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VR Track heads full steam towards Nordic expansion

23 March 2016 | By Jouni Kekäle – VR Track’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development

VR Track Oy is Finland’s biggest rail constructor, with expertise covering all aspects of railway engineering, from design to project implementation. The company employs some 1,450 expert personnel in Finland and approximately 350 people in Sweden. In an interview for Global Railway Review, Jouni Kekäle – VR Track’s Vice President…

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Funding announced for south west rail infrastructure study

10 February 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review

The Department for Transport and Great Western Railway (GWR) have announced funding for a study looking at improvements to rail infrastructure between London and Devon and Cornwall.

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Rail development impact on the job market

20 January 2016 | By Neil Wilkie, Group Head of Fusion People

Neil Wilkie of Fusion People looks at current and future rail development infrastructure projects and the impact they have on the rail industry job market helping to fill the skills shortage gap. Currently, the UK’s railways are undergoing several projects that will transform the rail network. Plans to unite the…

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£4.5m advanced test facility to launch at Centre for Innovation in Rail

11 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review

The UK’s £22 million Centre for Innovation in Rail will officially open in autumn 2016 coinciding will the launch of a £4.5 million advanced test facility. Co-funded by the Regional Growth Fund, the Institute of Railway Research (IRR) at the University of Huddersfield is currently in the process of delivering its £22…

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The PWI: a catalyst for rail industry improvement

9 December 2015 | By David Packer, CEO, Permanent Way Institution (PWI)

The Permanent Way Institution (PWI) is the UK professional engineering institution for rail infrastructure engineers. At the heart of its recent strategic review was answering the question ‘What is the role of a professional engineering institution in the 21st century?’ PWI CEO, David Packer, explains more...

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How Britain’s new ‘workshop on wheels’ will revolutionise track maintenance

9 December 2015 | By Craig Mathys, Programme Manager at Network Rail

Over the next five years, Network Rail will spend and invest £38 billion as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan to deliver better, faster, greener services, and improved punctuality, reliability and safety, while simultaneously keeping the railway open to enable four and a half million journeys to take place, every…