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Network Rail and RIBA Announce Railway Station Design Competition Winner
Edinburgh-based 7N Architects has won a Network Rail and RIBA competition to shape Britain’s future railways.
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Artificial Intelligence to Increase Rail Track Safety
The project will investigate the use of an innovative track monitoring system that uses AI to detect anomalies on the track infrastructure.
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Mace and Dragados Wins HS2 Birmingham Curzon Street Station Contract
HS2 has confirmed that a team made up of Mace and Dragados will build Birmingham’s new city centre high speed railway station.
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Cracks in Bogies of Hitachi-Built Class 800 Trains Sees Them Withdrawn from Service
The UK's Class 800 high-speed trains have been withdrawn from service after cracks were found in their lifting blocks on the bogies.
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Connecting Europe Express to Visit 26 Countries as Part of the European Year of Rail
The European Commission has announced the route of the Connected Europe Express as part of the European Year of Rail.
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Case Study: Delivering Bespoke Elevated Cable Management
PACE Infrastructure Solutions were contracted to provide a bespoke elevated cable management system for a London Bridge Thameslink project.
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Stadler and Siemens Mobility Consortium Wins Contract to Upgrade Lisbon Metro
A Stadler and Siemens Mobility consortium has won a contract to provide the Lisbon Metro with a signalling system and fleet of new trains.
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Smart Sensor Systems for a Strong Railway Infrastructure
Intelligent sensor systems enable realistic simulations. Optimal timetables can be calculated on the basis of digital twins, for example.
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Amtrak CEO Calls on US Congress to Support Modern, Efficient Rail Network
Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn has told a Congressional Committee that America needs high-speed rail links as part of its railway infrastructure.
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Alstom to Supply On-Board Automatic Train Operation System to Paris Metro
Alstom has been selected to provide its interchangeable communications-based train control system (I-CBTC) for the Paris Metro.
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DB Engineering & Consulting Wins Contract for Bad Kleinen Curve
DB Engineering & Consulting has won the tender for constructing part of the line upgrade between Lübeck and Schwerin in Northern Germany.
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Avanti West Coast Trains Introduces At-Seat Food and Drink Ordering
Avanti West Coast has introduced a new service known as At-Seat Order that enables customers to have food and drink delivered to their seat.
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World Passenger Festival Will Be Live in October!
World Passenger Festival will be live this October. Global public transport operators will discuss the transformative era of mobility.
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Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel Project Turns Its Focus to Station Construction
Melbourne Metro Tunnel's 9km tunnels have moved closer to completion, switching the project’s focus on to its five new underground stations.
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Rail Baltica Opens Public Tender for Cableway Components
The first open public procurement contract, for the supply of the cableway components, has been announced for Rail Baltica.
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International Transport Solutions for Rolling Stock Projects
In line with its growth strategy, VR FleetCare recently implemented its first international rolling stock transport solution.
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Canadian Pacific Files Formal Objection to Canadian National Merger Waiver
Canadian Pacific Railway has filed a formal objection with the Surface Transportation Board to the Canadian National Merger Waiver.
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Network Rail Completes Extensive Bank Holiday Upgrades
Network Rail completed extensive upgrades to the line between Euston and Scotland over the early May bank holiday weekend.
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BLS Puts First MIKA Trains into Passenger Service
BLS will put its first MIKA - a Stadler FLIRT - into service with all 58 trains ordered entering into passenger service by the end of 2024.
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Alstom Delivers 100th Electric Locomotive to Indian Railways
Alstom has delivered its 100th electric locomotive to Indian Railways under a 2015 contract for a total of 800 12,000 HP units.
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Strategic Cooperation for Rail Treatment
Strategic Cooperation for Rail Treatment: Robel Holding Acquires Stake In Schweerbau International GmbH & Co. KG (SBI).
