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Network Rail has been fined £150,000 and ordered to pay costs of £32,500 following a prosecution brought by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) for breaches of health and safety law which led to the death of one Network...

Unions have claimed that 'over 20,000 jobs on the UK’s railways could be lost' as a result of the government’s reforms to the rail industry. As part of its plans for the future of the rail industry, the government is...

Creating a 17.9 km bypass to improve traffic flow, the new Gdansk road is being built as part of a programme of infrastructure improvements which includes those for the forthcoming Euro 2012 football tournament. Tensar International’s TriAx® design solution has...

Wabtec Corporation has signed a contract valued at about $34 million to provide components for 473 subway cars being supplied by Kawasaki to MTA New York City Transit. The cars are scheduled to be delivered in 2013-15. Wabtec will provide the rakes, couplers and current collectors, door operators and event recorders. Of the 473 cars, [...]

Wabtec Corporation has signed a contract valued at about $34 million to provide components for 473 subway cars being supplied by Kawasaki to MTA New York City Transit. The cars are scheduled to be delivered in 2013-15. Wabtec will provide the rakes, couplers and current collectors, door operators and event recorders. Of the 473 cars, [...]

KiwiRail will receive $250 million of capital in 2012/13 for its Turnaround Plan to ‘help the rail freight business become sustainable’, Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has said. The Budget 2012 appropriation is the final round of a three-year $750 million Government funding package supporting the objectives of KiwiRail’s Turnaround Plan. “The plan is designed to [...]

Skanska has been awarded a contract worth up to £60 million by Network Rail for the design and construction of the Bermondsey diveunder and associated structure strengthening works. Network Rail said the contract is a crucial component of the final...

Russian private freight operator Brunswick Rail has reached an agreement to supply more railcars to SIBUR-Trans, a subsidiary of petrochemicals holding SIBUR. Under the agreement, Brunswick Rail will supply 150 gas tank cars to SIBUR-Trans for seven years on a...

Czech railway operator LEO Express has unveiled its new modern train unit built by Stadler Rail. The train will start carrying passengers between Prague and Ostrava later this year. At the Velim test circuit, guests had a unique opportunity to have...

Alstom and DB Mobility Network Logistics have signed a contract for the takeover of the 49% stake held by DB in the 'Alstom Lokomotiven Service' joint venture in Stendal, Germany. Alstom Deutschland, who was holding a 51% stake since the...