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Eleven men have been remanded in custody after being arrested and charged with conspiracy to steal railway power cable from the railway line in the North Cotswolds area between November 2011 and May 2012. On Thursday, 24 May 2012, officers...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd and Toshiba Corp have won an order to supply a further four Series 700T trainsets with 12 cars each as well as electrical equipment for Taiwan's high speed rail network. The two companies said they will...

Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore officially opened Fortescue Metals Group’s (FMG) new iron ore berth in Port Hedland last week. Berth AP3 is the first of two new berths to be constructed at the town’s Herb Elliott Port, which plans to achieve a 120 million tonne capacity by early 2013. “It’s projects like this [...]

A woman has been jailed for 21 weeks after she admitted racially abusing other passengers on the London Underground. Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42, of Romford, east London, hurled abuse at Tube passengers on the Central line on 23 January. A video of...

The Forth Bridge has been chosen to put forward a nomination to Unesco to be considered as a world heritage site. The Forth Bridges Forum will prepare a bid for consideration for the rail bridge in 2014. A decision will...

The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has told Network Rail to deliver better levels of punctuality for passengers on long distance train services, or face a substantial penalty. Following an 'extensive investigation', the rail regulator has instructed Network Rail to...

The RMT has confirmed today that it has begun balloting service control centre, ticket staff and gate line maintenance engineers for 'strike action and action short of a strike in two separate disputes over jobs, pay and conditions of service'. Proposals...

Auckland Transport has awarded the $40 million contract for the construction of the Wiri Maintenance and Stabling Depot for Auckland’s new electric train fleet to Downer New Zealand Limited (Downer). Located next to the South-Western Expressway on Wiri Station Road on the old Winstone’s Quarry Site, the Wiri Maintenance and Stabling Depot will be the [...]

Thales Austria recently signed a contract with the Hungarian infrastructure company NIF to provide modern electronic train control technology for the Boba-Bajánsenye line. The contract includes the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a complete European Train Control System (ETCS)...

Heathrow Express has unveiled its new refurbished fleet of trains, with the first one set to go into service tonight. The refurbishment to ‘premiumise’ the brand 'mirrors an airline experience whilst complying with forthcoming safety standards due to be introduced...