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 […]
A major, multimillion-pound investment into the infrastructure at King’s Cross railway station is underway as part of a £1.2 billion upgrade to the East Coast main line. The track layout has reached the end of […]
Work on the upgrade of London Underground’s Bank station has reached the halfway point, Transport for London has announced. This is a major project. A new running tunnel and platform are being constructed for the […]
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 […]
The recent project in Finland, to replace GSM-R for railway telecommunications with the Unified Railway Communication and Application (URCA) system, has won ‘Best Use of Communications in Transport’ at the International Critical Communications Awards (ICAA), […]
Eurostar has appointed Dominique Reiniche as its new chairman, with effect from 1 July 2019. She succeeds Clare Hollingsworth, who has been chairman for the last six years, following three years as a non-executive director. […]
Battle station, on the Hastings line in East Sussex, is widely considered to be one of the finest Gothic revival stations in the country. It has now been refurbished by Southeastern and now looks much […]
Edward Acton, a station assistant at Barnham, on the Southern network, moonlights as a graffiti artist. But don’t worry, the station’s walls are safe. Instead, the 37-year-old is developing a reputation for his quirky and […]
The West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE), the partnership of 16 West Midlands local authorities that co-manages the West Midlands Railway franchise with the Department for Transport, has appointed a new chairman. Cllr Mark Winnington, a […]
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 […]
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