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Bombardier Awarded Melbourne Metro High-Capacity Signalling Contract
The Andrews Labor Government’s $11 billion Melbourne Metro Tunnel project will install 55 kilometres of next-generation, high-capacity signa…
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PowerRail, Inc. Unveils Sister Company PowerSeal Solutions
PowerRail, Inc., an AAR M-1003 Certified Quality Company, is pleased to announce the formation of a new sister company, PowerSeal Solutions™…
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RTA Inspects Progress of New Trains for Dubai Metro
A delegation from the Roads and Transport Authority has visited France to check the work progress in the manufacturing of 50 new trains for …
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Cross Yarra Partnership Selected to Build Melbourne Metro Tunnel
The Melbourne Metro Tunnel and Stations package will create more than 5,000 jobs, including apprentices, trainees and engineering cadets.
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Welsh Government and Arriva Trains Wales Announce Extra Trains
The class 319 flex bi-mode trains have been funded by Welsh Government with £1m of support from Arriva Trains Wales, and will be added to ex…
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Winners of the Construction Contracts for HS2 Phase One Revealed
The winners of the major construction contracts for HS2 Phase One were announced today, 17 July 2017, with the £6.6 billion contracts...
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U.S. DOT Advances Rail Plans for Northeast Corridor
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released the Northeast Corridor (NEC) FUTURE Record of Dec…
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Transport for London to Order More Trains for Elizabeth Line
Services on the Elizabeth line are set to be even more extensive and frequent than originally planned when the line becomes fully operationa…
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New Lightweight Regional Trains Delivered to Denmark
Alstom has delivered on-time 13 Coradia Lint regional trains to Nordjyske Jernbaner, just two years after contract signature.
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NJ Transit Adopts Fiscal Year 2018 Operating Budget
The NJ Transit (New Jersey Transit) Board of Directors has adopted a Fiscal Year 2018 operating budget and capital program that supports...
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Arriva Wins Northern Rail Concession in the Netherlands
Arriva, a leading pan-European passenger transport company, has announced that it will operate the regional rail transport in the north of t…
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Siemens Presents First Rhine-Ruhr Express Prototype
Siemens has developed a new design for the Rhine-Ruhr Express fleet based on the successful Desiro platform. The train's concept combines...
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State Aid for Danish Rail Freight ERTMS Implementation Approved
All regional and long-distance rail tracks operated by the Danish State will gradually be converted to the European Rail Traffic Management …
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Production of Double-Deck Railcars for Trenitalia Completed
The Vivalto double-deck railcars are part of a framework contract concerning the production of 706 cars for Trenitalia, for a total amount o…
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African Forum to Address Rail Maintenance and Rehabilitation
The poor or even non-existence of rail maintenance and rehabilitation in Africa is often a result of a lack of revenue that is supposed to b…
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Alstom and SNCF Réseau Collaborate on Traffic Management Tool
Following a call to tender launched in 2016, SNCF Réseau has selected Alstom to design a new operational traffic management tool.
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Beijing's First Maglev Prepares for Operation
The maglev line will have eight stations stretching over 10.2 km and will run at a maximum speed of 100 km/h. Services on Line S1 will run f…
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Stockholm City Line Enters Commercial Service
Commercial operations began on the new Stockholm City Line today, July 10, with the first train departing from Stockholm at 05:04.
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Derby 2018 Project: £200million Railway Upgrade Confirmed
With passenger numbers having doubled in the past 20 years and demand set to continue to grow, the Derby 2018 project is a once-in-a-generat…
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China Railway Pilot Run of New Energy Trains
China Railway is testing new energy trains that are capable of running on grid power and of using batteries to make them more versatile.
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Eurostar Power Cars to be Donated to National College for High Speed Rail
Following the decision to retire some of these hard-working vehicles, two of the power cars will be given to the National College for High S…
