New East Anglia franchise competition begins 19 February 2015 | By Department for Transport The competition to get the best deal for rail passengers in East Anglia officially got underway as the Department for Transport began the search for the next franchise operator...
Eurostar reports continuing growth in passenger numbers and sales revenues in 2014 18 February 2015 | By Eurostar Eurostar, the high-speed rail service between the UK and mainland Europe, has reported continuing growth in passenger numbers and sales revenues in 2014, as the business celebrated its 20th anniversary and unveiled its new e320 trains...
Balfour Beatty awarded £12.5m Bombardier Crossrail trains facility 17 February 2015 | By Balfour Beatty Balfour Beatty has secured a £12.5 million contract to create a production, testing and office facility for the new Crossrail trains on behalf of Bombardier in Derby...
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...
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...
