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UK Government Plans £80m Smart Ticketing Rail Revolution
The government has this week set out details of its £80 million programme to introduce smart ticketing across England and Wales by the end o…
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Bombardier Transportation Opens New Rail Maintenance Depot in Italy
Bombardier Transportation is celebrating the official opening of its new 300,000 square meter rail maintenance depot in Melzo, Italy in the …
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Siemens Multisystem Vectron Locomotive Certified for the Netherlands
The multisystem variant of the Siemens Vectron locomotive received certification by the dutch safety authority ILT (Inspectie Leefomgeving …
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Virgin Trains Launches Innovative Tool for Avoiding Rail Disruptions
Virgin Trains has launched an industry first tool aimed at helping customers avoid rail disruption on their journey and get to their destina…
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Alstom Unveils Latest Generation of Coradia Regional Trains
Coradia Stream is a high-performance low-floor electric multiple unit for regional and intercity transport, developed for the European marke…
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Lithuanian Railways Fined €28m for Hindering Competition
The European Commission has fined Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos geležinkeliai) an amount of €27 873 000 for hindering competition on the rai…
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DB Cargo UK Runs Trial Train as Part of Big Development Plans
The UK's leading rail freight operator DB Cargo UK and steel and mining company, ArcelorMittal, launched a trial freight service on Friday 2…
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Autonomous Freight Train Completes Test Run in Australia
Rio Tinto has successfully completed the first fully autonomous rail journey at its iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Aus…
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The Latest Leathers Lined Up for Railway Interiors Expo 2017
Many leather innovations will be presented at Railway Interiors Expo 2017, to be held on November 14-15, 2017, in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Sound Transit Moves Forward With Light Rail Extensions
The Sound Transit Board has approved the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions, establishing a $285.9 million budget for preliminary engi…
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NSW: Removing Signal Coverage Blackspots on the Central Coast Line
Expressions of Interest are now being called to upgrade the mobile telecommunications infrastructure along the 60km stretch of rail line bet…
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European Commission to Update Rail Passenger Rights
The European Commission is updating the European rules on rail passenger rights to better protect train travellers in case of delays, cancel…
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HackTrain 4.0 – Hacking Existing and New Policies in Rail
This year’s HackTrain hackathon is expanding its remit, as well as tackling challenges related to: customer experience, rolling stock, infra…
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Ground Work Commences on Depot for New Merseyrail Trains
Ground work has started on the new state-of-the-art depot at Kirkdale where all maintenance work for the new Merseyrail trains, due to be in…
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Siemens Delivers Fifth and Final Brightline Trainset
Brightline, the new privately funded express inter-city passenger rail service in Florida, will soon take delivery of its fifth trainset, Br…
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All Sense of Being in a Hurry Gone - Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations
Britain’s 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins, published on 28 September 2017. A joyful book about the history and architecture of th…
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Siemens and Alstom Join Forces to Create New 'European Rail Champion'
Siemens and Alstom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to combine Siemens’ mobility business including its rail traction drives busine…
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EN 45545 – The Hot Topic at Railway Interiors Expo 2017
This is just a snapshot of the many solutions to be presented at Railway Interiors Expo 2017. Almost 100 exhibitors are expected from all o…
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First Driverless Train Delivered to Sydney Metro
Sydney’s first metro train has arrived and is getting ready to hit the tracks and revolutionise public transport in Australia. Premier Glady…
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Bombardier Transportation Confirms German Restructuring
The Management and the General Works Council of Bombardier Transportation GmbH have signed a general company agreement regarding the transfo…
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Tender Process Launched for Edinburgh Tram Extension
Edinburgh City Council is to start the tender process for its £165m tram extension project after approving the outline business case (OBC) l…
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Singapore Forms New High-Speed Rail Infrastructure Company
The LTA has announced that it has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary – SG HSR – to implement the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) …
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UK Government to Invest in Britain’s First Digital Intercity Railway
The Government is developing plans for Britain’s first digital intercity railway in the north, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced …
