Railway Education · Training News
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OSPT Alliance Launches CIPURSE Training Program with FIME
Global technical association, OSPT Alliance has collaborated with FIME to develop and launch a technical training program. It will educate s…
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PERES: Promoting European Rail Excellence outSide EU
In this article Lucy Prior, Membership Development and International Trade Director of the Rail Alliance, the largest specialist business-to…
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New £46m Train Depot Provides Jobs Boost for Greater Manchester
With the number of passengers set to double in the north over the next 25 years, more depots are needed to enable the more frequent services…
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Modernisation vs. New Procurement in Today's Rolling Stock Industry
Togprat 2018: Modernisation Vs. New Procurement: Several case studies were observed and discussed, from the point of view of different areas…
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Careers in Rail: Apprenticeships
Careers in Rail: In this article Railway-News presents a round-up of the most important questions for potential apprentices to consider when…
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Careers in Rail: Interview with NCHSR CEO Clair Mowbray
We interview Clair Mowbray, CEO of the National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR), to find out more about what the college offers apprenti…
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Careers in Rail: Interview with Learner Jonathan Tranter
Careers in Rail: We spoke to Jonathan Tranter, currently studying at the National College for High Speed Rail, to find out what it's like to…
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Careers in Rail: Interview with Learner Megan Foster
We spoke to Megan Foster, currently studying at the National College for High Speed Rail and asked her about her experience so far as an app…
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Infrarail Receives CPD Certification for First Time
The CPD Certification Service has certified Infrarail’s supporting programme of events, allowing content at the exhibition to count towards …
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UK Rail Minister Unveils £30m Centre of Excellence in Rolling Stock
The University of Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research (IRR) has become a Centre of Excellence for the new £90m UK Rail Research and…
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MoU Signed for Rail Industry Education and Research in Thailand
The MoU is Bombardier’s first academic partnership in Thailand to focus on this advanced level of rail industry education and research...
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Science, Research and Rail: The Industry and Academia in Australia and New Zealand
Andrew Meier, the Executive Director and CEO of the Australasian Centre for Rail Innovation (ACRI) tells Railway-News what research and rail…
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Thales Secures Maintenance Contract in Saudi Arabia
Thales has signed a two-year contract with the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) to maintain the signalling and telecommunications systems of...
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Transport Secretary Opens Alstom’s New Academy for Rail
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling last week (October 4 2017) opened a new north-west rail academy which is due to train 500 apprentices ove…
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Hitachi Rail On-Track to Employ 2,000 People in the UK
Hitachi Rail, one of the largest builder and maintainer of trains in the UK, has launched a new national apprentice and graduate programme.
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Alstom UK to Repaint Virgin's Pendolino Trains
Alstom has started work to repaint the 56-strong Pendolino fleet of Class 390 ‘tilting’ trains, which are used by Virgin on the West Coast M…
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Donated Eurostar Delivered to National College for High Speed Rail
Alstom and Eurostar donate a refurbished power car to the Doncaster campus of the National College for High Speed Rail. The 25-tonne power c…
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Union Pacific's Outreach Efforts Boost Railroad Crossing Safety
Union Pacific's rail safety programmes helped improve public safety and contributed to a 5% decline in vehicle–train collisions at railroad …
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African Forum to Address Rail Maintenance and Rehabilitation
The poor or even non-existence of rail maintenance and rehabilitation in Africa is often a result of a lack of revenue that is supposed to b…
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Eurostar Power Cars to be Donated to National College for High Speed Rail
Following the decision to retire some of these hard-working vehicles, two of the power cars will be given to the National College for High S…
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Female Engineers Play Vital Role in Britain’s Transport Industry
Transport Minister John Hayes met with female engineers at Waterloo Station to mark International Women in Engineering Day and to discuss th…
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Utah Transit Authority Awarded Grant for Rail Simulator
Part of these funds will be used to purchase a rail simulator so that operators can train and test on a computer like they do on the actual …
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Crossrail's Quarterly Update: May 2017
The Crossrail route will service a total of 40 stations, 10 of which will be wholly new. In Crossrail’s May update, works completed include:
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DB Cargo UK Launch Pioneering Digital Route Learning Programme
The Digital Route Learning Programme was created in collaboration with Track Access Services Limited (TAS) and runs high quality footage of …