Balfour Beatty awarded £16 million Crossrail substation contract 18 June 2014 | By Balfour Beatty Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £16 million Crossrail contract by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited to deliver a series of substations and associated civil works...
Crossrail tunnelling machine completes journey at Stepney Green 17 June 2014 | By Crossrail Tunnel Boring Machine Ellie has broken through into a cavern 40m beneath Stepney Green, in the East End of London...
Exclusive Online-Only Article for Global Railway Review – Gautrain: taking Gauteng forward 16 June 2014 | By Jack van der Merwe, CEO, Gautrain Management Agency Gautrain is Africa’s first state-of-the-art rapid rail network in the Gauteng province of South Africa...
Exclusive Online-Only Article for Global Railway Review – Eurotunnel: Staying 100% connecting underground 16 June 2014 | By Michel Boudoussier, Managing Director, Eurotunnel Group For its 20th anniversary on 6 May 2014, Eurotunnel Group pushed the button to launch a new mobile telephony service for passengers...
Chancellor unveils Crossrail’s new tunnels under the Thames 16 June 2014 | By Crossrail The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon. George Osborne MP, unveiled London's newest tunnel under the River Thames....
Bombardier enters ERTMS Level 2 high speed rail control market in Spain 16 June 2014 | By Bombardier Transportation Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has added a new European Rail Traffic Management System Level 2 high speed reference to its portfolio...
Bombardier unveils its new high comfort OMNEO Premium train for intercity journeys 16 June 2014 | By Bombardier Transportation Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has unveiled its high comfort OMNEO Premium train for intercity travel at 200 km/h...
Deutsche Bahn orders Seven TRAXX Diesel Multi-engine Locomotives for Sylt Shuttle in Germany 11 June 2014 | By Bombardier Transportation Deutsche Bahn AG and Bombardier Transportation have signed a contract for the supply of seven TRAXX diesel multi-engine locomotives...
Crossrail begins new Docklands tunnel drive 11 June 2014 | By Crossrail Crossrail started its shortest tunnel drive from Limmo Peninsula, beside Canning Town station, towards Victoria Dock Portal in east London...
Improved Ealing Broadway station designs revealed 11 June 2014 | By Crossrail Redesigned proposals for improvements to Ealing Broadway station have been revealed by Crossrail...
EIB supports modernisation of Polish railways with EUR 268m loan 6 June 2014 | By The European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank is lending EUR 268 million to the manager of the national railway network in Poland, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A...
Thales’s traffic management system selected by Network Rail to deliver next phase in UK rail revolution 29 May 2014 | By Thales Thales announced that it has been selected by Network Rail to provide its ARAMIS Traffic Management System at two new Regional Operating Centres in Romford and Cardiff...
Thousand tonne rail flyover launched to improve connection to Heathrow 27 May 2014 | By Crossrail The launch of a new rail bridge over the Great Western Main Line has been completed as part of works to ensure that the existing railway is ready for Crossrail trains to and from Heathrow...
Kapsch granted approval by the Office of Rail Transportation for the first GSM-R system in Poland 27 May 2014 | By Kapsch The President of the Polish Office of Rail Transportation has granted the approval for the operation of the GSM-R system implemented by Kapsch CarrierCom on route E30 on the Bielawa Dolna – Węgliniec – Legnica route...
Go-Ahead joint venture awarded the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise 23 May 2014 | By Go Ahead The Go-Ahead Group welcomes announcement by the Department for Transport to award Govia the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise...
