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21 November 2022

Network Rail to carry out upgrade projects over Christmas and New Year

21 November 2022 | By Global Railway Review

Network Rail says more than 95 per cent of Britain's rail network will be open over Christmas and New Year, despite planned upgrade work taking place to deliver 300 key investment projects.

21 November 2022

Network Rail invest £7.3m to overhaul Salford’s biggest rail station

21 November 2022 | By Global Railway Review

The much-needed Salford Central station improvements will provide a better travelling experience for passengers and improve train reliability across Greater Manchester.

21 November 2022

ÖBB RCG highlights network expansion plans to shift more freight to rail

21 November 2022 | By Global Railway Review

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group reveals plans for more rail transportation through the duty-free corridor from the port of Trieste to the Dry Port Villach, and investments in increasing waste transports by rail and new subsidiaries in China and Serbia.

21 November 2022

Amtrak advance $1.5b infrastructure investment to enhance Northeast Corridor

21 November 2022 | By Global Railway Review

Amtrak is moving forward with a project to replace the 116-year-old Susquehanna River Rail Bridge to improve efficiency on the Northeast Corridor.

21 November 2022

Continued decrease in rail fatalities, according to UIC records

21 November 2022 | By Global Railway Review

According to the UIC Safety Database, the 2021 fatality indicator was the lowest it has ever been since the database on significant accidents was created in 2006.

21 November 2022

Global Railway Review Weekly News Roundup

21 November 2022 | By Craig Waters (Editor - Global Railway Review)

Craig Waters, Editor of Global Railway Review, explores what made the headlines in the rail industry during week 14-18 November 2022.

18 November 2022

Defibrillators installed at every station on Southeastern network

18 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

Automated External Defibrillators have now been installed at all 164 stations across the Southeastern network.

18 November 2022

Webuild Group win €441-million contract in Romania

18 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

Webuild will continue its expansion in Romania with the new Lot 4 contract for the upgrading of the Caransebes-Timişoara-Arad railway.

17 November 2022

GCRE sign the Rail Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Charter

17 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

The Global Centre of Rail Excellence has become the latest organisation to sign the EDI Charter, which recently passed over 200 signatories.

17 November 2022

Network Rail successfully secure embankment in Morpeth

17 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

A £13.2 million Network Rail project to stabilise an embankment near Morpeth Station on the East Coast Main Line has been successful.

17 November 2022

Tri-Rail closer to getting services into MiamiCentral

17 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

Following a Tri-Party Agreement, SFRTA engineers are to begin training and testing for the implementation of Tri-Rail trains at MiamiCentral Station.

17 November 2022

CER members remain committed to more diversity in the workforce

17 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

A year after signing the Women in Rail autonomous agreement with the ETF, CER members have remained committed to diversity and gender equality in the workforce.

17 November 2022

Union Pacific publish second comprehensive Climate Action Plan

17 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

Union Pacific have highlighted efforts to address climate change and outlined long-term strategies to reduce GHG emissions in their Climate Action Plan.

16 November 2022

Research project finds way to enable more freight by rail

16 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

A research project by the Rail Safety and Standards Board has discovered a way for UK freight train operators to safely haul more goods wagons per train.

15 November 2022

Norway and Sweden look to improve Oslo–Gothenburg train services

15 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)

The Swedish Transport Administration are working with the Norwegian Railway Directorate to find ways to improve services on the Gothenburg-Oslo route.

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