Latest Infrastructure News
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TfW Continues Station Improvement Vision on Borderlands Line
Transport for Wales is continuing its station improvement vision by investing 280,000 GBP in enhancing 13 Borderlands Line stations.
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Network Rail Engages Passengers with Augmented Reality
Network Rail is choosing to use augemented reality to showcase its three new footbridge designs to the public via the ARki app.
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Crossrail Publishes 'Realistic and Achievable' Completion Plan
Crossrail has published a new plan that will see 120 key milestones being tracked, with a scheduled opening of October 2020–March 2021.
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Ontario: Hurontario LRT Contract Awarded
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded the contract to design, build, maintain, operate and finance the Hurontario LRT.
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Avignon Tram Line Opens with Alstom Citadis X05 Trams
Avignon's first tram line opened to the public on 19 October with Alstom Citadis X05 trams. A second line is scheduled to open in 2023.
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Vienna-Bratislava Upgrade Works: 1st Overpass Complete
The Vienna-Bratislava line is seeing upgrade works to make it a faster, electrified railway. 1 of 14 level crossings has now been eliminated…
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Industry Insider Week 41 – 11 Must-Read Rail News Stories
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider Week 41 for 7–11 October 2019.
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Rail Baltica Announces Notified Body Tender
RB Rail AS, which is delivering Rail Baltica, has announced a tender for a Notified Body service provider to assess EU TSI conformity.
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Salini Impregilo to Deliver Vestfold Line Upgrade Works
Engineering company Salini Impregilo has won a contract with Bane NOR to upgrade 13.6km of railway track on the Vestfold Line.
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Engadine Line Reopens Following Infrastructure Works
The Engadine Line infrastructure works between Scuol-Tarasp and Susch are almost complete. RhB had closed the section completely on 11 March…
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The Infrastructure Progress Report
An in-brief look at the status of current European railway infrastructure projects in Switzerland, Spain, Lativa, and France.
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Copenhagen Cityringen Metro Line Opens Sunday
Copenhagen's new metro line, Cityringen, will open on 29 September 2019. It has been under construction for 8 years and features 17 stations…
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Ground-Breaking for Dallas Area Rapid Transit Silver Line
Ground-breaking events for the new 26-mile Silver Line took place at six locations in the Dallas Area Rapid Transit region on 19 September.
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Paris-Lyon High-Speed Line to Get Atlas ERTMS Level 2
The Paris-Lyon high-speed line is to get the Atlas ERTMS Level 2 solution to increase capacity on what is Europe's busiest route.
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Changzhou Metro Line 1 Commences Passenger Service
Changzhou Metro Line 1 began passenger operations on 21 September 2019. It is the first metro line in the Chinese city, with 5 more planned.
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METRONET Railcar Depot Tender Announced
Metronet has made public a tender for the construction of an assembly and maintenance depot for railcars in Bellevue, Western Australia.
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TfW Publishes Station Improvement Vision | £194m Investment
Transport for Wales has published its Station Improvement Vision stating that it will invest £194 in modernising all 247 stations in Wales.
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One Billion HS2 Old Oak Common Contract Awarded
Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA joint venture wins construction management contract for HS2's Old Oak Common station worth 1 billion GBP.
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Keolis Opens Shanghai Pudong Airport Metro
On 16 September Shanghai Keolis opened the Pudong International Airport metro, connecting the terminals to the new satellite halls.
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Network Rail: Dawlish Sea Wall Work Set to Restart
Construction on the sea wall at Dawlish, Devon is set to restart after a break to minimise disruption during the peak summer tourist season.
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Alstom ETCS System Enters Service on Wuppertal Suspension Railway
Alstom equipped the entirety of Wuppertal Suspension Railway (Wuppertaler Schwebebahn) with the Atlas ETCS train control system.
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Deutsche Bahn to Halve Use of Glyphosate in 2020
Deutsche Bahn says it will halve its use of glyphosate in 2020 and instead focus on more mechanical, manual options for removing weeds.
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ProRail Increases Capacity for 2020 Timetable
Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail has created its 2020 timetable with 740m freight trains and a planning tool to increase capacity.
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New Electronic Interlocking at Linz Station
A new electronic interlocking has been put into service at Linz Central Station allowing increased passenger numbers and cargo volume.