ABB to deliver power quality solutions for High Speed 1
17 August 2010 | By Six Degrees Limited
ABB has secured a major project with High Speed 1 to design, manufacture and install capacitive compensation solutions to prevent voltage drops...
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ARTC signs historic deal with OneSteel
14 August 2010 | By ARTC
ARTC signed one of the largest rail infrastructure supply deals in a decade with OneSteel to produce steel rail for projects announced as part of the equity investment by the Australian Government...
£13m investment programme in customer facilities at key Essex stations
12 August 2010 | By National Express
National Express train companies, NXEA and c2c are working in partnership with Network Rail to improve customer facilities at seven Essex rail stations...
Bombardier’s Gautrain passenger numbers surpass all expectations in South Africa
12 August 2010 | By Bombardier Transportation
While the eyes of the world were on South Africa, a staggering 400,000 people used the new trains to travel between Johannesburg’s commercial district at Sandton and the OR Tambo International Airport...
Vossloh awarded major contract in Sweden
12 August 2010 | By Vossloh AG
Vossloh has concluded with Trafikverket, a framework agreement for supplying a new type of in-sleeper actuation system...
East Coast asked to commission new 11-car Pendolino train
11 August 2010 | By East Coast
Directly Operated Railways is in discussion with industry parties concerning the possibility of commissioning a new 11-car Pendolino train...
New trains first car body shell complete
10 August 2010 | By Translink
Mal McGreevy and James Erwin inspect the first completed train bodyshell in Translink’s £105million order for 20 ‘Class 4000’ trains currently being manufactured at CAF...
Bathgate Station on track for Autumn opening
9 August 2010 | By Network Rail
Network Rail director Scotland, Ron McAulay and Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson got an exclusive preview of the new Bathgate Station...
Station transformation moves a step closer
9 August 2010 | By Network Rail
The transformation of Manchester’s Victoria railway station, fit for the 21st century, has taken a giant step towards becoming a reality...
Russian Railways invests over 111 billion roubles in 1H2010
4 August 2010 | By Russian Railways
In 1H 2010, Russian Railways spend 111.2 billion roubles on its investment programme. The Company spent more than 13 billion roubles on new locomotives and took delivery of 185 freight and passenger locomotives...
Mafex promotes largest participation of Spanish railway companies at Innotrans
3 August 2010 | By Mafex
MAFEX has organised the participation of 47 Spanish rail companies at Innotrans (MAFEX’S stand 115 in Hall 22).
Funding agreed for Gillingham station upgrade
3 August 2010 | By Network Rail
Passengers in Gillingham will benefit from easier access to the railway and better facilities after funding was agreed for a significant upgrade of the station...
Jacobs Awarded Contract for Crossrail Works from Network Rail
3 August 2010 | By Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it received a contract from Network Rail to progress the development of a major rail infrastructure project...
New high-speed route opens, linking Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow and St Petersburg
2 August 2010 | By Russian Railways
On 30 July 2010, Sapsan trains began running on the Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod line. With the launch of the Sapsan service between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Railways has established a new high-speed route: Nizhny Novgorod – Moscow – St Petersburg...
Vossloh wins two big contracts in Libya
2 August 2010 | By Vossloh AG
Vossloh has won two major contracts worth together around €115 million in connection with the construction of Libya’s new rail network...