Connexinfra installs two Corus modular platforms in Toulouse
11 February 2010 | By Corus Rail
A new station, Gallieni – Canceropôle, has been added to the Toulouse Auch TER line, which carries 6,000 passengers a day.
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Bombardier supplies additional double-deck coaches to Deutsche Bahn AG
10 February 2010 | By Bombardier
Bombardier Transportation is to supply 18 additional doubledeck coaches to Deutsche Bahn (DB) AG worth approximately €24 million.
23 miles of track to be replaced ‘overnight’
10 February 2010 | By Network Rail
Network Rail is to replace 23 miles of track this year on the famous Settle – Carlisle line with virtually no disruption to passenger train services.
CrossCountry e-ticket sales beat £2m mark
8 February 2010 | By CrossCountry
CrossCountry has announced that it has sold over 76,000 print-at-home 'e-tickets' since the rail operator launched the online initiative in November 2008.
Network Rail awards key contract to Jacobs Engineering
5 February 2010 | By Network Rail
Plans for a £53m investment in the rail infrastructure in Anglia have moved a step closer as Network Rail announces Jacobs Engineering as its design partner.
Crossrail starts preparatory works at Royal Oak tunnel site
5 February 2010 | By Crossrail
Europe's largest infrastructure project, Crossrail, is moving ahead with preparatory work now underway for the railway's future tunnel entrance.
Virgin passengers want better stations
4 February 2010 | By Virgin Trains
Virgin Trains passengers have given a big thumbs up to the trains, staff and value for money for price of ticket, but they have made clear they desperately want to see the same standards at stations.
Northern first to achieve new RISAS accreditation
4 February 2010 | By Northern Rail
In a rail industry first, Northern Rail has been awarded Rail Industry Supplier Approval Scheme (RISAS) approval for mileage-based maintenance.
Petards eyeTrain to protect travellers on Stansted Express trains
3 February 2010 | By Petards
Petards eyeTrain has been selected by Bombardier to be fitted to 30 new four-car trains they are building which will operate on the Stansted Express services.
telent awarded multi-million pound contract by First Great Western
1 February 2010 | By telent
telent has been awarded a multi-million pound station information and surveillance systems contract by First Great Western.
Thales supplies ETCS on-board systems for Slovakian railways
28 January 2010 | By Thales
Thales recently announced that it will provide Slovakian Railways (ZSSK Passenger) with its European Train Control System (ETCS).
BOMBARDIER TRAXX Locomotives to Serve on Hungarian State Railway
28 January 2010 | By Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier Transportation has received an order from the Hungarian State Railway company, MAV, for 25 BOMBARDIER TRAXX P 160 AC locomotives.
Invensys Rail wins major signalling contracts
28 January 2010 | By Invensys Rail
Network Rail has awarded Invensys Rail the contract to resignal the Water Orton area in the West Midlands and the Moorthorpe interlocking renewal scheme.
Locomotives to Further Serve as Backbone for Iron Ore Transport
28 January 2010 | By Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier Transportation recently handed over the first of another four class BOMBARDIER IORE double-section heavy haul locomotives to MTAB.
Italian north-south high speed line completed
9 December 2009 | By
ITALY: Celebrations were held in Milano on December 5 to mark the completion of the final sections of the north-south high speed rail corridor.