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All the latest business news in the rail sector.
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New Pennsylvania Station-Farley Complex Plans Unveiled
Governor Cuomo unveiled plans for a complete transformation of the historic James A. Farley Post Office into a world-class transportation hu…
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First High-Speed Train for the Express Rail Link has Arrived in Hong Kong
The first of the nine high-speed trains for the Hong Kong Section of the Express Rail Link (XRL) project arrived in Hong Kong from Qingdao b…
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Deutsche Bahn Singles Out its Best Suppliers
Deutsche Bahn presented its seventh Suppliers' Award in Berlin at InnoTrans 2016, including for the first time, the DB Supplier Innovation A…
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AMTRAK Investment Package to Advance Washington Union Station Concourse Modernisation
Amtrak will use a portion of its $2.45 billion investment for the modernisation of Washington Union Station passenger rail concourse along w…
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Blog #1: Berlin's Anhalter Station
Berlin's Anhalter Station, first built in 1841 and rebuilt in 1880 has been the site of much history. Railway_News finds out more.
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MTR Achieves Record Punctuality on Stockholm Metro
Passengers on the Stockholm Metro operated by MTR have benefited from 25 consecutive months of record punctuality rates, a record improvemen…
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Bombardier Delivers First Vehicle for Delhi Metro Order
Bombardier Transportation is celebrating the delivery of the first metro car from an order for 162 additional cars placed last year by Delhi…
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South Africa: Transnet Sign Deal with RailRunner to Develop Bimodal Rail Service
Transnet is excited to announce collaboration with RailRunner South Africa (RRSA). Transnet and RRSA have signed an agreement on a bimodal r…
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RSSB: Rail can do More to Tackle Impact of Alcohol
An industry-wide approach to tackling alcohol misuse on the railway is essential to help reduce deaths at the platform edge, according to RS…
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CSX Receives Award of Excellence for Emergency Response Tool
The NAPSG Foundation has granted an Award of Excellence in Public Safety to CSX for its “CSX Rail Respond” mobile-computing application
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Athletes of the 2016 Paralympics Games Endorse Alstom’s Tram of Rio
Alstom’s Tram of Rio welcomed Paralympics athletes that will compete at Rio Paralympics games in Brazil that started on September 7th.
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Premiere in Berlin: The ICE 4 has Arrived
Deutsche Bahn’s ICE 4 long-distance train has been presented to the public, with a new dimension of quality assurance and improved passenger…
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Rail Staff Set to go Mobile with New Rule Book App
Rail staff could soon be using a mobile app to refer to safety critical rules and procedures, thanks to an RSSB-led programme to modernise t…
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CAF Selected as Preferred Bidder for the New Amsterdam Trams
Amsterdam public transport operator, GVB Activa B.V., has selected CAF as its preferred bidder for the supply of new trams.
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DB Cargo and Chinese City of Hefei to Collaborate on Rail Transports
DB Cargo and the Hefei municipal government signed a memorandum of understanding pledging to initiate rail freight transport from Hefei to H…
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Hong Kong Tunnel Breakthrough Celebrated
A key milestone on the SCL Project (Shatin to Central Link) has been achieved with the breakthrough of the tunnel for the Tai Wai to Hung Ho…
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Italian Operator Trenitalia Acquires French Operator Thello
Italian operator Trenitalia has acquired full ownership of the company Thello Sas, by taking over the 33.33% stake previously held by Transd…
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WSDOT State Loans Available for Freight Rail Projects
WSDOT has reopened the application period for another chance to apply for a portion of $5 million in Freight Rail Investment Bank (FRIB) loa…
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CRRC Overseas Orders up 126% in H1 2016
In the first half (H1) of 2016, CRRC overseas orders more than doubled, despite the lackluster world economy, latest company data showed.
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Loading on Russian Railways' Network Amounts to 105.9million Tons
According to the latest figures, loading on Russian Railways in August 2016 amounted to 105.9 million tons, 0.7% more thanAugust 2015.
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Quito Metro: Highest Metro System in the World Currently Under Construction
In Quito, Ecuador, one of the highest metro systems in the world is currently being built. The quito metro is expected to be operational by …
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Station Improvements for Eastern Taiwan to Accommodate Travellers
In the future, Hualien Station will have separate pathways for arriving and departing travellers, and an elevated walkway that crosses over …
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VIA Rail Sees Increased Revenues as Canadians Choose Smarter Way to Travel
VIA Rail welcomed 26,000 more passengers from April to June 2016 than during the same period of 2015 and Canadians travelled 7.2million more…
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Alstom to Maintain Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit System
Alstom has been selected by Rideau Transit Maintenance General Partnership (RTM) to maintain the city of Ottawa’s light rail transit system