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UK-based engineering firm Mott MacDonald has secured a contract from Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon (RMGL) in India to provide design work for six new metro...
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Public consultation begins for San Diego Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project
San Diego Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project in the US moves forward with San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) releasing the draft of environment report for the $1.7bn...
Zaha Hadid to construct new KAFD metro station in Saudi Arabia
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a contract from the ArRiyadh Development Authority to build the new King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi...
Bechtel wins Vauxhall Tube station modernisation contract in UK
US-based construction and engineering firm Bechtel has won a £36m contract from London Underground to modernise Vauxhall tube station over the next few...
EIB to increase loan for PKP to buy Alstom Pendolino high-speed trains
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will increase its loan to Polish rail operator PKP Intercity from the €224m originally agreed in July 2011 to €342m to buy a fleet of 20 Pendolino...
UK DfT launches consultations for HS2 first phase
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has launched consultations for the first phase of Britain's £32bn High Speed 2 (HS2) rail network's draft environmental statement (ES) and proposed...
Australia allocates $23.8bn for transport projects
Australian Government has earmarked A$24bn ($23.8bn) in its 2013-14 budget for spending on road and rail...
Hitachi awards contract to build UK rolling stock manufacturing plant
Hitachi Rail Europe has signed a contract with Merchant Place Developments to build and fit-out a rolling stock manufacturing and assembly plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham,...
VolkerFitzpatrick wins Ilford Yard stabling contract
VolkerFitzpatrick has secured a £50m contract from Crossrail to carry out the Ilford Yard stabling project in the...
Aecom-SA Architects consortium to carry out Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail study
A consortium of Aecom Singapore, Aecom Perunding and SA Architects has won a contract worth S$52.8m ($42.7m) to carry out an architectural and engineering consultancy study on the...
Alstom wins traction system contract from China’s Nanjing metro
Alstom and its joint venture Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment (SATEE) have won a €28m contract from Nanjing Metro Group in China to supply traction systems and associated services...
Press Releases
Fire Protection Has Never Been So Flexible
The new SABIX Ultra series of cable have a myriad of beneficial characteristics for various applications; these features are outlined below. Due to the new sheath material, the cable can be...
Global Gathering to Discuss the Future of Broadband Wireless Services to Trains
BWCS has issued the last call to register for this year's WiFi on Trains Conference - Train Communications Systems Conference 2013. The event has already attracted train operators and...
ASC Continues to Expand Its International Network, Gains Distribution Partners in India and Brazil
Advanced Sensors Calibration (ASC), one of the world's leading manufacturers of accelerometers, angular rate sensors and IMUs (inertial measurement units), will now work with two new...
ASC Supplies Safety Sensors for the New ICE Generation from Siemens
ASC GmbH (Advanced Sensors Calibration), one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality acceleration sensors, has developed tailor-made sensors for Siemens Mobility for the new Velaro-D...
Alstom Selects Zonegreen for Hi-Tech Italian Railway Depot
Innovative software developed by Sheffield's Zonegreen is keeping operations at Italy's most advanced rail depot running smoothly and efficiently. Alstom has installed the South Yorkshire...
ENSCO Announces Contract with Bombardier Transportation to Provide Instrumented Wheel Set Testing Services for Railcars
ENSCO, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract with Bombardier Transportation to provide instrumented wheel sets (IWS) and associated testing services in support...
MagSense Track Magnet Detector: the Newest Addition to Our Automatic Warning System Range
MRD's MagSense Track Magnet Detector has been designed with no moving parts and modern high reliability components to reliably detect track magnets used in station protection, automatic...
Multi-Carrier 3G Cellular Broadband Routers Added to Steatite Portfolio
Steatite announces new strategic partnership with CalAmp of Oxnard in the USA. CalAmp specializes in rugged wireless solutions from narrowband to broadband, using licensed, spread spectrum...
Sjolund Releases Free White Paper
At Sjolund we welcome challenges. Every day. we transform straight profile into intricately curved shapes with a wide range of geometric possibilities. The only limit to the complexity and...
Does Free WiFi Really Increase Ticket Sales?
The problem with offering free WiFi to train customers is - it's hard to know how much they value it. Do they simply expect it to be there, as it is on many buses, in McDonalds eateries and...
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