Rail safety performance moves ahead
Latest industry figures suggest that both rail passengers and workers are benefiting from higher levels of safety. The RSSB’s ‘Overview of safety performance for 2011‘ suggests that, rather than increasing in line with growth, the ove...New rail car manufacturing plant opens in Russia
Vladimir Putin has opened a new rail car building plant in Tikhvin, Russia. The new Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant will become a ‘remarkable benchmark for the Russian industry’, he said. The plant was built in conjunction with the ICT ...New rail car manufacturing plant opens in Russia
Vladimir Putin has opened a new rail car building plant in Tikhvin, Russia. The new Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant will become a ‘remarkable benchmark for the Russian industry’, he said. The plant was built in conjunction with the ICT ...Phase one of Network Rail EGIP consultation ends
The first phase of a consultation over the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme has been completed. Network Rail has been seeking the public’s views on the project for over seven months. The EGIP project team held over 200 meetings with the pu...Turkish State Railways awards Thales signalling contract
Turkish State Railways has awarded Thales a €20 million signalling contract to install the ETCS Level 2 system on the country’s first high speed rail line. The contract also consists of GSM-R communications and automatic train protection along ...Alstom to install new ERTMS in Denmark
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth €300m to replace the existing signalling system in the east of Denmark. Alstom will install its Atlas ERTMS signalling solution on 12 intercity and regional lines in the Sealand and Fyn regions. The new syste...‘Reform’ of RailCorp underway in NSW
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian has announced a ‘comprehensive reform’ of RailCorp. The project follows the recent establishment of Transport for NSW. “RailCorp runs the nation’s largest passenger rail network and mil...Fourth round of TIGER program funding announced
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced the fourth round of the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant program. $500m is available in the 2012 TIGER scheme for transportation projects. Projects including hig...National Express nominated for five business awards
National Express East Anglia (NXEA) has been nominated for five prestigious Rail Business Awards. NXEA has been nominated in the following categories: …
Draining Dove Holes
The railways have a knack with names. Generally they are eminently descriptive, evoking in a word or short phrase the very nature of the location. Think perhaps of that desolate curve on the main line north of Darlington called Linger-and-Die. Or maybe...Draining Dove Holes
The railways have a knack with names. Generally they are eminently descriptive, evoking in a word or short phrase the very nature of the location. Think perhaps of that desolate curve on the main line north of Darlington called Linger-and-Die. Or maybe...
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