Siemens awarded Banbury re-signalling contract
16 February 2015 | By Siemens
Siemens Rail Automation has been awarded a £40 million contract by Network Rail to renew life-expired signalling equipment from Leamington Spa to Heyford...
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SBB to get additional Pendolino high-speed trains
16 February 2015 | By Alstom
SBB – the Swiss federal railway operator – has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €115 million for the supply of four Pendolino high-speed trains...
Alstom delivers “Jazz”, the new regional train for Trenitalia to the Toscana region
13 February 2015 | By Alstom
Alstom has delivered the new train “Jazz” to the Toscana region at the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station...
The Hallandsås tunnel project moves forward
12 February 2015 | By Trafikverket
The railway installations have entered a new phase on the Hallandsås project, and track has now been laid in the tunnel...
End of the line for Borders rail installation
12 February 2015 | By Borders Railway
The installation of almost 30 miles of rail on the new Borders Railway was officially completed when Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, joined the project team to clip the final length of rail into place...
SBB’s fleet gets data roaming services installed
12 February 2015 | By BICS/Swisscom/SBB
BICS, a global wholesale carrier for voice, mobile data and capacity services and Swisscom, the largest mobile operator in Switzerland, have implemented data roaming services on SBB’s fleet of train...
Northern launches new look electric trains
12 February 2015 | By Northern Rail
Northern Rail unveiled its new look class 319 electric units...
Minding the gap – platform safety to improve as rail industry launches collaborative strategy
12 February 2015 | By Network Rail
Over the past five years rail passengers have stepped on and off trains more than 15 billion times...
The Alstom-Bombardier consortium will supply 10 additional trains for the RER A line in Paris
12 February 2015 | By Alstom
STIF has ordered a further ten MI09 double-deck trains from the Alstom-Bombardier consortium...
Manchester Airport station reopens after work to build a fourth platform is completed
12 February 2015 | By Network Rail
Manchester Airport station has reopened after work to install track and signalling as part of the new fourth platform was completed...
ERFA advises recent court rulings are not the solution to more railway growth
11 February 2015 | By European Rail Freight Association
Recent judicial wins by independent rail operators highlight the need for European rail legislation to support a more dynamic and efficient railway sector...
Free Wi-Fi to help rail commuters stay connected
11 February 2015 | By Department for Transport
Rail passengers to benefit from on-board Wi-Fi across England and Wales...
Improved lighting at Rainhill station increases satisfaction
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…
Increasing share of women working in the rail sector
9 February 2015 | By Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
CER and ETF published their second annual report on the development of women employment in the rail sector in Europe. The results show that the average share of women working in the rail is increasing and currently stands at around 20%...
Maintaining safety of overhead catenary on the Shinkansen
6 February 2015 | By Takamasa Hayasaka and Masatoshi Shimizu (RTRI)
There are many kinds of overhead catenary systems and they all interact with pantographs. In Japan, efficiently maintaining the stress of catenary systems is considered as the most important factor for railway safety. Takamasa Hayasaka and Masatoshi Shimizu from the Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) believe the European rail sector…
