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13 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The railway line between Leamington Spa and Banbury, which was closed due a 350,000 tonne landslip, has reopened three weeks early.
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.
12 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Crossrail’s 1,000 tonne tunnel machine dubbed Victoria has successfully broken in to the eastern end of Liverpool Street Crossrail station.
12 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Hitachi Rail Europe and Abellio have announced a joint contract has been signed for the provision and maintenance of 70 new trains for the upcoming ScotRail franchise. The trains are financed by Caledonian Rail Leasing.
11 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A recent survey carried out by the Papworth Trust reveals two thirds of disabled people are more likely to use trains frequently if they could turn up and go, rather than booking assistance ahead of their journey.
10 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
FirstGroup, one of the leading transport operators in the UK and North America, has announced plans for a new low fare service between London and Edinburgh.
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…
5 March 2015 | By INEA
The EU's TEN-T Programme will co-finance with over €1 million studies for the introduction of a centralised rail traffic control (CTC) in the Dublin area...
5 March 2015 | By Railsponsible
On 4 March 2015 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, six companies in the railway industry – Deutsche Bahn, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, SNCF, Alstom Transport, Bombardier Transportation and Knorr Bremse – launched Railsponsible...
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...
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...
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...
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.”...
27 February 2015 | By Infineon
On 7th May 2015, Infineon will be accompanied by Deutsche Telekom to discuss the importance of open standards for the future of transport ticketing...
26 February 2015 | By Transport for London
Transport for London has set out that two London Overground stations should be built at Old Oak Common, after the public consultation on proposals to build a new Overground link in the area received strong public support...
