All articles by Srijanee Chakraborthy

Srijanee Chakraborthy

New carbon-savings calculator fitted in Birmingham New Street station, UK

Birmingham New Street station has installed a new carbon-savings calculator to demonstrate emission reductions resulting from its connection to the Birmingham District Energy Scheme.

CSX Transportation and LIRC to increase train numbers on line between Kentucky and Indiana

CSX Transportation (CSX) and the Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC) have stated train traffic on the LIRC line from Louisville to Seymour will increase over the next few weeks.

Testing begins on Russian Railway’s TEM28 diesel prototype in Penza

Russian rail equipment producer Transmashholding (TMH) has announced that a prototype of TEM28 diesel shunting locomotive is undergoing comparative tests at the Penza Operational Locomotive Depot.

Scomi Engineering wins $121m monorail contract in Brazil

Malaysia-based Scomi Engineering has secured a MYR504.6m ($121.5m) contract to carry out additional works on Line 17 of Gold São Paulo monorail project in Brazil.

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff re-appointed as prime system integrator for London Underground

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff has been offered a contract worth £1.9m to continue its support as a prime system integrator partner on London Underground’s New Tube for London programme.

Alstom reveals design of MP14 metro rail in France

Alstom has revealed designs and internal layouts for the MP14, a futuristic rubber-tyred metro train.

HS2 contracts engineering delivery partners for phase one of UK’s high speed railway project

HS2, the developer and promoter of the UK’s new high-speed rail network, has contracted a team of engineering delivery partners to assist in their £900m HS2 project.

Scottish railway users to benefit from ScotRail’s retention of 13 trains

Scottish transport minister Derek Mackay has declared a series of benefits for railway passengers following the retention of 13 Class 170 diesel trains beyond their 2018 lease.

TfL gets approval for Barking Riverside railway extension

The Mayor of London has granted approval for Transport for London (TfL) to seek legal authorisation for the rail extension in the east of London’s largest housing development site.