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28 May 2021

Network Rail to showcase hydrogen-powered HydroFLEX train at COP26

28 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

Working with Porterbrook, Network Rail has announced plans to showcase some of the best of British low-carbon train technology at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.

28 May 2021

HybridFLEX battery-diesel train continues programme of testing

28 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

Senior managers from Porterbrook and Chiltern Railways have visited the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway to see the testing of Britain's first hybrid-powered train.

28 May 2021

Renfe places order for variable gauge high-speed locomotives

28 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

The €281.5 million contract has been awared to Talgo to manufacture up to 40 new variable gauge and 330km/h commercial speed powerheads (locomotives), with a contract for 26 powerheads for €195.5 million as the last step in transforming 13 conventional trains into very high-speed trains.

28 May 2021

UK government urged to publish multibillion-pound rail investment plan for the North

28 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

The North’s leaders have called on the UK government to urgently publish the Integrated Rail Plan for the region’s railways, to give essential certainty on investment and delivery of major projects.

27 May 2021

Amtrak showcases its vision to grow passenger rail services across America

27 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

Amtrak is initiating the work to deliver by 2035 more frequent, reliable and sustainable intercity passenger rail services to over 160 more communities and 20 million more passengers annually, as outlined in their 'Corridor Vision'.

27 May 2021

Deutsche Bahn expands use of artificial intelligence to improve punctuality

27 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

The Stuttgart S-Bahn network is being supported with artificial intelligence (AI) to optimise maintenance activities and therefore ensure trains are more punctual for passengers.

26 May 2021

HS2’s new piling innovation has huge potential benefits for the construction industry

26 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

HS2 Ltd has revealed a new vacuum excavation technique for piling which could have massive benefits for the international construction industry.

26 May 2021

Network Rail signs declaration in pledge to make rail travel greener

26 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

Britain’s rail infrastructure operator has joined railway organisations from around the world in signing the UIC's Climate Declaration to further commit to tackling climate change.

26 May 2021

Major investment announced for Britain’s rail in the North and Midlands

26 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

The UK government has announced a £401 million investment to give passengers and freight operators across the North and Midlands faster, greener and more reliable rail services.

25 May 2021

‘Passenger Assistance’ app launched to make railway more accessible

25 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

A new app has been launched in Great Britain that will make it easier and quicker for disabled people to request assistance for their train journeys, helping people to travel with confidence.

24 May 2021

Go-Ahead releases early blueprints for new style of adaptable train carriages

24 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

Go-Ahead's concept carriages, which can be adjusted from ‘commuter mode’ to ‘leisure mode’, have been drawn up to meet the changing needs of UK rail passengers.

24 May 2021

UWC to supply methanol tank cars to EuroChem

24 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

Russia’s largest manufacturer of railcars will supply 109 tank cars for methanol to EuroChem, one of the world’s largest producers of mineral fertilizers.

24 May 2021

France’s autonomous regional train prototype begins operation testing

24 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

SNCF and its partners have begun testing a modified Regio 2N regional train as a prototype autonomous regional train for France's rail network.

24 May 2021

FirstGroup signs NRCs for South Western Railway and TransPennine Express

24 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

FirstGroup has agreed with the Department for Transport two National Rail Contracts for the SWR and TPE train operating companies, with a primary term of two years.

21 May 2021

DB Cargo freight locomotive to be equipped with latest ETCS technology

21 May 2021 | By Global Railway Review

One of DB Cargo’s DE6400 freight locomotives is to be equipped with state-of-the-art ETCS technology for service in Belgium and the Netherlands.

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