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Electrified Lines Are Always On. So Always Stay Off.
A new campaign warns of the devastating impact trespassing on electrified railway can have and urges people to stay safe and keep off the tr…
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PANYNJ Explores Options for Cross Harbor Freight Movement
PANYNJ will closely examine two preferred options – the construction of a cross harbor freight tunnel and the expansion of the Port Authorit…
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£680,000 Project to Transform the Maintenance of Rail Vehicles
Experts at the University of Huddersfield are playing a central role in a £680,000 project designed to transform the maintenance of rail veh…
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BNSF Railway Publishes $3.3 Billion 2018 Spending Plan
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has announced its 2018 capital investment plan of $3.3 billion. This year's capital plan reflects BNSF's continu…
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Keeping Rail On Track: REMSA’s Vision for 2018
In this comment for Railway-News, Dave Tennent, Executive Director of REMSA outlines his priorities for advocacy in 2018.
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Transport for NSW Integrates with Alexa for Real-Time Information
Now Transport for NSW customers will be able to hear an answer to that question in a flash with Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service av…
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Carillion's Smaller Rail Suppliers to be Paid Arrears
Around 300 of Carillion Construction Ltd's smaller rail suppliers are to be paid the arrears they are owed following a further agreement bet…
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RIA: ‘Boom and Bust’ System of Rail Funding Needs to End
Trade body the Railway Industry Association has today told the Transport Select Committee that the current ‘boom and bust’ system of rail fu…
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Investigators Release Update On Washington Train Derailment
As part of its ongoing investigation into the Dec. 18, 2017, derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in DuPont, Washington, the NTSB release…
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Survey Shows 81% of Rail Passengers Are Satisfied With Their Journey
Transport Focus’s latest National Rail Passenger Survey (NRPS), capturing the satisfaction of over 27,000 passengers with their last journey…
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Thoroughly Modern Mechan Gives Lift to Heritage Rail
The specialist manufacturer has supplied four 35-tonne railcar lifting jacks to Severn Valley Railway’s new Kidderminster facility, to make …
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UK Transport Industry Warned to Boost Cyber Security or Face Hefty Fines
Bosses of Britain’s most critical industries are being warned to boost cyber security or face hefty fines for leaving themselves vulnerable …
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New Regional Trains for Greater Anglia Take Shape
Greater Anglia has revealed the first pictures of its new train carriages that will arrive in East Anglia from 2019. The completed body shel…
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Union Pacific Begins Construction on its $550 Million Rail Yard in Texas
Union Pacific began construction this month on its Brazos Yard in Robertson County, Texas. The $550 million rail yard represents the largest…
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Positive Train Control in the US: A Vital, Complex and Expensive Technology
Positive Train Control (PTC) is a train protection technology we have heard a lot about in the past few years. After a series of accidents i…
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New York's MTA Approves Purchase of Next Generation Subway Cars
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board voted on Wednesday to approve the purchase of 535 state-of-the-art, next generation su…
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EU Investigating Restructuring Aid for Polish Regional Railways
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into restructuring aid for Polish Regional Railways. Under EU State aid rules c…
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Baselland Transport Tests Collision Warning System for its Trams
The light rail collision warning system used combines a video camera and a radar sensor with a control unit. The radar sensor detects the sp…
