HS2 Rail Project: The Greening of Great Britain
High Speed Two, linking Birmingham and London with Leeds and Manchester, will act as a rail motorway hosting trains direct from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Preston and Lancaster. Purpose built high speed trains will run directly from the ...Signalling the Link
Saturday 12th November 2011 saw the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, Minor Railways Section (MRS) hold their biennial technical seminar at Kidderminster Railway Museum, next to the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) in Worcestershire. It’s an approp...Samsung holds ‘flash kick’ in London’s Victoria station
As part of an advertising campaign for the new Galaxy Note, Samsung recently held a ‘flash kick’ at London’s Victoria station. A voice can be heard saying: ‘May I have your attention please. The football pitch is now open’...Samsung holds ‘flash kick’ in London’s Victoria station
As part of an advertising campaign for the new Galaxy Note, Samsung recently held a ‘flash kick’ at London’s Victoria station. A voice can be heard saying: ‘May I have your attention please. The football pitch is now open’...Passenger numbers on Russian Railways rise by 4.8%
According to the latest figures, 82.1 million passengers travelled on Russian Railways’ infrastructure in December 2011, a 5.6% increase over the same month last year. 73.4 million passengers were suburban commuters, (+6.5%), while long-distance ...Passenger numbers on Russian Railways rise by 4.8%
According to the latest figures, 82.1 million passengers travelled on Russian Railways’ infrastructure in December 2011, a 5.6% increase over the same month last year. 73.4 million passengers were suburban commuters, (+6.5%), while long-distance ...Hibernating tortoises stolen from Lincoln Central station
British Transport Police (BTP) is appealing for information after a car – containing two valuable hibernating tortoises – was stolen from Lincoln Central station on Saturday 14 January 2012. Between 11.30am and 1.00pm a green Mazda 325 car ...Rail funding to support regeneration of Wakefield Kirkgate confirmed
The transformation of Wakefield Kirkgate station is a significant step closer after Network Rail successfully secured more than £1.5m of new industry funding. Ambitious plans to transform the listed station building have been drawn up by Groundwork Wa...First TransPennine Express stations ‘secure’
All of First TransPennine Express’ (FTPE) 30 managed stations have been accredited to the government’s Secure Station Scheme. Nearly 20 million passengers use FTPE stations every year, and the Department for Transport (DfT) have measured an...Testing begins on locomotive in the Urals
Bryansk Engineering Plant has delivered the shunting locomotive TEM18DМ №581 to JSC RZD for ‘experimental operations’ with the new ‘innovative bearings’. This is the first Russian diesel locomotive equipped with traction elec...MEPs call for a ‘level playing field’ across rail industry
MEPs and stakeholders gathered on 11 January 2012 at the European Parliament in Brussels to discuss the topic European rail industry: latest trends in international rail markets and the way forward. The state of play of market access in third countries...
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