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Plans to revamp Llandudno railway station into a bright, accessible, green and secure transport interchange are unveiled for the first time today at a public exhibition. Passengers are urged to back the proposal to assist the application for a...

Interest in Network Rail’s apprentice scheme has rocketed with twice as many pre-registering for the award winning scheme as last year, with almost 8,000 people competing for around 200 places. In recent years, interest in the scheme has soared but...

To mark 25 years since the formation in 1985 of the Freightliner Retirement Association (FRA), the organisation held a Christmas luncheon in Birmingham. This was the culmination of a number of events to mark this significant milestone. On this occasion the...

FirstGroup, the UK’s largest transport operator, has got on board with an Apprentice style project run by Aberdeenshire based, Enterprise North East Trust. ‘The Recruit’ aims to get winter school-leavers ready for employment through a number of innovative business challenges....

Luxembourg Railways (CFL) has selected Alstom to install the third and final portion of its fleet with the Atlas ERTMS signalling solution. The contract is worth more than €13 million and covers the installation of 19...

The Poitou-Charentes and Auvergne regions have just placed an order with Alstom to supply 10 and 12 regional trains, respectively, from the Coradia Polyvalent range (Régiolis) for some €125 million. The Auvergne region is already operating 37 regional Alstom...

Metro General Manager Richard Sarles proposed a $1.4 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year 2012 that maintains the current level of rail, bus and paratransit services without increasing fares. His proposed budget is the first step...

Centro’s sales teams have defied the difficult economic times to chalk up sales worth more than £9m. A drive to encourage people to buy their monthly nNetwork and nTrain season tickets by Direct Debit which offers an attractive discount, or...

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC) - a joint venture between Soma Enterprise Limited, CEC International Corporation India (CICI) and the contractors for Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) - to provide technical consultancy services...

In Copenhagen, Ansaldo STS (STS.MI), a Finmeccanica Group company, signed a contract worth a total of EUR 700 million to build the technological system of city’s new metro, Cityringen. The new line, which will run entirely underground, will be a...