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Colin Garratt Director of Milepost 92½ Reports…  The golden age of British trams represents a glorious phase in transport history. It was a time when towns and cities across Britain were provided with rapid efficient transport second to none. The tragedy of their removal is made all the more poignant when one considers that they have [...]

Colin Wheeler Reports… Using precious time, adding little value? A lecture is to be given in Westminster next month titled “Safety and Simplicity” focussed on what the advanced publicity describes as “an increase in the use of behavioural based safety programmes and approaches”. Network Rail’s Gareth Llewellyn (Director Safety and Sustainable Development) is one of [...]

Brazilian regional metro operator Trensurb has issued an invitation to tender for 15 new four-car EMUs. The project to renew the Porto Alegre operator's 20-year-old fleet will be funded by the government as part of a an investment package to...

The Intercity Express Programme (IEP) will become one of a number of British rail projects to benefit from a new research centre, which has been set up by Hitachi. The European Rail Research Centre, which will be based at Hitachi's...

While controversy continues to range over the letting of railway franchises the surge of support for the RailStaff Awards is not in doubt. This year people nominated for an award – taken all together – attracted over 30,000 votes. This is double the number last year. Although this extraordinary rise in interest can partly be [...]

FirstGroup’s Rail Division is run from Macmillan House on Paddington Station but also has a quiet set of offices across the road on Eastbourne Terrace. Between the two sits a huge building site, one of the construction shafts of the Crossrail project. Passers by can watch the excavation and towering machines poised above the hum [...]

Balfour Beatty has been chosen to deliver the £50 million North West Electrification Phase 2 contract. Work will include the installation of 90 single track kilometres of new electrification. The project will be led by Balfour Beatty Rail in joint venture...

Holland's Fyra high-speed project has suffered a set back following an announcement that new trains will not start running until 2013. Cycle through the gallery to see a few more high-speed projects currently in development.

The first of 428 new 7000-series railcars has arrived in Washington ahead of an official unveiling this week. The Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) placed the order for a new fleet of 7000 railcars with Kawaski to replace the...

Merseytravel has appointed a new project director to oversee the procurement of rolling stock for the Merseyrail network. David Powell, 44, will take charge of a 10-year rolling stock programme worth hundreds of millions of pounds. Prior to joining Merseytravel, David...