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Iris – A Single Model For A Thousand Faces
Bollé Safety has designed the Iris to give the perfect fit on every face. High cheekbones, flat forehead, crooked nose, uneven ears, whateve…
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Canadian Pacific Invests in New High-Capacity Hopper Cars for its Grain Trains
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP) has 1000 announced high-capacity grain hopper cars from National Steel Car. The total capacity for grain i…
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Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railway Sign Agreement Strengthening European-Asian Rail Freight
Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railway signed an agreement on 12 June 2018 that lays the foundation for future co-operation in European-Asian ra…
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A Step Forward for Amtrak and Positive Train Control
Amtrak has been working with BNSF Railway to get Positive Train Control (PTC) in place on a number of track sections (subdivisions) owned by…
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Bombardier Win Contract for Automated People Mover System at L.A.X.
Bombardier has won two contracts from LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) for the design, build and maintenance of an automated people …
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Association of American Railroads: U.S. Freight Operators Jet Forward on Technology
The improvements to rail services provided by new technology are a recurring theme in the industry, but innovations can be difficult to impl…
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First Class 802 Hitachi Bi-Mode Train for TransPennine Express Arrives in UK
The first Class 802 Hitachi test train for TransPennine Express’s Nova 1 fleet has arrived in the UK. The new fleet will provide 161 additio…
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New WINDHOFF In-Floor Lifting Plant for Underground Railway Rolling Stock in Berlin
The new in-floor lifting plant for underground railway rolling stock at Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe's Machandelweg site entered service last a…
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INTERVIEW: Iain Peacock on TransPennine Express’s Sustainable Development Plan
Sustainability is one of the main focus points of news stories in the rail industry around the world. Railway-News speaks to Iain Peacock, t…
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UK: CAF Preferred Bidder to Supply Trains for KeolisAmey Wales and Borders Franchise
KeolisAmey Wales has announced that CAF is its preferred bidder to supply 70 diesel multiple units (DMU’s) for the Wales and Borders franchi…
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Saudi Arabia: Alstom Testing Performance for Riyadh Metro Project
Alstom is currently completing initial dynamic tests on its contribution to the Riyadh Metro Project in Saudi Arabia. The company is providi…
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Eurotunnel and EY Present Report on UK–EU Channel Tunnel Trade Flows
Eurotunnel and EY have released a report on Channel Tunnel trade between the UK and the EU. The report describes the traffic flow between th…
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Switzerland: Stadler and Südostbahn AG (SOB) Introduce New 'FLIRT' For Voralpen-Express
Stadler and Südostbahn AG (SOB) have launched the companies’ new multiple-unit train; ‘Traverso," for the Voralpen-Express, Switzerland. The…
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Texas: GE Reveals First Evolution Series Locomotive for Canadian National
The first of the 200 new Evolution Series locomotives for Canadian National (CN) by GE Transportation was completed at the manufacturer’s pl…
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Norway: Bane NOR Awards Contract for Installation of ERTMS to Alstom
Bane NOR, the Norwegian railway authority, has awarded a contract to equip the entire Norwegian railway fleet with the European Rail Traffic…
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Canadian National to Invest $340 Million in its Operations Across British Columbia in 2018
Canadian National (CN) has announced plans to invest approximately $340 million in its infrastructure across British Columbia. The plans are…
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CAF Supplies Catenary-Free Urbos 3 Trams for New Line in Luxembourg City
Luxtram has commissioned CAF to supply 12 Urbos 3 trams for the second phase of a new tram line in Luxembourg City, worth €40 million. The u…
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UK: Transport for the North Calls for Urgent Resolution to Rail Disruption
Transport for the North has released a statement in response to the continuing disruption in services on Northern Rail after the introductio…
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Choosing the Right Rail Hose to Keep your Train Design on Track
As we enter the age of higher- speed trains, longer tunnels and the need for greater survivability, the European Union sought to find an alt…
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CEO of DB Cargo UK Appointed Chairman of Rail Freight Group
The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has appointed Hans-Georg Werner, CEO of DB Cargo UK, as its new chairman. The RFG's priorities for 2018 include…
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Mechan Makes Grade at National College for High Speed Rail
The depot maintenance specialist has supplied a bogie press and a set of lifting jacks to the National College for High Speed Rail in Doncas…
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Products and Services for More Safety, Reliability and Availability of Your Railway Tracks from Thermit Welding (GB) Ltd
Thermit Welding (GB) Ltd, part of the Goldschmidt Thermit Group, offers a wide range of new and innovative solutions to provide significant …
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New from Bollé Safety: The Pilot Firefighters Goggle
Bollé Safety, a world leader in the design and manufacture of protective eyewear, has launched a new version of the market leading Pilot gog…
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Slovenia: EU Funding for Upgrade of Divača-Koper Railway Line
The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), has signed an agreement within the Connecting European Facility (CEF) Transport framewo…
