KiwiRail bears fruit for Mechan
Sheffield-based rail depot equipment specialist, Mechan, is proving to be a hit down under, after receiving a second request for its lifting equipment from the other side of the world.
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Prime Minister visits Crossrail to view tunnel boring machines
22 February 2012 | By Crossrail
Prime Minister David Cameron visited Crossrail’s Westbourne Park site in west London to view the tunnel boring machines...
National train performance for period 11 is 91.4%
16 February 2012 | By Network Rail
Punctuality on the railways reached 91.4% during period 11, according to monthly performance data released by Network Rail...
The president of the Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin launched Sochi – Adler – Sochi Airport Intermodal connection
15 February 2012 | By Russian Railways
Regular passenger train service linking the airport with the centre of Sochi...
Bombardier’s ZEFIRO very high speed train tops design awards
15 February 2012 | By Bombardier
Bombardier Transportation has won the iF Product Design Award as well as the Good Design Award...
Cities across the north unite for Northern Hub rail campaign
15 February 2012 | By Transport for Greater Manchester
The five largest cities in the north of England have joined forces to urge the government to fund the Northern Hub programme...
Rail, Metro and Tram Networks in Russia
15 February 2012 | By Mack Brooks
Russia is currently undergoing fundamental changes to its national railway network – the second most extensive in the world...
Russia’s new Olympic Winter Games trains will rely on Saft batteries to deliver exceptional cold weather performance
14 February 2012 | By Saft Industrial Battery Group
Saft specialised rail batteries have been selected by Siemens...
Continued recovery in rail freight across Europe
14 February 2012 | By Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
Data collected by the CER shows a continued recovery of rail freight in all regions across Europe...
REFER achieves goal for accident reduction at level crossings before established date
13 February 2012 | By REFER
Since 1999 the number of accidents has been reduced by 84%...
FCC wins 246 million euro railway contract in Romania
9 February 2012 | By DoubleIC, SL
Romania's National Railway Company (RFC) has awarded FCC a 246 million euro contract...
Mauro Moretti re-elected as CER Chairman; Commissioner Andor addresses CER General Assembly
9 February 2012 | By CER
Mauro Moretti, was unanimously re-elected as Chairman of the CER...
Bombardier hands over EPD for its REGINA X55 intercity train to Sweden’s SJ
9 February 2012 | By Bombardier
The train has served as the concept platform for the country’s Green Train research programme...
Balfour Beatty awarded £37 million west coast supply upgrade contract
8 February 2012 | By Balfour Beatty Rail
Project will undertake the power upgrade of nine new 25-0-25 kV Auto-transformer (AT) substations...
North American Intercity and High-Speed Rail 2011
8 February 2012 | By Mack Brooks
This timely report released by Mack Brooks details current US intercity rail operations and summarises the investment plans concerned...