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13 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 10
In this week's Railway-News Industry Insider: Alstom wins signalling upgrade contract in Boston, and Switzerland to reduce price of using ra…
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Jewers Go Down-Under on Canberra Metro
Jewers provided four sets of Swift-SEW doors on the maintenance depot for the new Light Rail system in the country's capital, Canberra.
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Mechan Welcomes Anniversary Visit from Local MP
Sheffield Labour MP, Clive Betts, has paid local rail maintenance equipment specialist, Mechan, a special visit to mark its 50th anniversary…
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Siemens UK: Gender Pay Gap at Almost 20 Percent
Siemens UK has published its Gender Pay Gap report for 2018, which has found that the median pay gap between men and women is almost 20 perc…
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UITP and ITF Sign Important Agreement for Women in Public Transport
UITP and ITF have signed an agreement to bring more women into the public transport workforce. The agreement makes nine practical recommenda…
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International Women's Day around the World: United Kingdom – Colas Rail
Colas Rail celebrates International Women's Day. Men are key to achieving equality between the sexes. Colas Rail men explain why the IWD mat…
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International Women's Day around the World: France – The Grand Paris Express
It's International Women's Day and different countries, businesses and rail industry projects are celebrating the event. We want to highligh…
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International Women's Day 2019: #BalanceforBetter
It's International Women's Day 2019 and the rail industry is one of the sectors most lagging behind when it comes to how many women it emplo…
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Russia: Transmashholding Tests New Sleeper Cars
Tver new model trains to include single-storey sleeper cars that will feature improved climate control as well as reduced noise levels.
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Australian and UK Railway Associations Deepen Collaboration
The Australasian Railway Association has a memorandum of understanding with the Railway Industry Association (UK) to develop better working …
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12th CZ Loko EffiShunter 300 Delivered to Czech Railways
12th CZ Loko EffiShunter 300 locomotive delivered to Czech Railways, completing a contract dating back to 2017. The Warsaw Metro has bought …
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United States: Alstom Wins Boston Subway Signalling Contract
Alstom and Barletta Engineering have won a Boston subway signalling contract to upgrade the equipment for the city's red and orange lines.
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Did you know... we've just published our SIFER Special Magazine
The Railway-News SIFER Special Magazine is out now! SIFER 2019 takes place in Lille, France, on 26–28 March 2019. Please enjoy our accompany…
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Lantal Fabrics at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
“The Road Ahead: Reimagining Mobility” takes a look into the future, focusing on the topics of innovation, mobility, security and sustainabi…
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Switzerland to Reduce Price of Using Rail Network by 90 Million
The Swiss Federal Office of Transport has announced it wants to reduce the price train operators pay for using the rail network starting in …
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10 Must-Read Rail News Stories – Industry Insider for Week 9
Our Railway-News Industry Insider for 25 Feb–1 Mar 2019 featuring all the important news of the week in the rail sector from rolling stock t…
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All Sectors Covered at Railtex 2019 as Last Few Exhibitor Spaces Remain
With the exhibition now less than three months away, Railtex 2019 is taking final reservations for the last remaining stand spaces, as the i…
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218 Russian Railway Stations to have Free Wifi by the End of 2019
The Russian Railways wifi project will see the number of stations in the country with free wifi rise from 136 to 218 by the end of 2019.
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Polish Rail Company Lotos Kolej Buys 5 Newag Electric Locomotives
Polish rail company Lotos Kolej has bought 5 Newag electric locomotives. Two of them are Griffin locomotives, while three are Dragon 2 locom…
