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Infrabel Awards British Steel Four-Year Supply Contract
The four-year agreement is for the maintenance and renewal of the Belgian rail network and will see British Steel supply between 35,000 and …
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Rail Baltica: Presentation of Technical Design Requirements for Two Sections
Rail Baltica is divided into eleven sections in total. On 18 October the Rail Baltica joint venture held a meeting to present the technical …
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Austrian Federal Railways Announces Improvements for 2019 Timetable
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) have announced the additional connections and services they will be launching as part of the new European-wi…
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Stadler Tramlink Rolling Stock Chosen for Limmat Valley Line
Swiss transport operator Aargau Verkehr AG has announced it has selected Stadler Tramlink rolling stock for the narrow-gauge light rail line…
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Alstom to Deliver 15 Coradia Polyvalent Trains to Senegal
Alstom is about to ship fifteen of its modular Coradia Polyvalent regional trains to Senegal on the West African coast. They have been manuf…
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Railway-News Industry Insider: This Week's 13 Must-Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 12–19 October 2018: all the rail news from around the world, from big industry players such a…
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ADLINK Announces Two New CompactPCI® 2.0 Processor Blades Powered by Latest Intel® Xeon®, Core™ and Atom® Processors
3U cPCI-3630 and 6U cPCI-6636 further enhance ADLINK’s extensive, rugged CompactPCI processor blades portfolio and provide technology upgrad…
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Bangkok Skytrain: Bombardier Discloses Maintenance Contract Partner
In July 2018 Bombardier Transportation announced it had signed a 20-year maintenance contract with an undisclosed partner in southeast Asia.…
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Internet from Space for Seamless Connectivity says Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn has announced that its DB Digital Ventures organisation – which was set up to aid Deutsche Bahn's investment in start-ups with…
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Russian Commodities Producer Awards Tank Car Tender to United Wagon Company
United Wagon Company (UWC) has announced that Russian commodities producer UMMC (Ural Mining Metallurgical Company) has awarded it a tender …
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Bombardier to Showcase Its Transport Solutions for the Nordic Market
Bombardier has announced it is participating in the Persontrafik exhibition. It is proud to present its energy-saving MITRAC TC1500 propulsi…
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DB Launches New App for Passengers with Impairments
Deutsche Bahn presented its new app, 'DB Barrierefrei', in Berlin today. This is a further milestone in making the services of Deutsche Bahn…
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Slovakian Rail Company Orders Stadler GTW Multiple Units
Stadler Rail has announced it has secured a contract for five rack-and-pinion / adhesion traction GTW-type multiple units and one locomotive…
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Sydney Metro TBMs to Begin Work on the Project's Tunnels
Sydney Metro has announced that tunnelling works have begun in the city. The Sydney Metro TBMs have been designed specifically to deal with …
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Direct High-Speed Rail Service Between London and Bordeaux One Step Closer
Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel, the company responsible for managing and operating the Channel Tunnel that connects Great Britain to ma…
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UK: Priti Patel MP Joins Rail Fellowship Programme
Priti Patel, Conservative MP for Witham, has joined the Railway Industry Association’s (RIA) Rail Fellowship Programme. The high-profile MP …
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Railway Division Annual Luncheon Returns for 2019
After last year’s sell-out event, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Division Annual Luncheon returns on 1 March 2019 at the G…
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£1.3bn of Private Investment in UK Rail Industry During 2017-18
According to the Rail Finance 2017-18 Annual Statistical Release, published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), private investment in the …
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USA: Operation Lifesaver Appoints New Director of Communications and Marketing
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI), a non-profit organisation which campaigns for improvements in rail safety, has appointed Jessica Puchala di…
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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…
