Icelanic Volcano Eruption Creates Rail Passenger Spurt
Rail companies in the UK have seen a surge in passengers looking for alternative transport after air travel was cancelled…
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DHL Wins UK Network Rail Contract
The UK's Network Rail has awarded a four-year contract to DHL Supply Chain to provide a road transport planning centre.…
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Eurostar Ticket Sales up by 5%
Eurostar has registered an increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2010. The company's ticket sales are estimated to…
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GE to Build Locomotives for Kazakhstan
GE Transportation has signed a deal to build 150 shunter diesel-electric locomotives for Kazakhstan's railways. The US-based company will jointly…
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Alstom Delivers First Diesel Locomotive to French Railways
Alstom has supplied the first Prima BB 475400 diesel locomotive to the French National Railways. The delivery is part of…
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Study Looks to Revolutionise Rail with Nanofluids
It is hoped a Europe-wide study into railway engine cooling systems will achieve a 40% improvement in engine efficiency, which…
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Orient Express Plans to Widen Peru Rail Network
Orient Express Hotels is planning to invest $2bn to extend its Peruvian rail network to Brazil. The lines are expected…
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China to Construct Magnetic Levitated Railway
China will build a 430km/h magnetically levitated railway for CNY22bn ($3bn). The route, part of China's high-speed railway network, will…
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UK’s RMT Protests in Europe Following Network Rail Talks
Members of the UK’s Rail Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union headed to Lille, France, today to join a Europe-wide…
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Italian Derailment Death Toll Rises to Nine
The death toll from Monday's train derailment in northern Italy has risen to nine with another 28 left injured, seven…