Centro to decide on bid for local rail control
21 June 2012 | By Centro
Centro will decide next week whether to formally tell the Government it is keen to take over responsibility for local rail services...
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Le Havre port authority selects Thales rail signalling solution
21 June 2012 | By Thales
Thales has signed a contract valued at €2.1 million with the Grand Port Maritime du Havre...
JSC «Russian Railways» and CJSC Sinara Group signed an agreement on production and delivery of mainline gas-turbine locomotives GT1h
21 June 2012 | By Russian Railways
Agreement signed for GT1h...
Lincoln level crossings, consultation extended in response to public interest
20 June 2012 | By Network Rail
Consultation period extended for its plans to reduce the risk of misuse at High Street and Brayford Wharf level crossings...
First TBM components arrive for Crossrail’s eastern tunnels
20 June 2012 | By Crossrail
Assembly of Crossrail’s next 1,000 tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM), Elizabeth, has commenced at Limmo Peninsula...
Network Rail awards telent national telecoms framework renewals contract
20 June 2012 | By Polly Rivers
telent has been awarded a nationwide telecoms framework renewals contract by Network Rail covering all of its regions...
Chalkwell station gets a facelift
19 June 2012 | By Network Rail
Improvements completed at Chalkwell station, and there are more improvements on the way at Tilbury Town, Laindon, Shoeburyness and Chafford Hundred stations...
Recast of the first railway package – end in sight
19 June 2012 | By Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Managers (CER)
Today, the EU member states within the Coreper I endorsed the compromise text on the recast of the first railway package...
International Level Crossing Awareness Day 2012 – another success
18 June 2012 | By British Transport Police
BTP and Network Rail joined forces during International Level Crossing Awareness Day on Wednesday 7 June 2012...
Siemens to supply electronic interlockings for DB’s Hannover– Uelzen line
18 June 2012 | By Siemens
As part of the extension of the Hannover–Uelzen line, Siemens are awarded contract...
New railway link between Chopin Airport and the city centre is open
The beginning of June saw the opening of a railway line connecting Chopin Airport with central Warsaw. The convenient journey takes around 25 minutes.
Rail projects can bring jobs and economic growth
15 June 2012 | By Centro
Three rail projects costing a total of £60m have the potential to create more than 4,400 new jobs and boost the West Midlands economy...
Alstom will supply 46 additional Coradia Nordic regional trains to the Swedish operator Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
15 June 2012 | By Alstom
Alstom Transport has received an order for 46 new Coradia Nordic regional trains...
New national centre open for business
13 June 2012 | By Network Rail
The first of around 3,000 people have moved into The Quadrant:MK putting Milton Keynes at the centre of Britain's railway operations...
Swansea station gets a £7m facelift
12 June 2012 | By Network Rail
The work to improve Swansea station is part of a series of improvements to the railways in South West Wales...