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NSW Government unveils plans for the future of Sydney ferries – ABC Online | Internet News 247 on:
Carillion has been named as the preferred bidder for the first phase of Battersea Power Station’s regeneration. The £400 million mixed-use development will form part of a multi-billion pound vision[...]
The Swedish city of Kiruna lies 90 miles north of the Arctic Circle and boasts the world’s largest underground iron ore mine. Writes David Shirres from Kiruna On May 21,[...]
International platforms at Waterloo – vacated by Eurostar five years ago – should be back in use next April thanks to moves by the Network Rail and South West Trains Alliance. On the anniversary of the alliance‘s first year in action a special train from Woking pulled into platform 20. Says Tim Shoveller, managing director [...]
A project to replace Chicago’s 40-year-old Red Line has begun. Chicago’s Transit Authority (CTA) is spending $425 million to rebuilt the Red Line South track for the first time since[...]
The first of two traction substations that will power Olympic train services in Sochi next year has gone live. Russian Railways has described the milestone as “one of the most[...]
Germany’s rail industry model “should be an example” to other countries in the EU looking to boost competition, DB chief executive Rüdiger Grube has said. Announcing the publication of the[...]
In just over a month’s time, Sydney’s monorail will make its final run, giving a handful of passengers one last loop around Australia’s largest city from its elevated line. Once[...]
Spectacular designs for a lavish metro station in the centre of Riyadh have gone on show, demonstrating once again the huge investment that is driving the Middle East’s rail boom.[...]
Rail freight has been experiencing a marked renaissance over the past 15 years, growing in popularity as consistently as its steady decline in the 1960s and 70s, Marc Johnson reports. More and more businesses continue to shift from road to rail, but motorways and HGVs are still moving most of the UK’s goods, with rail [...]
FirstGroup has announced a rights issue worth £615 million to try and reduce debts of almost £2 billion. Announcing preliminary results for the year, FirstGroup said that although trading was[...]
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