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Improvement works begin at Andover station

South West Trains has started work on a £700,000 project designed to ‘revitalise’ Andover station. The three month improvement programme funded by the Government’s National Stations Improvement Programme scheme along with South West Trai...
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Practical applications of track technologies

Tata Steel has recently announced an £800 million investment in its plant at Port Talbot, South Wales. While this is not a rail plant, it produces strip for the automotive and white goods industries, it does demonstrate Tata Steel’s commitment to th...
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Practical applications of track technologies

Tata Steel has recently announced an £800 million investment in its plant at Port Talbot, South Wales. While this is not a rail plant, it produces strip for the automotive and white goods industries, it does demonstrate Tata Steel’s commitment to th...
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Thameslink role for Ruth Humphrey

Ruth Humphrey has been appointed Project Director – Depots, for Siemens Rail Systems. The former TfL manager will be based at Siemens’ Westminster offices. Ruth will have overall responsibility for delivery of the Thameslink depots at Hornsey a...
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Thameslink role for Ruth Humphrey

Ruth Humphrey has been appointed Project Director – Depots, for Siemens Rail Systems. The former TfL manager will be based at Siemens’ Westminster offices. Ruth will have overall responsibility for delivery of the Thameslink depots at Hornsey a...
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New fleet for Keyline

Keyline is pushing ahead with the purchase of 60 new vehicles, predominantly DAF CF75 crane-operated trucks, as part of a fleet replacement programme aimed at better serving the rail industry. The 26-tonne trucks will be fitted with Atlas 120 radio-con...
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New fleet for Keyline

Keyline is pushing ahead with the purchase of 60 new vehicles, predominantly DAF CF75 crane-operated trucks, as part of a fleet replacement programme aimed at better serving the rail industry. The 26-tonne trucks will be fitted with Atlas 120 radio-con...
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Tracey Emin unveils Tube map design

Tracey Emin is the latest artist to unveil her design for the pocket Tube map at the London Transport Museum today. Emin’s map is the 16th in a series of covers designed by artists such as Michael Landy, Yayoi Kusama, Jeremy Deller and David Shri...
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Blackfriars station ‘a step closer to completeion’

Network Rail has said work to rebuild Blackfriars station will ‘come a step closer to completion this weekend as the station’s final two new platforms open for use’. 700 extra trains will ‘call at Blackfirars every week thanks to th...
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Record numbers to turn to public transportation due to ‘volitile’ gas prices

The American Public Transportation Association and Building America’s Future have released a study predicting that record numbers of Americans will turn to public transportation as a cost-cutting measure in the face of volatile gas prices. To meet th...
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RailCorp to be broken up in ‘biggest shake up’ of NSW’s railways

Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian has announced the ‘biggest shakeup to the State’s railways in a generation to fix the trains and provide customers with the service standard they deserve’. The Fixing the Trains initiative include...
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