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BNSF Railway Company plans to invest an estimated $199 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement and expansion projects in Texas this year. BNSF’s 2012 capacity enhancement projects in Texas include expansion of rail capacity at Tower 55 in Fort Worth, the realignment of BNSF’s mainline for the extension of the Alliance Airport runway just [...]

Network Rail is developing plans to reduce the risk of misuse at High Street and Brayford Wharf level crossings in Lincoln. The company is seeking to improve pedestrian access around the city through provision of two new footbridges and is...

BNSF Railway Company plans to invest an estimated $199 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement and expansion projects in Texas this year. BNSF’s 2012 capacity enhancement projects in Texas include expansion of rail capacity at Tower 55 in Fort Worth, the realignment of BNSF’s mainline for the extension of the Alliance Airport runway just [...]

Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian has announced intercity train customers on the Newcastle and Central Coast Line will have ‘quiet carriages’ as a permanent feature of their daily commute. Ms Berejiklian also announced quiet carriages would be trialled for three months on all intercity trains on the South Coast Line between Kiama and Central and [...]

GE Transportation has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TransMashDiesel and JSC National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) to establish a diesel engine manufacturing plant in Astana, Kazakhstan. Parties to the agreement plan to form...

Plans for a rail operating centre in York have been given the go ahead by the city council. Network Rail will develop a new rail operating centre and workforce development centre on land close to York station. Phil Verster, Route Managing...

Network Rail has agreed an 'anticipated final cost' with Crossrail to deliver 'significant infrastructure enhancements on the rail network' to enable Crossrail services to Maidenhead, Heathrow, Abbey Wood and Shenfield. Network Rail’s work for Crossrail represents one of the largest...

Europorte and Alstom have signed a partnership agreement covering the maintenance of 17 Alstom manufactured Prima locomotives now operated by Europorte. Within this framework, the two partners will improve the management and availability of the Europorte locomotive fleet. To do this,...

Canadian Pacific Railway workers went on strike today after the parties were ‘unable to reach an agreement despite last minute negotiations right to the strike deadline’, the Teamsters union said. “We have made every reasonable effort to get a settlement, said Doug Finnson, vice-president of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). “Every union member knows how [...]

Railway workers, some of whom have given their lives in the service of the industry over the last 150 years have got their own memorial, topped off by a Class 8F steam engine. The memorial is in celebration of their...