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UGL Limited and GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company, today introduced its new PowerHaul Series locomotive (PH37ACmai) at AusRail Plus 2011 in Brisbane, Australia. AusRail is the largest rail exhibition in the southern hemisphere attracting more than 4,000 attendees and over...

Minister of State for Transport the Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP is to formally open Infrarail 2012 at the UK’s National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on 1 May 2012. On the same day, the Minister will deliver a keynote speech...

Passengers on some of the country’s busiest rail routes are set to benefit from extra seats Rail Minister Theresa Villiers announced today. Passengers in the Thames Valley will benefit from nearly 4,500 additional seats each day into and out of...

Passengers using the Central line will 'soon begin to benefit from a rejuvenation of their carriages', TfL has said. After 19 years in service the current fleet of trains is being 'revamped to bring passengers cleaner, more comfortable trains to...

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited has today completed purchase of the assets of the rail division of Hydrex Equipment (UK) Ltd from its administrators, KPMG LLP. The purchase includes a transfer of employment for all rail division staff. Hydrex is the largest...

Rail users and stakeholders are being asked to play their part in shaping Scotland’s rail services with passenger interests at the heart. Transport Scotland today launches its Rail2014 Consultation, which offers passengers, as well as those who don’t currently travel...

European rail freight history was made at 01:00 on Friday 11 November when DB Schenker delivered on-time the first of a regular new weekly container train from Poland to the UK. The train is the first regular rail freight service...

Due to 'limited finance options' available to Indian Railways, the development of high speed railways in the country 'has to be done under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model', the Indian Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa...

There is a good case for a high speed rail network, linking London and the major cities of the Midlands, the North and Scotland says the Commons Transport Committee. Launching High Speed Rail – the report of the inquiry into...

A man proposed to his girlfriend on a packed London Overground train where he and a choir serenaded her. The 19:57 London Overground service to Watford Junction turned out to be the perfect place for Adam's proposal as he 'wanted...