TfL to take over key commuter rail routes out of Liverpool Street Station
2 July 2013 | By TfL
"We are pleased that the Department for Transport has agreed to devolve rail services to TfL..."
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Rail tender win for Arriva in Poland
2 July 2013 | By Arriva
Arriva has won a tender to operate trains on four electrified lines in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship in northern Poland...
SYSTRA appointed Banedanmark to advise on country-wide electrification programme
1 July 2013 | By SYSTRA
SYSTRA with joint venture partner COWI has been appointed by Banedanmark...
£400m Edinburgh-Glasgow electrification work out to tender
1 July 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail has begun the tendering process for the electrification of the flagship Edinburgh Waverley-Glasgow Queen Street line...
Bombardier to deliver new commuter trains to Deutsche Bahn AG for service in Hamburg
28 June 2013 | By Bombardier
Bombardier Transportation has won an order from the S-Bahn GmbH...
Department for Transport and Siemens seal Thameslink deal
27 June 2013 | By Siemens
The Department for Transport has awarded a contract worth circa £1.6 billion for 1,140 new Desiro City commuter rail carriages...
Alstom to modernise regional trains in Germany
27 June 2013 | By Alstom
Alstom awarded a contract by LNVG to modernise 24 DMU Coradia Lint trains currently operating on Weser-Ems network...
Kapsch successfully completes interoperability tests for GSM-R
27 June 2013 | By Grayling
One of the most important requirements for cross-border railway transportation...
Siemens Thameslink deal to create up to 2,000 new jobs
27 June 2013 | By Department for Transport (DfT)
Siemens Plc with Cross London Trains have been awarded the £1.6 billion deal to build carriages for the Thameslink rail line...
Perpetuum wins contract to supply Southeastern Railways with Energy Harvester powered Wireless Sensor Systems for 148 trains
26 June 2013 | By Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Perpetuum has received an order...
TfL announces shortlist of bidders to run Crossrail services
25 June 2013 | By Crossrail
TfL announced the names of the companies shortlisted to bid to run Crossrail services...
Arriva pre-qualifies for Crossrail concession
25 June 2013 | By Arriva
Arriva welcomes the announcement that the leading European transport group has been shortlisted to bid for the Crossrail concession...
Birmingham’s HS2 station must deliver direct services to Europe
25 June 2013 | By Centro
Members of the region’s transport authority say Birmingham’s city centre high speed station must be world class...
Go-Ahead and Keolis partnership shortlisted to bid for Crossrail
25 June 2013 | By Go-Ahead
A joint venture between Go-Ahead and Keolis has been shortlisted to bid for Transport for London's Crossrail franchise...
Major investment to improve West Coast rail performance
24 June 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail revealed details of a series of projects, worth nearly £40m...