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Hitachi pre-series Class 800 train arrives in the UK

12 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review

Rail Minister Claire Perry MP has today welcomed the arrival of the first Hitachi pre-series Class 800 train for the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) at the Port of Southampton.

EIB provides funding for Swietelsky’s research project

10 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has today signed a loan contract to provide Austrian company Swietelsky Baugesellschaft mbH funds from the “InnovFin” budget, a joint financing programme of the EIB and the European Commission to develop new systems to rehabilitate and maintain tracks on standard and high-speed railway sections more rapidly…

Finland’s PM says Helsinki City Rail Loop is moving forward

4 March 2015 | By Prime Minister’s Office, Finland

Finland’s Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has recently revealed that the government has decided to apply for EU support under the TEN-T transport network programme for the Helsinki City Rail Loop project – a new 7.8km-long underground railway beneath the city centre, including three new stations...

Alstom Pendolino high speed train achieves 1 million kilometres in Poland

3 March 2015 | By Alstom

Pendolino, Alstom’s high speed train, has successfully covered one million kilometres in Poland. Since the start of its operation, mid-December 2014, Alstom has secured a 100% availability of the train fleet which has made around 2,000 journeys, connecting the main cities of Warsaw, Gdansk, Gdynia, Krakow, Katowice and Wroclaw...

New East Coast franchise starts

2 March 2015 | By Department for Transport

Rail minister Claire Perry visited King’s Cross station today (2 March 2015) for the official launch of the new Virgin Trains East Coast service between London and Scotland...

SNCF starts testing Erex system

27 February 2015 | By ERESS

Eress organisation has announced that SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français) has decided to test the Erex system, and Eress Director, Dyre Martin Gulbrandsen “considers this a significant milestone.”...