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6 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has confirmed opening dates for the highly anticipated redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station and Grand Central.
25 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Major plans to redevelop Gare du Nord in Paris were revealed at a high profile SNCF press conference attended by the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.
19 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Designs for a new station building at West Ealing have been revealed as part of the Crossrail development.
10 February 2015 | By Euan Hilton, Northern Rail
A new and innovative lighting system at one of the UK’s most well-known railway heritage sites is pushing Northern Rail’s pioneering approach to sustainability into the limelight. In an interview for Global Railway Review, Euan Hilton, Utilities Contracts and Data Manager at Northern Rail, provides more information on how the…
3 December 2014 | By Hugh Wark, The Borders Railway
The Borders Railway will re-establish passenger railway services in the Scottish Borders and Midlothian for the first time since 1969. It is the longest new domestic railway to be constructed in Britain for over a century; and represents one of the most significant pieces of infrastructure investment seen in Scotland…
18 September 2014 | By Stine Ilebrekke Undrum – Project Manager at the Norwegian National Rail Administration
Norway is famous for its fjords and mountains – beautiful to look at, but a challenge for road and railway construction. So when construction of a new double-track railway line was decided from Holm to Nykirke, past the town of Holmestrand in southern Norway, both the track and the station…
11 April 2014 | By Global Railway Review
Around 150 exhibitors are preparing for the UK’s biggest rail event this year, Infrarail 2014, which takes place at Earls Court in London from 20 to 22 May. This will be the tenth of these shows focusing specifically on products and services covering every aspect of railway infrastructure, with participating…
4 December 2013 | By Network Rail
When the last round of redevelopment work began at Birmingham New Street in the 1960s, England were on the verge of winning the World Cup and rail travel was forecast to decline. Since then rail travel has enjoyed rather more success than the England football team and the station handles…
4 December 2013 | By Peter Austin, Managing Director, London Overground Rail Operations Ltd
Since 2007, London Overground Rail Operations Ltd (LOROL) has been actively transforming the London Overground network, modernising the service, improving facilities and providing a better, safer, more environmentally efficient and comfortable experience for its customers. And six years on, LOROL’s delivery of Transport for London’s (TfL’s) extensive investment in the…
4 December 2013 | By Clive Bradberry, Infrastructure Executive, Translink
In 2012/13, Translink rail passenger journeys reached a record breaking 11.5 million – an increase of 7% on the previous year. Overall, there were 78.5 million Translink passenger journeys on bus and train last year beating the Northern Ireland government’s target of 77 million. During the summer of 2013, Translink…
8 June 2012 | By Jan Schneider-Tilli, Project Director, Copenhagen-Ringsted railway, Banedanmark
The new Copenhagen-Ringsted railway is the largest civil engineering project in Denmark for well over 100 years. Not since the Vestvolden fortifications around Copenhagen were built between 1882 and 1892 as part of the city’s defences has Denmark been the setting for such an extensive building project: a new 60km…
8 June 2012 | By Vladimir Yakunin, President, Russian Railways
In February 2010, Russian Railways and the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee signed a partnership agreement, which gave Russian Railways official status as the general partner of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Organising such a major event necessitates a high level of arrangements, and transport accessibility plays one of the…
23 December 2011 | By Network Rail
The transformation of London Bridge station has taken a major step forward after design proposals were given the go ahead by Southwark Council...
1 September 2011 | By Network Rail
Report recommends measures to relieve passenger congestion at 11 stations by 2019...
30 August 2011 | By Network Rail
Station improvements to make travelling by train easier on one of London’s main Olympic rail routes started this week...
