Crossrail’s surface works now one third complete
19 December 2014 | By Crossrail
Work on Crossrail’s surface section in outer London, Berkshire and Essex is now one third complete...
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11,000 engineers to work record-breaking Christmas investment programme in the UK
18 December 2014 | By Network Rail
Hundreds of thousands of UK passengers and freight users are set to benefit from the biggest Christmas and New Year investment programme ever carried out on Britain’s rail network...
Safety Researchers Strengthen RSSB Strategic Partnership
18 December 2014 | By RSSB
The strategic partnership between RSSB and Institute of Railway Research (IRR) at the University of Huddersfield has set up a new team dedicated to enhancing rail safety and risk modelling...
EU to back a better rail connection between Slovenia and Austria
18 December 2014 | By The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency
The EU's TEN-T Programme will co-fund with over €550,000 a study on developing the railway connection between Maribor, Slovenia's second largest city, and Šentilj near the Austrian border...
Bombardier wins 10-year fleet maintenance contract with Trenitalia
17 December 2014 | By Bombardier
The 154 million euro contract covers maintenance for 50 new V300ZEFIRO high speed trains...
Accessibility improvements for more stations after funding boost
16 December 2014 | By Department for Transport
Extra Access for All funding will make 26 additional stations accessible to all...
Poland’s 1st high-speed train fleet starts commercial service
16 December 2014 | By Alstom
Alstom’s Pendolino, the first high-speed train to operate in Poland, entered in service...
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...
EU to invest in studies on high speed railway between Dresden and Prague
5 December 2014 | By INEA
The EU's TEN-T Programme will co-fund with over €600,000 studies preparing a new high speed railway line between Dresden, Germany and Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic...
Italian Presidency makes partial contribution to Fourth Railway Package and adopts conclusions on transport infrastructure
4 December 2014 | By CER
On 3 December, European Transport Ministers adopted a set of Council conclusions on transport infrastructure and the Trans-European Transport Network, in the context of the upcoming review of the Europe 2020 strategy as well as a Progress Report on the Political Pillar of the Fourth Railway Package...
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...
Alan Dick Communications launches Beagle system to revolutionise passenger information
28 November 2014 | By Alan Dick Communications
A revolutionary approach to passenger information, guaranteed to keep customers fully informed whether on the platform or aboard the train, has been launched at Eurotransport’s recent annual Real-Time Passenger Information Conference in London by Alan Dick Communications (ADComms)...
