Perpetuum, the Southampton-based technology firm that is pioneering digital technology to optimise railway operations, offering improved efficiency, safety and quality of service, has agreed to a takeover offer from Hitachi Rail. Perpetuum uses self-powered digital […]
The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will excavate the twin-bore Chiltern tunnel for HS2 are almost complete at the factory in Germany, . They will be operated by HS2’s main works contractor, Align […]
Britain’s new high-speed railway – HS2 – is continuing its search for major suppliers to the project by launching its procurement competition for high-voltage power supply systems. The winner of the contract – worth an […]
Independent Spanish train operator Intermodalidad de Levante SA (ILSA) has placed a €797 million order with Hitachi and Bombardier to supply 23 very high-speed Frecciarossa 1000 trains for use on the Madrid-Barcelona, Madrid-Valencia/Alicante and Madrid-Seville/Malaga […]
HS2 has completed its first major piece of infrastructure with the installation of a large bridge over the M42 in the West Midlands. Work to install a 65-metre bridge, weighing 2,750 tonnes and spanning the […]
Siemens has ordered the door systems for the 94 underground trains that it is building for the Piccadilly line from IFE, a subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse. The order is for 3,760 door systems (7,144 door leaves), […]
Speaking during a visit to ScotRail’s Shields Road electric fleet Depot, Transport Secretary Michael Matheson unveiled Transport Scotland’s ‘Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan’. This reflects the Scottish Government’s determination to deliver on its Programme for […]
Finding the right train has never been easier for Thameslink passengers at London St Pancras station after seven new passenger information screens have been installed to help speed passengers on their way. Following suggestions from […]
Eversholt Rail and Alstom will invest a further £1 million in British hydrogen trains, creating an entirely new category of train, the 600 series. This major investment will take the Breeze hydrogen train plan to […]
To try and prevent the bridge strikes that are all too common, the top ten most bashed and at-risk railway bridges across Anglia and East London will be fitted with a new CCTV system to […]
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