Author Archive for: A. Samuel

East Midlands Trains face strikes by second union

The RMT has said it will begin balloting members for strike action and action short of a strike in a dispute over pensions at East Midlands Trains. ASLEF drivers are currently running strikes on East Midlands Trains services for the same reason, causin...
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BNSF to invest $130 million in Missouri rail network

BNSF Railway Company plans to invest an estimated $130 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement projects in Missouri this year. BNSF will continue its track maintenance program in Missouri, which will include 1,507 miles of track surfacing ...
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BNSF to invest $130 million in Missouri rail network

BNSF Railway Company plans to invest an estimated $130 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement projects in Missouri this year. BNSF will continue its track maintenance program in Missouri, which will include 1,507 miles of track surfacing ...
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Rail ‘sets record straight’ following trucking industry claims

The Australasian Railway Association has said it ‘wants to set the record straight regarding claims in recent advertisements by the South Australian Road Transport Association about proposed changes to heavy vehicle registration costs’. The...
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Rail ‘sets record straight’ following trucking industry claims

The Australasian Railway Association has said it ‘wants to set the record straight regarding claims in recent advertisements by the South Australian Road Transport Association about proposed changes to heavy vehicle registration costs’. The...
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London Midland to ‘make £1.25m from closing ticket offices’

The RMT has said ‘leaked internal documents show London Midland plan to profit £1.25 million a year from their programme of savage cuts to ticket offices and staffing levels’. The union says that leaked emails from the Department for Trans...
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Rail apprenticeship scheme ‘on right track’

A pioneering apprenticeship scheme run by West Nottinghamshire College has been praised by the Government’s Skills Minister. John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, met with rail engineering apprentices b...
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Rail apprenticeship scheme ‘on right track’

A pioneering apprenticeship scheme run by West Nottinghamshire College has been praised by the Government’s Skills Minister. John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, met with rail engineering apprentices b...
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Parsons Brinckerhoff awarded HS2 contracts

Parsons Brinckerhoff has been awarded two contracts covering the design of both ‘high speed’ and ‘conventional’ railway systems for the UK’s second high speed rail line which will run between London Euston and Birmingham in the West Midlands....
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Parsons Brinckerhoff awarded HS2 contracts

Parsons Brinckerhoff has been awarded two contracts covering the design of both ‘high speed’ and ‘conventional’ railway systems for the UK’s second high speed rail line which will run between London Euston and Birmingham in the West Midlands....
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Bombardier and Carillion announce new Infrasig joint venture

Bombardier Transportation and Carillion have announced the launch of a new UK joint venture, named Infrasig. The new venture is already making a ‘significant contribution to the upgrade in UK infrastructure,’ having recently been appointed ...
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