Virgin Rail Group agrees West Coast franchise extension
28 October 2011 | By Stagecoach Group plc
VRG has signed an agreement with the DfT for an eight-month extension to the current West Coast rail franchise...
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New platforms now arriving at Glasgow Central
27 October 2011 | By Network Rail
Network Rail has begun work on a multi-million-pound project to transform the platforms at Glasgow Central, Scotland’s busiest station.
Thousands more seats as Virgin Trains goes for growth
27 October 2011 | By Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains plans to add thousands more seats to its award-winning services during next year...
Invensys Rail wins contract for Makkah to Madinah High Speed Line
26 October 2011 | By bcm public relations
Providing the superstructure, systems, rolling stock, signalling, operation & maintenance for the Haramain High Speed Line...
Vossloh receives major contract from the city of Karlsruhe
26 October 2011 | By Vossloh
Vossloh has been contracted by VBK and AVG to supply 25 low floor Tram-Trains...
Alcatel-Lucent and Adif jointly research communications technologies for improving high-speed rail transportation
25 October 2011 | By Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent & Adif, sign a collaboration agreement...
First rail freight service on High Speed 1 will be launched by DB Schenker Rail in November
24 October 2011 | By DB Schenker
Trading links between Poland and the UK are to be strengthened during November...
ContiTech showcases suspension systems at Business on Rails 2011
21 October 2011 | By Contitech
Systems manufacturer for rail vehicles to present suspension solutions for primary and secondary suspension...
Abellio has been awarded the Greater Anglia Franchise
20 October 2011 | By Abellio Group
Abellio Group has today been selected by the Department for Transport as the operator for the Greater Anglia train franchise...
Railways welcome Commission proposal on Trans-European Transport Networks
19 October 2011 | By Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
European Commission unveiled its proposals for the Trans-European Transport Network Guidelines & the Connecting Europe Facility...
Parsons Brinckerhoff secures major UK rail engineering contract
19 October 2011 | By Parsons Brinckerhoff
Parsons Brinckerhoff has secured the lead engineering services contract...
Crossrail submits development plans to transform Tottenham Court Road and West End
19 October 2011 | By Crossrail
Crossrail submitted plans for the regeneration of Tottenham Court Road...
Siemens to equip ÖBB Nordbahn route with ETCS
17 October 2011 | By Siemens
Siemens Mobility and Logistics to equip the Nordbahn route between Vienna & Břeclav with ETCS...
Major order for new high-speed French rail track
17 October 2011 | By MEPAX
Tata Steel has secured a major order to supply railway lines for a new high-speed track...
Eurotunnel to work with RFF to install new radio communication system
17 October 2011 | By Groupe Eurotunnel
Eurotunnel has launched a project to install a state of the art radio communication system in the Channel Tunnel...