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Australia: Government Solicits EOI for Warrnambool and Geelong Upgrades
The federal government of Australia has solicited Expressions of Interest for a multi-million-dollar contract to design and build important …
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Upskill your Young Railway Engineers and Apprentices to keep up with the rapidly evolving Industry
“All Change Please!” will feature instructive presentations, in-depth workshops, enlightening site visits and crucial networking activities,…
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HS2: Public Consultations on Impact of Phase 2B Route Open Until 21 December
HS2 Ltd has launched 2 public consultations on Phase 2b route of the line. Communities in the area can formally respond to working drafts of…
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Ecuador: Alstom Presents Multimodal Management Programme at Expo Europa 360
Alstom Transport is attending Expo Europa 360 in Quito, Ecuador to present Mastria, a multimodal management solution that incorporates advan…
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Mitigate risk at the PTI with Crossrail, HS2, Network Rail, Heathrow Express and Transport for London
With the UK rail industry experiencing approximately 1,500 Platform Train Interface (PTI) incidents a year, improving safety and accessibili…
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UK: Rail Week 2018 Promotes Careers in the Industry
Young Rail Professionals and other organisations in the UK, including Network Rail, are co-ordinating a programme of special events to impro…
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Fact File: Panama Metro – Line 2
Panama City is the largest city and capital of Panama and has an urban population of almost 900,000. The first line of the Panama Metro, in …
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Germany Launches New Alliance with Business to Promote Rail
The German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure has announced that the "Zukunftsbündnis Schiene" - the partnership betwe…
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First Upgraded Inter7City High-Speed Train to Enter Service in Scotland
ScotRail has announced that it is about to get another step closer to its goal of building "the best railway Scotland has ever had". Startin…
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Hydrogen Cells: How Alstom is Building on the Coradia iLint
One of the most effective selling points of rail transport is that it's green. The Coradia iLint was successfully tested in Germany in 2017 …
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US: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for CAHSR Now Available
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CAHSR Authority) has announced that its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the cri…
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Almost 1 Million Passenger Journeys on Hong Kong High-Speed Rail to Date
MTR Corporation announced on 7 October that since services began on the Hong Hong High-Speed Rail line (Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong) on 23 …
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Railway-News Industry Insider: This Week's 12 Must-Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 1–5 October 2018: all this week's news from around the world, featuring comment pieces by the…
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DB Sets Up DB Cargo Eurasia Due to Success of Trans-Eurasian Corridor
2018 marks a ten-year anniversary for Deutsche Bahn AG (DB). What started with one train in 2008 has now grown into 3,600 trains in 2018. De…
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UK: HS2 Completes Euston Station Demolition Works
High Speed Two Ltd has announced that the Euston station demolition works are now complete: the former 250m carriage sheds have now been ful…
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Mechan Sets Fundraising Goal to Mark Half Century
Rail maintenance equipment specialist, Mechan, is embarking on a charity mission to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The Sheffield-based manu…
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European Court of Auditors: Progress is Slow on High-Speed Rail Across the EU
In Europe, Japan and China in particular, but also in other parts of the world, high-speed rail is considered an innovative transport mode, …
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UWC and URALCHEM-TRANS Sign Maintenance Infrastructure Agreement
United Wagon Company (UWC), one of the world's biggest manufacturers of freight cars, has announced it has signed an agreement with logistic…
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Bombardier Partners with Siemens to Supply New ICE 4 Trains to DB
On 28 September Railway-News reported that DB was investing an additional one billion euros into modernising its ICE 1 fleet and in purchasi…
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The Current Impact of Digitisation on the Rail Industry
Digitisation is impacting every area of the rail industry, from train maintenance through to ticket sales. As the industry looks at ways to …
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1 in 7 Drivers Risk Their Lives at Level Crossings Every Day
Populus was commissioned by Network Rail, the UK's rail infrastructure manager, to conduct research into drivers' behaviour around level cro…
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GE Transportation to Supply 3 Locomotives to Iowa Interstate Railroad
Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd (IAIS), the only Class 2 railroad in the United States that connects directly to all Class 1 railroads, announc…
