Network Rail appoints consultant for Pallasades leasing
Network Rail and Birmingham City Council have appointed Keith Stone, of Keystone Retail Property, as a consultant to lead the leasing of the Pallasades shopping centre, which is being significantly upgraded and remodelled as part of the major redevelop...Delhi Metro extended by 34 km in 2011
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) added 34.52 km of metro lines to its network in 2011, taking the total length of the Delhi Metro system to over 190 km. DMRC is now moving towards phase three of the project in which another 117 km of lines will be a...Thello begins operations between Paris & Venice
France’s first open-access passenger train left Paris on 11 December, arriving in Venice the next day. Created by a joint venture between Trenitalia and Veolia-Transdev, Thello will take over the regularly scheduled service over the Paris-Venice rout...Balfour Beatty Rail wins Zurich cross-city link contract
The bidding consortium of Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH/Sersa Group AG (Switzerland) has won an international tender for the installation of overhead conductor rail elements for the Zurich cross-city link (DML). By securing this contract, rail infrastructur...Balfour Beatty Rail wins Zurich cross-city link contract
The bidding consortium of Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH/Sersa Group AG (Switzerland) has won an international tender for the installation of overhead conductor rail elements for the Zurich cross-city link (DML). By securing this contract, rail infrastructur...Rail line to be ‘renewed’ in Senegal, Western Africa
According to Senegal Press Agency (APS), the state of Senegal is to renew its railway network between Dakara and Thies (the country’s second largest urban area) by 2014. The work will be financed by the World Bank, the West African Development Bank (...Crossrail launches competition to name giant tunnelling machines
Crossrail has launched a competition seeking names for six of the giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will construct the major new rail tunnels under London. Londoners and people living along the Crossrail route are being asked to propose pairs of...Australia’s largest public transport project ‘leaps ahead’
Work on the Regional Rail Link – Australia’s largest public transport infrastructure project – will ‘ramp-up in the New Year’ following the selection of contractors to build its two longest sections as well as install the technology w...Train companies respond to decision on HS2
In response to the decision on High Speed 2, Michael Roberts, Chief Executive of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) said: “HS2 is a vote of confidence in the railways and recognition of the vital role the industry has to play in supp...High Speed Two rail line gets go-ahead
High Speed Two (HS2), the proposed high speed rail line linking London and Birmingham, has been approved by the government. Transport Secretary Justine Greening said the first phase of the project could be complete by 2026. The entire project is set to...Scotland’s Transport Minister confirms rail line commitment
Transport Minister Keith Brown has repeated his assurances over the future of the Stranraer railway line. The Minister confirmed that a Task Force formed to discuss how best to develop the Stranraer waterfront and led by Cabinet Secretary for Infrastru...
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