HS2 crucial to meet UK transport needs
29 October 2013 | By Department for Transport
Britain cannot meet its future transport needs without HS2, according to new evidence published by the Government today...
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Todmorden curve set to boost Lancashire’s growing railway
29 October 2013 | By Network Rail
More travel opportunities are on the way for passengers in Burnley and East Lancashire as engineers start work...
Bombardier strengthens its leadership in ERTMS technology with a new project in Chile
28 October 2013 | By Bombardier
Bombardier to deliver its globally proven INTERFLO 250 ERTMS Level 1 solution...
Transforming rail travel on the East Coast
25 October 2013 | By Department for Transport
The InterCity East Coast prospectus details what potential bidders will need to consider when they start developing their proposals...
Easier access for passengers at Henley-in-Arden
25 October 2013 | By Network Rail
The old station footbridge will be removed and replaced with a temporary footbridge until spring 2014...
Alstom Transport opens a new delivery centre for Euroduplex trains at Belfort site
24 October 2013 | By ALSTOM
The new delivery centre is the result of four years' work...
Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering nears completion on piling for Reading Viaduct
23 October 2013 | By Balfour Beatty
The new £40 million viaduct will ease congestion by taking fast mainline trains over freight and relief lines...
New campaign to stop passengers obstructing train doors
23 October 2013 | By Gardiner Richardson
The initiative includes a specially commissioned animation called 'Use your brain near a train'...
Alstom to modernize Virgin’s Pendolino in the UK
23 October 2013 | By ALSTOM
The contract includes the refurbishment of the interiors, bar, kitchen facilities and toilets...
Lowest death toll recorded on EU railways since 2006, but collisions and derailments on rise in 2012
21 October 2013 | By European Railway Agency
The number of persons killed in railway accidents was below 1,200...
Balfour Beatty awarded £64 million Crossrail electrification contract
21 October 2013 | By Charles Whalley Advertising Limited
The contract covers the installation of new overhead line electrification equipment on all lines...
Network Rail awards two major Crossrail contracts for west London and Berkshire
18 October 2013 | By Crossrail
The stations contract covers significant improvements to stations...
New landmark Abbey Wood station gets the green light
18 October 2013 | By Crossrail
London Borough of Bexley and Royal Borough of Greenwich approve plans for new Crossrail station...
Paribus Capital orders Vectron AC
17 October 2013 | By Siemens
Paribus Capital GmbH has commissioned Siemens to supply two electric locomotives as part of the Paribus Rail Portfolio III...
Network Rail signs new five-year rail supply deal
16 October 2013 | By Network Rail
"We are renewing and enhancing more and more of Britain's railway over the next five years..."
