Knorr-Bremse acquires Railcare business
28 August 2013 | By Railcare
Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) Limited has acquired the rail vehicle component and overhaul business of Railcare...
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Green light for Nottingham as £100m rail investment completes on time
27 August 2013 | By Network Rail
After five weeks of around-the-clock effort, a full train service has begun again at Nottingham station...
Siemens and Swiss Federal Railways establish partnership in control systems field
27 August 2013 | By Siemens
Siemens and SBB have concluded a cooperation agreement...
Crossrail’s tunnelling in southeast London reaches the half-way point
27 August 2013 | By Crossrail
A major milestone for Crossrail in southeast London has been reached as one of its tunnelling machines reaches Woolwich...
£10m rail modernisation in Wales and the border counties of England on track
27 August 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail's latest project to upgrade and modernise the railways of Wales and the border counties of England is now underway...
Overcrowded trains to get red (and amber and green) light
26 August 2013 | By Department for Transport (DfT)
Rail companies asked to publish train-by-train crowding information in a 'traffic light' system, explaining which services are busiest...
ORR publishes data on government financial support to the rail industry
22 August 2013 | By Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
The ORR has published statistics highlighting year-on-year levels of government financial support to the rail industry...
Network Rail awards telent four year national SCADA contract
22 August 2013 | By Network Rail
telent awarded a contract by Network Rail to design, supply and install a new SCADA system...
London Overground moves to Oyster only for sales of season Travelcards
21 August 2013 | By Transport for London (TfL)
7 Day or longer period Travelcards will no longer be sold as paper tickets at London Overground ticket offices...
telent awarded significant contract with Network Rail Scotland
20 August 2013 | By telent
telent has been awarded the RETB contract for Scotland’s Far North and West Highland Lines by Network Rail...
Zonegreen protects depot by Reading between lines
20 August 2013 | By Zonegreen
Workers at a new £150 million train depot in Reading are among the safest in the UK...
Network Rail are developing a prototype battery powered train
19 August 2013 | By Network Rail
This work is part of an industry study into the feasibility of using electric trains on parts of the railway which have not been electrified...
Regulator publishes key rail statistics for all train operators
15 August 2013 | By ORR
The ORR has published key statistics for the 19 franchised train operating companies (TOCs)...
SJ turns to IBM to improve mobile, online customer experience, increase sales
14 August 2013 | By Ketchum Limited
SJ® is turning to customer experience management software from IBM...
Capacity improvement plans revealed by South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance and Department for Transport
14 August 2013 | By Stagecoach
Proposals targeting 15% capacity increase by 2019...