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April's top stories: Borders Railway underway, CHSRA looks to green power April brought developments for high-speed rail projects in California and Morocco, while Etihad Rail's project in the UAE took delivery of its first locomotives. In the UK, construction started...
Russian railways: connecting a growing economy Russia is spending billions to make its rail infrastructure worthy of its growing economy. But with obsolete rolling stock to replace, lines to build and freight bottlenecks to eliminate, how...
Future visions - the UK's Radical Train project As the UK rail industry's Enabling Innovation Team (EIT) asks inventors and companies to submit innovative ideas as part of the Radical Train project, its coordinator, Richard Jones, explains...
Photo feature: Crossrail's tunnelling milestone London's massive Crossrail project reached a new milestone when its tunnel boring machine, Phyllis, reached Bond Street station in March. Crossrail's images of the tunnelling and construction...
March's top stories: DB backs Stuttgart 21, HS2 beats legal challenge March brought news for two troubled projects, as Germany's Deutsche Bahn pushed forward with the Stuttgart 21 project and the UK's High-Speed 2 beat a major legal challenge. Meanwhile, US...
Video feature: new look for Birmingham New Street Network Rail is about to open the first stage of the redeveloped Birmingham New Street station to the public. With a massive new concourse, a shimmering new façade and other upgrades, the...
Future Rail: Issue 6 In this issue: How London Underground aims to keep ahead of growing commuter crowds, Network Rail’s rising fares, China’s high-speed revolution, dealing with floods, and...
Pay as you grow – unique funding proposed for Northern Line extension The proposed extension of the Northern Line of the London Underground is one of the major infrastructure projects heralded by the British Government in its recent budget. But will the...
London Underground: beating the rush hour Crammed carriages are a common sight on metro systems during peak hours, and tackling overcrowding is a priority for most networks. The London Underground, one of the world's busiest metros,...
UK rail: measuring passenger satisfaction Two recent UK surveys have presented seemingly contradictory reports on rail passenger satisfaction. With one survey mainly positive and the other much more damning, there is one obvious...