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The first freight train to connect China and the UK has completed its 12,000 km journey from Yiwu to Barking. Arriving earlier today at DB Cargo's Eurohub terminal, the milestone adds the UK to the list of destinations now served...

Network Rail has released a timelapse video showing work being carried out to reinstate platforms 20-24 in the former Eurostar terminal at London Waterloo station as part of the Waterloo & South West Upgrade. The footage was recorded last autumn...

KeolisAmey will become the new operator of Manchester's Metrolink light rail network when the current contract with RATP Dev and MPT ends in the summer. The joint venture already operates London's Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and will take over Metrolink in...

Driverless vehicles need to be considered as part of an integrated transport plan which supports existing transport networks, the UITP has recommended. The adoption of more autonomous vehicles (AV) on roads around the world "will lead to a dystopian future of...

A French consortium of Alstom, Colas Rail and Thales is to deliver a brand new metro system for the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. Hanoi Line 3, due to open by the end of 2021, will be 12.5 km long and...

The first new Muni Metro light rail vehicle from Siemens has arrived in San Francisco. Siemens is building 215 new vehicles for the system - its largest-ever light rail order in the US. The first vehicle has now been delivered to the Muni...

The Midland Metro Alliance (MMA) will start clearing vegetation later this week along the proposed route of an extension of Birmingham's light rail network from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill. The 11km route will reinstate part of the disused South Staffordshire Line. Overgrown sections...

Hamburg-based rail freight operator HSL Logistik has ordered four Traxx AC3 locomotives from Bombardier Transportation. HSL Logistik is one of the largest privately owned rail freight operators in Germany, operating around 300 trains a week last year. HSL Logistik currently has...

Just over a year since it opened, Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe factory has rolled out the first British-built train of the Intercity Express Programme (IEP). A significant milestone in the £5.7 billion IEP programme, the manufacturer marked the occasion on 9 December with a celebration at the site. The event included speeches by the Transport Secretary, […]

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With Network Rail under pressure to increase the efficiency and reliability of its delivery of major projects, an extensive review is looking into all barriers that prevent alternative project delivery models. Professor Peter Hansford, a past president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, agreed to chair […]

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