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London Underground names first WiFi stations
London Underground and Virgin Media have named the first London Underground stations that will be WiFi enabled for free this summer.
Stations including Oxford Circus, Stratford, Liverpool Street, Leicester Square and King's Cross will be among the first to launch,...
Rail News
UGL secures $190 million in new freight locomotive orders
UGL Limited has announced that it has secured four significant new orders to supply and maintain freight locomotives to various blue-chip Australian customers, with an end value of approximately $190 million. Under these new awards, UGL will deliver a total of 38 locomotives to customers including the supply of: GE Evolution locomotives to support Rio [...]
Infrastructure
Caltrain Board agrees electrification funding
The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, the agency that owns and operates Caltrain, has approved a regional agreement to fully fund the electrification of the railroad.
The Memorandum of Understanding between the California High-Speed Rail Authority and more than a...
Rail Business
GE Transportation to move headquarters to Chicago
GE Transportation has announced that it is moving its global headquarters to Chicago. The move will be ‘effective in the coming months’ once the location for office space has been finalized, GE Transportation said. Erie, Pennsylvania will remain the headquarters for GE Transportation’s locomotive business and key manufacturing and engineering site. Lorenzo Simonelli, President and [...]
Infrastructure
John Holland to build Sydney’s Inner West Light Rail Extension
The NSW Government has awarded a contract for the design and construction of Sydney’s Inner West Light Rail Extension to John Holland. John Holland will be responsible for the detailed design and construction of the main infrastructure elements of the light rail extension, with early work beginning as soon as next month. This contract includes [...]
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First stage of Waterloo railway station work nears completion
Rail passengers should see reduced congestion at Britain’s busiest railway station as the first stage of a £10m improvement project at Waterloo nears completion.
Commuters passing between Waterloo and Waterloo East stations will now be able to use four new...
Rail Business
GE Transportation to move headquarters to Chicago
GE Transportation has announced that it is moving its global headquarters to Chicago. The move will be ‘effective in the coming months’ once the location for office space has been finalized, GE Transportation said. Erie, Pennsylvania will remain the headquarters for GE Transportation’s locomotive business and key manufacturing and engineering site. Lorenzo Simonelli, President and [...]
Infrastructure
GVK achieves ‘major milestone’ in Australia
GVK, one of India’s major diversified infrastructure companies, has received the Queensland Coordinator General’s Report on the environmental clearance for the Alpha Coal and Rail Project in Queensland. The milestone is a major achievement for GVK and its Alpha Project is now the only Galilee Basin proponent with an approved Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). After [...]
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MSPs praise ScotRail apprenticeship scheme
MSPs have praised ScotRail’s modern apprenticeship scheme, which helps young people gain experience and employment opportunities.
Maureen Watt MSP, Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee, and Neil Bibby MSP described ScotRail’s Modern Apprenticeships in customer service...
Rail News
Gatwick Express sees 17% passenger increase
Gatwick Express has reported a 17% increase in passengers in the past year, which the operator says 'demonstrates that the service continues to attract air passengers away from road and other rail services'.
Alex Foulds, Development Director for Southern Railway...
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ORR review leads to 50% reduction in maximum fees for ticket refunds
New rules will mean that from 2 April the maximum fee that train operators and ticket retailers can charge...