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UK: Hitachi Rail Europe Generate 150 New Jobs

Hitachi Rail Europe, the company building and maintaining the new InterCity Express Trains to run on the Great Western route, is recruiting …

GB Railfreight Wins New Contract with B-Logistics

GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the UK’s leading rail freight companies, has won a contract with B Logistics, the Belgian rail freight company…

Search Underway for Company to Build HS2 Trains

The hunt for a company to design, build and maintain a fleet of state-of-the-art high speed trains for Britain’s HS2 network was launched to…

Transport Ticketing Interview with Kevin Ayton – Great Western Railway

Kevin Ayton, Future Transport Ticketing Technical Advisor at Great Western Railway, will contribute to two panel discussions titled ‘Are App…

Hitachi Unveils First UK Built Intercity Express Train

Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE), a global rail specialist with over 100 years of industry expertise, today celebrates the first Intercity Express …

Hitachi Intercity Trains Begin Digital Signalling Tests

Hitachi Intercity Trains, bound for passenger service on the Great Western route from 2017, have begun testing digital technology designed t…

Government Moves to Make Rail Claiming Compensation Easier

Rail passengers are more willing and able than ever before to demand and get fair Rail Claiming Compensation if their train is late or cance…

HS2 Names £900m Enabling Works Contracts

HS2 took a step closer to construction today with the confirmation of three joint ventures to deliver essential early works, including...

Virgin Trains Unveils Vision for Station of the Future

In a radical new open plan design, Birmingham International’s ticket office has been transformed, the traditional booking window is now a th…

UK's First National College for High Speed Rail Takes Major Step Towards Completion

The National College for High Speed Rail took a significant step towards opening its doors as a key part of the Birmingham site nears comple…

Angel Trains Signs Deal to Finance Abellio’s £900m Procurement of UK Rolling Stock for East Anglia Rail Franchise

Angel Trains has signed the contract to finance the procurement of 665 Bombardier Aventra vehicles as part of Abellio’s East Anglia rail fra…

UK: Urban Transport Authorities Set out Vision for Future of Transport

Urban Transport Group have set out a vision for how UK transport policy could unfold to enable the nation’s largest urban areas to deliver i…

Alstom Completes Modernisation of Arriva North Class 323 Trains

TfL Informs Passengers of London Air Pollution Levels

Abellio Named Preferred Bidder for East Anglia Franchise

Abellio East Anglia Franchise decision announced by the UK’s Department for Transport, who have named Abellio to operate the East Anglia fra…

Atkins Appointed to Review Thameslink Control System

Atkins will review the Tranista Thameslink control system to ensure it satisfies Network Rail’s functional and operational requirements.

Great Western Railway Electric Train Tests

The first Great Western Railway Electric Train Tests have been a success this weekend, following trial runs between Reading and Didcot.

GWR Hitachi Fleet Inaugural Run

reat Western Railway unveiled the first of its new GWR Hitachi fleet on 30 June 2016 at an event attended by UK Transport Secretary Patrick …

Britain, the EU and the Rail Industry

In the run up to the UK's referendum on its membership of the EU, we take a look at how a vote to leave would affect the UK rail industry: i…

Thales Signalling on London Underground

Transport for London have announced that Thales Signalling solutions will b installed on four lines of the London Underground.

Railway-News Speaks to TfL’s Osvaldo da Silva

Railway-News speaks to Osvaldo da Silva from Transport for London about mobile payments on TfL's network and his speech at PayExpo.

High-Speed Trains Suppliers Shortlisted by RENFE

Spanish infrastructure operator RENFE have announced a shortlist of four high-speed train suppliers to deliver up to 30 high-speed trains.

ORR Approve New East Coast Mainline Services

The Office of Rail and Road have approved two applications to run new East Coast Mainline Services between London and Edinburgh.

Japanese PM and Cameron Visit Hitachi Rail Site

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and UK Prime Minister David Cameron visit Hitachi Rail Europe's North Pole train maintenance centre as part of UK tou…