Gleeds has been appointed by Bombardier to project manage the construction of a new test and validation workshop in Derby. The facility will be built at Bombardier's Derby site, which is celebrating its 175th birthday this year, and will aid...

Crossrail’s operations director, Howard Smith, talks to Marc Johnson about where the project is going in 2014. Crossrail is a project in transition. As 2014 moves further forward, there will be fewer and fewer photographs of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) breaking into station boxes and ministers surveying completed tunnels. By the end of the year tunnelling will […]

Transport for London and the Department for Transport have named Bombardier as the winner of the £1 billion Crossrail train order. Bombardier's site in Derby will supply 65 trains and a new maintenance depot at Old Oak Common. Announcing the order...

Abloy UK Stand B51 Abloy UK, the security expert, is showcasing its Cliq Remote electro mechanical security platform and Protec2 locking solution, offering rail professionals greater key management and security, including audit trails for padlocks. Cliq Remote uses web based software allowing rail engineers and their contractors to have keys remotely authorised for use in [...]

In the run up to Railtex, Rail.co and the rail engineer will be looking at the must-see innovations on display at this year’s event Bombardier Transportation Stand D61 Bombardier Transportation will be presenting its technology-leading range of trains, rail equipment and asset...

As Railtex 2013 gets closer, we have more details of what visitors to the exhibition can expect to see. In the rolling stock sector, Bombardier will present its solutions for future UK rolling stock needs, such as its Aventra EMU and the TRAXX P200 AC electric locomotive, while Hitachi Rail Europe will feature bogie innovations [...]

Bombardier Transportation will be at Railtex this week to exhibit its comprehensive range of rail equipment, systems and services for the UK. Highlights include its latest FLEXITY 2 tram, soon to be supplied to Blackpool in its first worldwide application. It...

Bombardier has over 300 people working in design and engineering at Derby’s only remaining UK train building site, where 3,000 employees are based. These highly skilled individuals are not only designing trains but their considerable expertise is used to...