Latest Business News
All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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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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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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ByteToken’s Innovative Ticketing Technology Wins Prestigious Industry Award
ByteToken, Ltd in association with its parent company Bytemark Inc. were the big winners at the recent Transport Ticketing Global Awards in …
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Shanghai Awards Thales Contract for Driverless Metro Line
Demonstrating its world-leading capabilities in driverless metro systems, Thales SEC Transport (TST), the joint venture with Shanghai Electr…
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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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ClearSy Installs Innovative Platform Screen Doors Control System in Stockholm
In Stockholm City and Stockholm Odenplan stations, COPPILOT, the platform screen doors control system designed by ClearSy, is now in charge …
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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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WiFi SPARK to Provide Friendly WiFi Option to All Customers for No Extra Cost
As a certified Friendly WiFi provider, WiFi SPARK’s new proposition gives businesses peace of mind that their customers’ online experience i…
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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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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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Congestion Monitoring and Project Performance for the Latest 48-Hour HackTrain Hackathon
120 software developers, data scientists, designers, policy makers and entrepreneurs from all over the world were invited to join HackTrain …
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Merseyrail to Benefit From New State-of-the-Art Trains by 2020
New state-of-the-art trains will be introduced on to the Merseyrail network by 2020 replacing the current fleet which is approaching 40 year…
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Iconic Roundels Installed at Elizabeth Line Stations
The latest version of Transport for London’s (TfL’s) historic design has begun to make an appearance across London’s newest railway – the El…
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Stadler to Acquire Swedish Train Modernisation Business
Stadler is taking over the Knorr-Bremse subsidiary Swedtrac, which specialises in train modernisation. The acquisition of Swedtrac will enab…
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Flexicon Launches New Cable Protection for Hazardous Areas Guide
The 46-page Cable Protection for Hazardous Areas guide highlights many of the potential hazards faced by cabling, using simple icons. It is …
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San Francisco's 'Fleet of the Future' Approved for Passenger Service
San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has been given the go ahead to put the new 'Fleet of the Future' trains into passenger service…
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Alstom Ships First Coradia Polyvalent for Algeria
The Coradia Polyvalent for Algeria is a mainline dual-mode train (diesel and electric-25kV) capable of running at speeds of 160 km/h. With a…