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The Long Road to Light Rail in Auckland
Auckland light rail system: Government of New Zealand announces $4 billion funding after years of debate.
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Missouri's Transportation Infrastructure Receives $25 million Boost from Union Pacific
Missouri’s transportation infrastructure will receive a $25 million boost from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018. The company’s planned private…
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Michael Odenwald Elected New Chairman of DB Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG today unanimously elected Michael Odenwald to serve as its new chairman. He succeeds Professor Utz…
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Siemens to Supply 10 Velaro High-Speed Trains to Turkish State Railways
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has signed a contract for ten Velaro high-speed trains with Siemens, which submitted the most favourable bid i…
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Continuous Software Delivery for a Fast-paced World
Software development is fast paced and ever changing. Where the industry used to go live with big bang releases without a full view of the i…
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UK – The Rail Freight Group: The Future of Freight on the West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line has been one of the most important corridors for rail freight in Great Britain for decades. In 2026 its capacity wi…
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Amtrak Outlines Summer Infrastructure Renewal Work
Amtrak will continue its Infrastructure Renewal program at New York Penn Station during Summer 2018 by performing critical reconstruction of…
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USDOT Announces $22.5m Grant for San Rafael Commuter Rail Extension
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the award of a $22.5 million grant to the Son…
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Recycled Carbon Fibre Rail Bogie Wins Innovation Award in Paris
The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) launched a vehicle dynamics competition, and the optimised lightweight carbon fibre rail bogie fr…
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Union Pacific to Invest $26.5m in its Arizona Rail Infrastructure
Arizona rail infrastructure will receive a $26.5 million boost from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018. The company’s planned private investment…
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New Generation of Fully Accessible Train Cars for VIA Rail Canada
VIA Rail Canada has awarded Bombardier a $54 million contract to upgrade 17 train cars. Built in the 1950s, the renovations will be used to …
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Norway's Rail Network Goes Digital With Siemens ETCS Technology
Bane NOR, the state-owned agency responsible for the Norwegian national railway infrastructure, has contracted Siemens to upgrade the signal…
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Bombardier to Provide High-Speed Regional Trains to Västtrafik in Sweden
Bombardier Transportation announced that it has signed a contract with Västtrafik to supply 40 high-speed regional trains to cater for growi…
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Alstom to Supply Futuristic Catenary-Free Power Supply System for Istanbul
Alstom will supply a full APS ground-level power-supply solution for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The solution will be installed …
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From Yiwu to Barking: How the Rail Industry in the UK is Engaging with China
In this article Laura Wright, Head of International Policy for the RDG, tells Railway-News how, on the eve of unprecedented and uncertain ch…
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German State of Hesse Orders Additional Regional Trains
Alstom has received an order worth over €27 million from Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB), transport operator in the state of Hesse, for the …
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Shanghai’s New Driverless APM System Starts Passenger Service
Bombardier Transportation announced that its Bombardier Innovia APM 300 Automated People Mover System has entered service on Shanghai Metro’…
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European Commission Approves Sale of Škoda Transportation to PPF Group
The European Commission (EC) has approved the sale of Škoda Transportation to investment company PPF Group, a privately held international f…
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A Bogie Weighing System for Future High-Speed Trains
Weighwell have recently supplied and commissioned a PTW Bogie Weighing System for AnsaldoBreda (Leonardo group) in Naples. Weighwell have a …
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Zonegreen Recruit On Track to Increase Sales
Rail depot control specialist, Sheffield-based Zonegreen, is expanding its sales and marketing team to strengthen brand awareness and suppor…
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Victoria's Mernda Rail Extension "Months Ahead of Schedule"
The Andrews Labor Government’s $600 million Mernda Rail Extension is six months ahead of schedule, with the first test trains to Mernda to b…
