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New East Coast Mainline franchise confirmed

10 December 2014 | By Department for Transport

The Department for Transport confirmed (10 December 2014) it has officially signed the East Coast rail franchise contract with Inter City Railways, a venture between Stagecoach and Virgin...

Official opening of the Liefkenshoek rail link

10 December 2014 | By Infrabel

At 18.05 on 9th December 2014, the new Liefkenshoek rail link was officially opened in the presence of several Ministers, CEOs of the partners and many invited guests...

New timetable and new trains for London Midland

9 December 2014 | By Global Railway Review

Thanks to £62 million of UK government investment, London Midland will roll-out 10 new four-car trains for their network as part of its new timetable from Sunday 14 December 2014...

Alstom delivers the first Régiolis train to the Poitou-Charentes region of France

4 December 2014 | By Alstom

Alstom presented the first Régiolis train for the Poitou-Charentes region to elected representatives of the Technicentre in Saintes on 4 December. Attending the event were Jean-François Macaire, President of the Poitou-Charentes region, Stéphane Lambert Deputy Regional Director of the SNCF and Ana Giros Calpe, Senior Vice-President for Alstom Transport France...

New report sets out funding and financing options for Crossrail 2

28 November 2014 | By Department for Transport

An independent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) published has set out funding and financing options for Crossrail 2, the high frequency, high capacity rail line that could link south west and north east London to provide additional transport capacity for the capital...