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UK Power Networks (UKPN) and ABB are to undertake an £87 million project to electrify the Great Western main line. The consortium will supply more than 30 new traction substations as part of the Great Western Electrification Programme (GWEP) being...

HS2 boss Sir David Higgins has continued his focus on the north of England, suggesting that the government builds the new high-speed railway to Crewe six years earlier than originally planned. In new report set out today, Higgins has said...

The Hague's public transport operator, HTM, has placed an order for 20 additional Avenio trams from Siemens. HTM's latest €55 million order builds on an earlier agreement with Siemens for 40 low-floor vehicles, which included an option for an additional...

Rob Enright, Area Manager (Safety Critical) at CDI AndersElite Rail Business discusses plans to help progress sustained investment in railway infrastructure during CP5. The planned £37.5 billion investment in Control Period 5 (CP5), which runs from April 2014 to 2019, will signal the largest investment in the UK’s rail infrastructure in a generation. What projects […]

His Majesty King Willem-Alexander has attended the official opening of the new Rotterdam Centraal station. Rotterdam is the first stop for many international high-speed services arriving in the Netherlands and with passenger numbers expected to triple between now and 2025,...

Daylight testing of trams through Edinburgh has begun as city leaders stepped up efforts to win back shoppers to the city centre. The new tram system should be open for business in May. Meanwhile a £1m campaign has been launched to win back local people. According to a recent survey of 2,000 residents 92% said […]

First TransPennine Express' (FTPE) fleet of nine Class 170 Turbostar trains are to be cascaded to another operator at the end of the current franchise. Leasing company Porterbrook has offered the Class 170 Turbostar units to Chiltern Railways when its...

Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has unveiled plans to introduce more than 80 new trains onto its rail network over the next few years. From 2014, 41 new trains will be added to the North-South East-West Lines’ (NSEWL), 18 to...

A joint venture between Carillion and Buckingham Group Contracting is to deliver an £87 million project to create a new rail route between London Marylebone and Oxford. The new Chiltern Railways route will become the first new railway line built...

Thales is to install modern signalling and traffic management systems on a 125-kilometre stretch of railway in Poland. An ETCS Level 2 signalling system, ERTMS and a GSM-R communications system will be fitted on one of Poland's main line routes...