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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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ScotRail awards 17.7 million Euro contract to Bombardier

14 November 2011
ScotRail has awarded a three-year contract worth 17.7million Euro to Bombardier Transportation...

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New Generation of Vehicles: Wuppertaler Stadtwerke commissions Vossloh Kiepe to create new suspension railcars

11 November 2011
Contract signed for delivery of 31 new suspension railcars...

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North West Electrification Phase 1 Contract awarded to Balfour Beatty Rail

11 November 2011
Network Rail has awarded the North West Electrification Phase 1 Contract to Balfour Beatty Rail...

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New Year; new signalling; better railway for East Kent

11 November 2011
A two-year project to renew the 60-year old signalling along 62 miles of railway in East Kent will be completed...

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European rail freight history made as DB Schenker delivers first Poland to UK service

11 November 2011
European rail freight history was made at 0100 on Friday 11 November...

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Thirty-year signalling strategy to protect railway heritage

11 November 2011
Plans to safeguard Britain’s railway signalling heritage are being drawn up as part of a thirty-year proposal...

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Longer and heavier trucks may seriously impact rail markets, new study warns

10 November 2011
Longer and Heavier lorries would undermine the objectives of the European Commission’s 2011 Transport White Paper...

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EIB supports with EUR 120 million modernisation of Polish railways

9 November 2011
EIB is lending EUR 120 million for the rehabilitation and modernisation of a 58 km section of the railway line...

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Rail industry calls for tough new measures on metal theft

8 November 2011
The rail industry called for tough new measures to deal with cable theft...

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Locomotives passed homologation

7 November 2011
The HLE 18 multi-system locomotive from the Siemens Eurosprinter family has just received homologation for Belgium...

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CrossCountry signs contract to install Wi-Fi on its trains

4 November 2011
CrossCountry announced it has signed a contract to install Wi-Fi on its long distance high-speed trains...

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New rail operations and training centre to keep jobs in York

4 November 2011
Plans for a flagship rail operating and training facility in York have been announced by Network Rail...