European loan supports train building in Belarus
Rolling stock manufacturing in Belarus has been given a 14.5 million euro boost after the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) agreed a loan to support the production of[...]New York subway extension project recognised
MTA’s $2.1 billion 7 Line Extension Project has been named as the 2013 winner of the prestigious Construction Project of the Year award. The New York State Society of Professional[...]Ministers rethink HS2 tunnel in the East Midlands
The UK government has reviewed the proposed route of its HS2 high-speed rail network to allow a development, which is estimated to create 7,000 jobs in the East Midlands, to[...]Minneapolis light rail line given green light
Light rail has been confirmed as the preferred option for Minneapolis’ Bottineau Transitway. Estimated at $1 billion, the 13-mile line will provide an important link between Minneapolis and the city[...]Occupational health
Occupational Health provides services to employers in many areas ranging from pre-placement medical assessments, ongoing health surveillance and assessments in high-risk activities and advice on reports in areas of poor attendance and sickness absence – to name a few. Writes Steve Malleson of Express Medicals It is the last category where a medical report is...Canadian Pacific fast tracks capital investment plans
Canadian Pacific is to bring forward capital investment programmes originally planned for 2014 after recording a “higher than anticipated 2013 cash-flow projection”. The company has said it will be investing[...]Reshelling a 455
Guy Fawkes’ Day, 5 November 2010, and the 15:05 South West Trains service left Guildford for Waterloo. It was an eight-car train, made up of two Class 455 electric multiple units coupled together. Twenty minutes later, it was departing Oxshott station. At the same time, a DAF 75 ready-mix concrete lorry was travelling south on...Thameslink lead to head First Capital Connect
David Statham has been appointed as managing director of First Capital Connect having played a leading role in the early stages of the Thameslink Programme. Mr Statham will take over[...]Atkins in Denmark project double
Atkins has announced two new contracts in Denmark, covering the construction of a new railway station and 20km of new track. One of the projects will see the engineering consultancy[...]British firm supplies digital planning system to Italian AGV depot
British rail systems specialist Zonegreen has had its cloud-based planning software installed in Italy’s high-speed train depot in Nola. The Operator Planning Suite (OPS) system logs all of the depot’s[...]Parsons Brinckerhoff handed extension for California high-speed rail
Parsons Brinckerhoff has won a two-year contract extension worth $120 million to continue programme management for California’s proposed 800-mile high-speed rail network. The project will eventually connect Los Angeles with[...]
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