Latest Region News
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Night Overground Services to Extend to North London
Thousands more passengers will benefit from a more extensive Night Overground as services extend to Canonbury and Highbury & Islington stati…
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RIA: ‘It’s Time to Come Together to Solve Rail Funding Boom and Bust’
Peter Loosely, Policy Manager of the RIA, on the future of rail funding in the UK, which expands on the recent appearance of their Chief Exe…
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Entire Baltimore Metro System Closes for Emergency Repairs
Following a thorough inspection, the Maryland Department of Transportation has announced the complete closure of the entire Baltimore Metro …
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Network Rail Unveils Ambitious £47bn Plan to Improve Britain’s Railway
Network Rail has published its ambitious five-year plan to improve Britain’s railway over the five years to 2024 (Control Period 6, CP6). Th…
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CRRC Debuts New Generation of Driverless Monorail Trains
On February 01, Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CRRC introduced a new generation of driverless monorail trains that increase passenger ca…
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Eurostar Unveils Plan to Cut Carbon Emissions and Reduce Waste
These new targets build on the achievements of the last eight years during which time Eurostar has achieved a 32% reduction in carbon emissi…
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Testing Commences on Sydney’s First Driverless Metro Train
Sydney’s first driverless metro train is on the track and undergoing testing ahead of Sydney Metro services starting next year. Premier Glad…
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Hitachi and Great Western Railway Unveil First Italian-Built Trains
New Intercity Express Trains manufactured in Italy for Great Western Railway’s (GWR) Devon and Cornwall route are to begin a rare journey ac…
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Alstom to Supply 30 Electric Locomotives to ONCF in €130 Million Deal
Alstom has been awarded a contract with ONCF for the supply of 30 electric locomotives. The contract – which is the result of an internation…
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MoU Signed for Rail Industry Education and Research in Thailand
The MoU is Bombardier’s first academic partnership in Thailand to focus on this advanced level of rail industry education and research...
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NTSB Says Engineer Fatigue Caused Two Commuter Rail Accidents
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that 2 commuter railroad terminal accidents in the New York area were caused by engi…
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Texas Central Reveals “Preferred Location” for its Houston Bullet Train Station
Texas Central has announced its preferred location for the Houston bullet train station, at the Northwest Mall site near the interchange of …
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Network Rail CEO Mark Carne to Retire
Mark Carne, the chief executive of Network Rail, has advised the Board that he has decided to retire from the company later this year. The t…
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Driverless Metro Booming in China
Ling Fang, MD of Alstom’s division in China & East Asia, tells Railway-News how her company is keeping up with the development of driverless…
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James Corden Shows Jamie Dornan His Model Train Set in Fifty Shades of Grey Spoof
James Corden invites a very innocent Jamie Dornan into his secret room, introducing him to a whole new world of pleasure using model train s…
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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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Keeping Rail On Track: REMSA’s Vision for 2018
In this comment for Railway-News, Dave Tennent, Executive Director of REMSA outlines his priorities for advocacy in 2018.
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Transport for NSW Integrates with Alexa for Real-Time Information
Now Transport for NSW customers will be able to hear an answer to that question in a flash with Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service av…
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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…