News

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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Work to begin on Ashford to Hastings rail upgrade

30 December 2011
Work starts on 9 January 2012 on a major upgrade of the railway between Hastings and Ashford...

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Bombardier wins additional order for 130 ELECTROSTAR Cars from Southern in the UK

28 December 2011
Bombardier is chosen by Southern for new train order in the UK...

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Bombardier to supply 90 new electric multiple units to Deutsche Bahn for service in the Frankfurt area

23 December 2011
Bombardier has received an order for 90 electric multiple units of the 430 series...

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London Bridge designs given go-ahead

23 December 2011
The transformation of London Bridge station has taken a major step forward after design proposals were given the go ahead by Southwark Council...

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Network Rail awards £55m EGIP contracts

20 December 2011
Morgan Sindall, BamNuttall and Carillion awarded contracts associated with the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme...

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Bombardier to deliver additional TWINDEXX Vario double-deck coaches for greater Bremen area

20 December 2011
Double-deck coaches ordered by Deutsche Bahn for regional express service...

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Russian Railways orders more high-speed trains from Siemens

20 December 2011
Eight Velaro RUS trains plus long-term maintenance contract – total value around EUR600 million...

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Mechan to offer innovative laser measuring system on hire fleet

17 December 2011
Mechan has joined forces with NextSENSE of Austria to offer the Calipri Laser Measurement for the UK and Irish market...

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Network Rail closes 500th level crossing

14 December 2011
Network Rail has closed 500 level crossings across Britain since April 2009 and intends to close a further 250 by 31 March 2014...

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ETCS technology from Siemens controls section of Pan European rail traffic corridor in Romania

14 December 2011
Siemens is to install the ETCS Level 2 on the rail link between Chitila & Crivina in Romania...

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BASF orders 22 diesel locomotives from Vossloh

14 December 2011
BASF has ordered from Vossloh Locomotives 22 modular center-cab locomotives...

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Crossrail tunnelling to start in less than 100 days as first tunnel boring machine unveiled

14 December 2011
Europe’s largest construction project has unveiled the first of eight, 1,000 tonne TBM...