Track & Infrastructure Categories
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Buildings & Structures
This category covers suppliers involved in the design, construction and maintenance of railway buildings and structural assets. These include stations, depots, control towers, platforms, bridges and tunnels. Solutions may involve civil engineering, prefabricated structures, accessibility design and structural safety systems.
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Infrastructure
This category includes suppliers involved in the design, construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure. It covers key structural elements such as stations, depots, bridges and tunnels, as well as systems for electrification, signalling and train control. These solutions form the physical and operational backbone of the rail network.
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Railway Depots
Railway depots are facilities where rolling stock is housed, maintained and repaired. Suppliers in this category provide depot buildings, safety systems and workshop equipment such as lifting systems, inspection pits and access platforms. The category also includes service providers who carry out maintenance, cleaning and other depot-based operations.
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Track Maintenance
Track maintenance involves the ongoing inspection, repair and renewal of rail infrastructure to ensure safe and efficient train operations. This includes activities such as ballast tamping to correct track geometry, rail grinding to remove surface defects, welding for rail joints, vegetation control and sleeper replacement. Effective maintenance reduces wear, prevents faults and extends the lifespan of the infrastructure. For systems that monitor track condition, see our <a href="https://railway-news.com/products-services/railway-condition-monitoring/">condition-monitoring section</a>.
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Track Materials & Equipment
Track materials and equipment include the essential components and tools used to build and maintain railway track infrastructure. This covers rails, sleepers (ties), ballast, rail fasteners and switches, as well as heavy machinery and specialist tools for track construction and repair. These materials and equipment are fundamental to ensuring a safe, stable and long-lasting rail network.
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Works Vehicles & Machines
Works vehicles and machines are used in the construction, maintenance and inspection of railway infrastructure. This includes track construction equipment, tamping machines, ballast regulators, rail grinders and track geometry cars. These specialised vehicles are essential for ensuring the safe and efficient upkeep of the railway network.
Track & Infrastructure News
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Network Rail Engages Passengers with Augmented Reality
Network Rail is choosing to use augemented reality to showcase its three new footbridge designs to the public via the ARki app.
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British Steel Gains Light Rail Recognition
British Steel was commended for its technological innovation to improve the safety and efficiency of railways at the Global Light Rail Award…
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ZF Cooperates with Deutsche Bahn on the "Advanced TrainLab"
connect@rail allows extensive condition monitoring of the components on board the "advanced TrainLab" – a DB test vehicle based on an ICE-TD…
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Crossrail Publishes 'Realistic and Achievable' Completion Plan
Crossrail has published a new plan that will see 120 key milestones being tracked, with a scheduled opening of October 2020–March 2021.
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Ontario: Hurontario LRT Contract Awarded
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded the contract to design, build, maintain, operate and finance the Hurontario LRT.
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Socomec Enclosed Switches – Making the World Safer
Discover how Socomec makes the world safer with their Enclosed Switches. Just follow Socomec Group on Linkedin and try the game!
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Handover of ROMITAMP Tamping Machines to Network Rail Scotland
These will be the last tamping machines of this variant that Robel will produce as progress is made on the next phase in tamper technology.
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Network Rail and Arup Publish Tomorrow's Living Station Report
Network Rail and Arup have published a report entitled Tomorrow's Living Station to investigate how Britain's stations might evolve.
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Avignon Tram Line Opens with Alstom Citadis X05 Trams
Avignon's first tram line opened to the public on 19 October with Alstom Citadis X05 trams. A second line is scheduled to open in 2023.
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Industry Insider Week 42 – 9 Must-Read Rail News Stories
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider Week 42 for 14–18 October 2019.
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Vienna-Bratislava Upgrade Works: 1st Overpass Complete
The Vienna-Bratislava line is seeing upgrade works to make it a faster, electrified railway. 1 of 14 level crossings has now been eliminated…
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Plymouth Laira Depot Case Study
The Plymouth Laira depot is operated by Great Western Railway (GWR). Emeg guided GWR through the first principles of train servicing design.
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Unipart Rail and McCulloch Rail Host Visit for DMIA
Unipart Rail hosted a visit to the UK by DMIA - Dhaya Maju Infrastructure (Asia) SDN Berhad - the biggest Rail contractor in South Asia.
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EU: 1.4 Billion Euros for Sustainable Transport Projects
The EU says that it is seeking applications for funding for transport projects worth up to 1.4 billion euros. 50 million are for ERTMS.
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Industry Insider Week 41 – 11 Must-Read Rail News Stories
All the important rail news of the week, summed up for you in one place: our Railway-News Industry Insider Week 41 for 7–11 October 2019.
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Rail Baltica Announces Notified Body Tender
RB Rail AS, which is delivering Rail Baltica, has announced a tender for a Notified Body service provider to assess EU TSI conformity.
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Salini Impregilo to Deliver Vestfold Line Upgrade Works
Engineering company Salini Impregilo has won a contract with Bane NOR to upgrade 13.6km of railway track on the Vestfold Line.
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Frequentis Rail Emergency Management Solution Prepares Sydney Trains for Future Passenger Demand
Sydney Trains enables faster incident resolution with Frequentis Rail Emergency Management (REM) Solution in its Rail Operations Centre (ROC…
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DAMM Delivers Infrastructure for Mauritius Metro Express
The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Mr. Pravind Jugnauth, attended the inauguration of phase 1 of the Mauritius Metro Express.
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Engadine Line Reopens Following Infrastructure Works
The Engadine Line infrastructure works between Scuol-Tarasp and Susch are almost complete. RhB had closed the section completely on 11 March…
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The Infrastructure Progress Report
An in-brief look at the status of current European railway infrastructure projects in Switzerland, Spain, Lativa, and France.
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Astronics Acquires Mass Transit Test Solution Provider Diagnosys Test Systems
Astronics announced that it has acquired the primary operating subsidiaries from mass transit market test solution provider, Diagnosys.
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Harsco Rail Unveils New TX16 Tamper at Railway Interchange 2019
Harsco Rail, division of Harsco Corporation, introduced its new TX16 Production and Switch Tamper at Railway Interchange 2019 in Minneapolis…
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Industry Meets at ROBEL In-House Exhibition
Over 500 rail infrastructure experts attended the ROBEL in-house exhibition to engage in the current topics of track maintenance.




