchester Piccadilly...
Vectron receives authorization for Hungary
5 December 2013 | By Siemens
The Hungarian National Transport Authority Nemzeti Közledekesi Hatosag granted the first authorization for a Vectron locomotive...
TEN-T and CEF: another string to the railway sector’s bow
5 December 2013 | By The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies
The main focus of the new TEN-T Guidelines is to improve the interoperability and interconnections between modes...
All Chinese high-speed overhead wire inspection vehicles drive with Voith Turbo Transmissions
5 December 2013 | By Voith
Voith will deliver two turbo transmissions for each vehicle...
EU co-funding awarded to ERTMS deployment in Denmark
5 December 2013 | By Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency
The project will improve the safety of rail transport whilst at the same time making the sector more competitive...
Rail studies in Slovenia to get a boost from EU co-financing
4 December 2013 | By Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency
The EU will support with just over €1.2 million from the TEN-T Programme a series of studies...
South Africa’s long-distance rail network to be fitted with Siemens signaling
4 December 2013 | By Siemens
South Africa’s biggest rail signaling project to make Gauteng’s rail network safer and more efficient...
NSB chooses Nomad Digital to reduce maintenance costs and improve fleet availability
3 December 2013 | By Nomad Digital
The solution will help NSB efficiently monitor the condition of its entire fleet...