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  • [ 4 June 2025 ] Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection Governance
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New Bombardier trams authorised to run in Düsseldorf

15 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation’s latest Flexity trams have received authorisation to begin operation on the Düsseldorf and Duisburg network in Germany. A fleet of 59 high-floor trams is being delivered to Rheinbahn. Board member Michael Richarz said: […]

Business

Bombardier to install new CBTC signalling for Frankfurt Airport people movers

16 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has signed a ten-year contract with Fraport AG, owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport in Germany, to continue operating and maintaining the people mover system that connects terminals 1 and 2 and to […]

Governance

Manchester Metrolink’s Trafford Park line set to open seven months early

20 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Manchester Metrolink’s new £350 million Trafford Park line (TPL) will start operating from April, subject to final testing and driver training. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham made the announcement to mark the start of […]

Business

Hydrogen-powered bus rapid transit service opens in Pau, France.

17 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Discussion continues about the use of hydrogen-power for trains and trams, with four Alstom Corradia iLint trains in service in Germany on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony and a further 27 units on order […]

Business

Beijing selects Bombardier people carriers to upgrade airport

11 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier people-movers for two of Bombardier Transportation’s Chinese joint ventures have won a contract to provide rolling stock, services and signalling for Beijing Capital International Airport’s (BCIA) automated people mover (APM) system. The contract, awarded […]

Appointments

Keolis Group names Patrick Jeantet as executive chairman

5 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Patrick Jeantet has been appointed as the new executive chairman of the Keolis Group. The appointment was confirmed by Keolis Group Supervisory Board chairman Joel Lebreton at an extraordinary Supervisory Board meeting on Tuesday 5 […]

Heritage

Keolis Amey Metrolink and Pod-Trak help Heaton Park Tramway recover from theft of overhead wires

5 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Friends and supporters of Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway, which is run by the Manchester Transport Museum Society, were devastated to find that it was targeted by thieves. During the night of Monday 23 September 2019, […]

Business

Alstom transfers tram power supply technology to buses

26 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Technology that Alstom originally developed for trams in historic cities has now crossed over and is being used to recharge electric buses. First used in 2003 on trams in Bordeaux, APS (Alimentation par Sol – […]

Business

Bombardier to supply Dresden with 30 Flexity trams

24 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with Dresden’s transport authority Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe (DVB) to supply and maintain 30 Flexity trams, equipped with an Obstacle Detection and Assistance System (ODAS) for preventing collisions. The contract, worth […]

Governance

Next stage of West Midlands Metro extension nears completion

8 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has announced that work on the West Midlands Metro extension from Grand Central to Centenary Square is nearing completion and is anticipated to open in December 2019. So that work […]

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  • Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection
  • Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost
  • Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom
  • First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
  • A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
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  • Phil Mortimer: A recent funded R&D project focused on the use of alternatives to steel for the ohl masts. This has several…
  • Nigel: Fully support this restoration from the East Lancashire side,existing infrastructure mostly well built and promises a highly efficient 12 mile…
  • Clive Broadhead: After the undoubtedly achievement of resurrecting the railways in Scotland why are the current NR management he'll bent on squandering…
  • The ORR has reported on its review of revenue protection practices on the railway.
  • Artist's impression of a West Yorkshire tram.
  • Visualisation of a Lumo Class 222 train.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
    First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
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  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
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  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
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  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
    19 May 2025 0
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
    19 May 2025 0
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
    19 May 2025 0
  • The new FLIRT for A-Train will seat 323 passengers and enter service between Stockholm and Arlanda airport in 2029.
    A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
    19 May 2025 0
  • Campaigners urge PM to support more cross-Channel rail services
    17 May 2025 0
  •  Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network
    16 May 2025 0
  • Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”
    16 May 2025 0
  • Cars on the line delay trains in Scotland
    15 October 2020 0
  • Coronavirus stops work on Crossrail
    24 March 2020 0
  • Ryde Pier reopens after nine months’ work, but there is still more to do
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  • 14th century cave discovered above a railway tunnel near Guildford
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