St Pancras International partners with Grand Central Terminal
15 May 2014 | By Pagefield
From the 14th of May, St Pancras International and Grand Central Terminal in New York will become station partners...
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IRU and UIC join forces to raise awareness of transport professionals on level crossing safety
14 May 2014 | By IRU / UIC
In the framework of the Anniversary of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, the International Road Transport Union and the International Union of Railways joined forces to initiate a Level Crossing Safety Checklist...
ORR approves five-year plan for HS1
12 May 2014 | By The Office of Rail Regulation
The Office of Rail Regulation has approved a five-year plan for High Speed 1, which sets out a long term investment programme and reduced charges to run passenger and freight services on the line...
Bombardier wins contract to upgrade second section of Mediterranean Corridor
8 May 2014 | By Bombardier Transportation
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation, as the lead in a consortium with Thales, has won the second contract to be awarded by Spain's Administrator of Railway Infrastructure, ADIF, for the upgrade of the Mediterranean Corridor...
Cost-effective display solution for Euston
7 May 2014 | By Infotec
Key to providing customers at London Euston Station with real time information is the large mainboard overlooking the main concourse and which was installed in 2002...
Eurotunnel completes mobile telephone and internet connections in Channel Tunnel
7 May 2014 | By Eurotunnel
For its 20th Anniversary, Eurotunnel has installed British mobile telephone services inside the North Running Tunnel with the help of UK operators Vodafone, EE and O2 UK and the equipment supplier, Alcatel-Lucent...
Russian Railways and Bulgarian State Railways signed a Memorandum on Cooperation
7 May 2014 | By Russian Railways
In Astana (Kazakhstan) as part of the 60th Meeting of the Council for Railway Transport of the Member States of the Commonwealth, a Memorandum on Cooperation between Russian Railways and Bulgarian State Railways was signed...
Lucchini UK to supply wheelsets for new Hitachi Class 800 and 801 trains
7 May 2014 | By Hitachi Rail Europe
Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd. announced that it has selected Manchester-based Lucchini UK to supply the wheelsets for the new Great Western Main Line and East Coast Main Line trains...
Bombardier acquires Australia’s Rail Signalling Services
1 May 2014 | By Bombardier Transportation
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has purchased a 100% stake in the Australian signalling company Rail Signalling Services...
Class 700 tackles extreme weather head on
1 May 2014 | By Siemens
The first Class 700 Desiro City vehicles, built by Siemens for the Thameslink routes, have been put through their paces in a special climate chamber to ensure the vehicles can endure extreme weather conditions...
FGC implements a pioneering system to control fare-dodging at station entrances automatically
30 April 2014 | By Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya and the Barcelona firm Awaait Artificial Intelligence, SL (AWAAIT) have signed a cooperation agreement to deploy a pioneering system to help monitor payment of fares and access to stations on the Barcelona-Vallès i Llobregat-Anoia lines...
Kapsch to install GSM-R in trans-European train route in Slovakia
29 April 2014 | By Kapsch
Integration of Slovakian rail network is a key element in the European ERTMS project...
Government funding to make stations accessible to all
29 April 2014 | By Department for Transport
Forty-two train stations to benefit from share of £100m Access for All funding...
Siemens automates high-speed rail route in Northern Spain
25 April 2014 | By Siemens
Working as part of a consortium with Thales, Siemens is to supply the signal and control technology for a 50-kilometer section of the high-speed rail route between León and Asturias...
Siemens completes DAS trials at ENIF
23 April 2014 | By Siemens
Siemens Rail Automation has successfully completed a series of trials of its Driver Advisory System at Network Rails’ ETCS National Integration Facility...