Bombardier wins contract from Akiem for 10 TRAXX Locomotives 26 August 2014 | By Bombardier Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation and the leasing company Akiem S.A. have signed a contract for the delivery of 10 BOMBARDIER TRAXX DC locomotives, with an option of up to 10 additional locomotives...
Paddington station excavation reaches Crossrail train tunnels 26 August 2014 | By Costain Crossrail Paddington contractors Costain Skanska Joint Venture has excavated down to the new Crossrail tunnels, breaking into the top of the tunnels 16 metres below ground level...
Shortlist for Northern and TransPennine Express rail operators revealed 19 August 2014 | By Department for Transport Train companies that are in the running to transform rail services across the north have been announced by the government...
FirstGroup shortlisted for TransPennine Express franchise competition 19 August 2014 | By FirstGroup FirstGroup has been shortlisted for the TransPennine Express franchise competition by the Department for Transport...
Balfour Beatty awarded £8m enhancement works at Euston Station 18 August 2014 | By Balfour Beatty Balfour Beatty has been awarded work to design and implement £8 million of enhancements to Euston Station, London for Network Rail...
Authority announce new Deputy Chief Constable for BTP 15 August 2014 | By British Transport Police Authority The British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) can today announce the appointment of the new Deputy Chief Constable for the BTP...
Thales UK selects ERA Technology as the ISA for the ARAMIS Traffic Management System 14 August 2014 | By ERA Technology ERA Technology is very pleased to have been selected by Thales UK to act as its Independent Safety Assessor and Common Safety Methods Assessment Body for Thales’ provision of the ARAMIS Traffic Management System...
Green light for Crossrail improvements at Ealing Broadway station 14 August 2014 | By Crossrail Proposals for an overhaul of Ealing Broadway station as part of Crossrail upgrades were approved by Ealing Council’s Planning Committee...
Passenger watchdog welcomes decision to extend contactless payments to National Rail services in London 12 August 2014 | By London TravelWatch London TravelWatch has welcomed the announcement from Transport for London that contactless payments will be extended to National Rail services in London...
Crossrail tunnelling machine Jessica completes her journey 11 August 2014 | By Crossrail Crossrail’s tunnel boring machine Jessica has completed a new train tunnel from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, breaking into Victoria Dock Portal in east London...
voestalpine Schienen to present three major innovations at InnoTrans 7 August 2014 | By voestalpine Schienen Under the theme ‘good is good, but better carries it’, voestalpine Schienen GmbH will showcase the latest fruits of its target-oriented track solution approach at this year’s InnoTrans trade show.
Non-Touch Detection system supplements Mayser’s Obstacle Detection and Drag Detection systems 7 August 2014 | By Mayser Mayser’s new Non-Touch Detection system serves as a predictive jostling protection implemented directly on the main closing edge of the Mayser finger protection profiles.
ICA helps you manage your ticketing system with greater simplicity 7 August 2014 | By ICA ICA is consistently advancing the development with the new DUALIS Dimas background system. More speed. More possibilities. More teamwork. More performance. More integration direct into the partners’ systems.
Shenzhen Metro chooses TETRA and DMR solution from Hytera 7 August 2014 | By Hytera Hytera has recently been awarded with a TETRA communications project by Shenzhen Metro.
GIRO celebrates 35 years of improving public transport efficiency 7 August 2014 | By Flir Keeping costs down while ensuring quality services is a major challenge in the passenger transportation industry.
