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The latest news from the rail industry. If you have a piece of news that you would like us to cover, please contact Pippa McCartney on +44(0) 1959 563311 or email us.

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London Bridge track and station contracts awarded

1 November 2011
Network Rail has awarded the final two major contracts for the redevelopment of London Bridge area...

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Osborne chosen for London Bridge Thameslink enabling works

28 October 2011
Network Rail has awarded Osborne the contract for the enabling works at London Bridge Station...

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Virgin Rail Group agrees West Coast franchise extension

28 October 2011
VRG has signed an agreement with the DfT for an eight-month extension to the current West Coast rail franchise...

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New platforms now arriving at Glasgow Central

27 October 2011
Network Rail has begun work on a multi-million-pound project to transform the platforms at Glasgow Central, Scotland’s busiest station.

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Thousands more seats as Virgin Trains goes for growth

27 October 2011
Virgin Trains plans to add thousands more seats to its award-winning services during next year...

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Invensys Rail wins contract for Makkah to Madinah High Speed Line

26 October 2011
Providing the superstructure, systems, rolling stock, signalling, operation & maintenance for the Haramain High Speed Line...

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Vossloh receives major contract from the city of Karlsruhe

26 October 2011
Vossloh has been contracted by VBK and AVG to supply 25 low floor Tram-Trains...

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Alcatel-Lucent and Adif jointly research communications technologies for improving high-speed rail transportation

25 October 2011
Alcatel-Lucent & Adif, sign a collaboration agreement...

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First rail freight service on High Speed 1 will be launched by DB Schenker Rail in November

24 October 2011
Trading links between Poland and the UK are to be strengthened during November...

Innovative suspension technology for modern rail vehicles in the urban, mainline and high-speed rail sector: ContiTech Air Spring Systems suspension components and complete system solutions for primary and secondary suspension systems.

ContiTech showcases suspension systems at Business on Rails 2011

21 October 2011
Systems manufacturer for rail vehicles to present suspension solutions for primary and secondary suspension...

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Abellio has been awarded the Greater Anglia Franchise

20 October 2011
Abellio Group has today been selected by the Department for Transport as the operator for the Greater Anglia train franchise...

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Railways welcome Commission proposal on Trans-European Transport Networks

19 October 2011
European Commission unveiled its proposals for the Trans-European Transport Network Guidelines & the Connecting Europe Facility...