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Union Pacific Begins Construction on its $550 Million Rail Yard in Texas
Union Pacific began construction this month on its Brazos Yard in Robertson County, Texas. The $550 million rail yard represents the largest…
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Positive Train Control in the US: A Vital, Complex and Expensive Technology
Positive Train Control (PTC) is a train protection technology we have heard a lot about in the past few years. After a series of accidents i…
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New York's MTA Approves Purchase of Next Generation Subway Cars
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board voted on Wednesday to approve the purchase of 535 state-of-the-art, next generation su…
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EU Investigating Restructuring Aid for Polish Regional Railways
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into restructuring aid for Polish Regional Railways. Under EU State aid rules c…
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Končar's Latest Trains to be Equipped with SKF Bogie Components
Croatian rolling stock producer, Končar KEV has finalised an agreement with SKF for the supply of bogie components for its latest low-floor …
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Baselland Transport Tests Collision Warning System for its Trams
The light rail collision warning system used combines a video camera and a radar sensor with a control unit. The radar sensor detects the sp…
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Congestion Monitoring and Project Performance for the Latest 48-Hour HackTrain Hackathon
120 software developers, data scientists, designers, policy makers and entrepreneurs from all over the world were invited to join HackTrain …
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Merseyrail to Benefit From New State-of-the-Art Trains by 2020
New state-of-the-art trains will be introduced on to the Merseyrail network by 2020 replacing the current fleet which is approaching 40 year…
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Dutch Freight Line to Trial Automatic Train Operation
Alstom has signed an agreement with the Dutch infrastructure operator ProRail and Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF) to perform Automatic Train Op…
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Iconic Roundels Installed at Elizabeth Line Stations
The latest version of Transport for London’s (TfL’s) historic design has begun to make an appearance across London’s newest railway – the El…
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Hear From Leading Rail Organisations at Wheelsets: More for Less
To optimise your assets, attend the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Wheelsets: More for Less seminar, taking place on 20 March 2018 at …
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Stadler to Acquire Swedish Train Modernisation Business
Stadler is taking over the Knorr-Bremse subsidiary Swedtrac, which specialises in train modernisation. The acquisition of Swedtrac will enab…
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San Francisco's 'Fleet of the Future' Approved for Passenger Service
San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has been given the go ahead to put the new 'Fleet of the Future' trains into passenger service…
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Alstom Ships First Coradia Polyvalent for Algeria
The Coradia Polyvalent for Algeria is a mainline dual-mode train (diesel and electric-25kV) capable of running at speeds of 160 km/h. With a…
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Railway Division Annual Luncheon 2018 Close to Selling Out
After last year’s sell-out event, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Railway Division Annual Luncheon returns on 2 March 2018 at the G…
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Stadler Secures Rolling Stock Contracts in Poland
Stadler has two reasons to celebrate: the company’s CEO, Peter Spuhler, recently signed two new contracts in Poland. The first...
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First of New CAF-Built Caledonian Sleeper Trains Arrive in UK
The new Caledonian Sleeper trains are currently being constructed by CAF in Spain, at a cost of over £100m, part funded by a capital grant f…
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‘Too Big to Fail?’ The Collapse of Carillion and the Impact on Rail
For the rail industry as a whole, the exit of Carillion from the market in the UK and other countries will have a large impact on both the i…
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Search for Lighter Train Bogies Turns to Carbon Fibre and 3D Printing
Research at the University of Huddersfield could lead to new generations of railway vehicles with carbon fibre frames and key components mad…
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Engineering Long Term Planning in the Rail Industry
David Hoggarth, director of Rail North and board member of Transport for the North, on engineering long term planning in the rail industry.
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UK: Northern Leaders Publish Draft Strategic Transport Plan
Civic and business leaders from across the North have come together to publish Transport for the North’s draft Strategic Transport Plan.
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BLS to Purchase Latest-Generation Flirt Trains from Stadler
Swiss railway operator BLS is to purchase 52 latest-generation Flirt trains from Stadler. The Flirt will replace three older train models, e…
