Rail News

U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $3.6 Million for Michigan High-Speed Rail

2 September 2010 |By U.S. Department of Transportation

Ray LaHood announced $3.6 million for Michigan to begin work on the Battle Creek railroad station...

Driver marks Virgin Train’s £2 million investment at Polmadie

2 September 2010 |By Virgin Trains

Passengers will benefit from improvements on the West Coast Main Line thanks to investment of more than £2 million by Virgin Trains in Glasgow.

EIM has a new President and Executive Director

2 September 2010 |By European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM)

Hubert du Mesnil, President of Réseau Ferré de France, takes over as President, and Hendrik Abma takes over as the new Executive Director.

Bombardier and Virgin brand Super Voyager train

2 September 2010 |By Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier and Virgin Trains have revealed a Super Voyager train jointly branded and with the theme “more trains, fewer cars, greener planet”.

UIC publishes two new EIRENE Interim Specifications

2 September 2010 |By International Union of Railways (UIC)

The International Union of Railways (UIC) has produced two new Interim GSM-R Specifications to improve the use of GSM-R.

庞巴迪获得瑞士nd contract from NJ TRANSIT

1 September 2010 |By Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier Transportation has received an order for 100 MultiLevel commuter rail cars from the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT).

Network Rail submits cost of Crossrail surface works

1 September 2010 |By Network Rail

Network Rail has confirmed it has successfully delivered another important piece of work on the Crossrail project ahead of schedule.

Final tracks laid on Britains’s longest passenger line for 100 years

31 August 2010 |By Network Rail

Network Rail completed track laying on the new 24km stretch of railway between Airdrie and Bathgate on Friday 27 August.

Deutsche Bahn completes takeover of Arriva plc

27 August 2010 |By Deutsche Bahn AG

Following the Court hearings on 24 & 26 August 2010 and the registration of the Court orders, the Scheme of Arrangement pursuant to which DB UK Holding Ltd acquired all of the shares of Arriva plc has become effective...

Bombardier delivers landmark technology for Sweden high speed line

27 August 2010 |By Bombardier Transportation

庞巴迪将加入Botniabanan AB在明天celebrating the new high speed Botnia Line in Sweden.

Rail minister sees Thameslink progress at St Albans and Blackfriars

25 August 2010 |By Network Rail

Rail minister Theresa Villiers visited St Albans station on Tuesday to mark the completion of platform extensions...

WORK to start soon on new station

23 August 2010 |By Network Rail

WORK is set to start within the next few weeks on a long-awaited multi-million pound railway station for Chorley’s newest village...

Magnadata Group Ltd secures £24m UK rail ticket contract

18 August 2010 |By Magnadata Group Ltd

Magnadata Group was awarded a five year contract by ATOC to produce the iconic orange magnetic rail ticket & associated products...

ABB to deliver power quality solutions for High Speed 1

17 August 2010 |By Six Degrees Limited

ABB has secured a major project with High Speed 1 to design, manufacture and install capacitive compensation solutions to prevent voltage drops...

ARTC signs historic deal with OneSteel

14 August 2010 |By ARTC

ARTC signed one of the largest rail infrastructure supply deals in a decade with OneSteel to produce steel rail for projects announced as part of the equity investment by the Australian Government...