Today’s cashless society, in which customers use credit and debit cards to pay for even low-cost items such as a bottle of cold drink or a newspaper, has made further inroads into the railway as […]
Freightliner’s parent company, American group Genesee & Wyoming, is to be acquired by affiliates of Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC in a transaction valued at approximately $8.4 billion. G&W owns a portfolio of 120 short line […]
Worldwide railway organisation the UIC (Union internationale des chemins de fer, or International Union of Railways) has appointed François Davenne as its new director general from 1 July 2019 for a four-year term. François Davenne […]
Sydney Trains has enhanced the way it manages and resolves incidents on its railway network. Using the new Rail Emergency Management (REM) system, operators can now enter incident information in real-time, increasing efficiency and boosting […]
The Canadian city of Ottawa has moved to commence construction of Stage 2 of the Confederation line before Stage 1 of the new light-rail metro has even been completed. The CAN$2.1 billion east-west cross-city line […]
Rail and bus group Stagecoach, which is currently in dispute with the government after being disqualified from recent rail franchise tenders, has collected two international awards for introducing the first employee experience app in UK […]
Flame-retardant thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) are increasingly being specified for railway applications. This is so that, if a fire should break out, the amount of disorientating smoke is reduced and the products of combustion are less […]
Sydney Metro Northwest, stage one of Australia’s biggest public transport project, has opened to the public. Delivering over 36km of new metro rail for Sydney’s growing north-west, the AUS$8.3 billion project will improve travel time […]
The UGL Unipart joint venture has secured a two-year extension to its contract with Sydney Trains for the delivery of maintenance and logistics services for a section of Sydney’s metropolitan passenger rail fleet. The two-year […]
The Adelaide to Tarcoola Rail Upgrade Project (ATRU) is a major rail renewal project in South Australia. It involves the upgrade of approximately 600 kilometres of track on the Interstate network between Adelaide (Islington and […]
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