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Midland Metro to partially close for engineering works

The Midland Metro will be partially closed for four days in April to allow for the completion of a £400,000 maintenance project. The line between Wolverhampton St George’s and Wednesbury Parkway will be affected by the closure between April 17-20...

Edinburgh tram project back on track?

The much-anticipated project to bring trams to the streets of Edinburgh has recently been fraught with difficulties, and work has been on hold since October of last year while. Contractual differences between Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE), who are delivering the...

Glasgow’s underground railway, the Glasgow Subway, is to be revamped

All 15 stations are to be redeveloped with better disabled access and electronic ticketing. More controversially new, driverless trains will be introduced on the six mile system. Says John Swinney, Finance Secretary at the Scottish government, ‘We recognise the central...

Dubai Metro’s Jebel Ali Station opens

The Jebel Ali Station in Dubai opened on time today following a successful inspection visit by the Executive Director or RTA. He explored the terminal station on the Red Line of the Dubai Metro and met with employees. The opening of...

Washington Metro details plans to realign Blue & Yellow line

Metro officials detailed plans yesterday to the Board Customer Service and Operations Committee about how the transit authority plans to realign Blue and Yellow Line Metrorail service by June 2012 in an effort to improve service, reliability and prepare...

Ansaldo STS wins Paris Metro signalling contract

RATP (Paris Metro Operator) has awarded Ansaldo STS a contract renewal to provide preventive and corrective maintenance of signalling systems and services on metro lines 2-12 and 3 Tramway lines. The contract worth €17.8 millions has duration of 3 years with an...

LA Metro awarded grant for revitalisation plans

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) have been awarded a planning grant from the California Department of Transportation to 'develop a community linkage and revitalisation concept plan for consideration by local...

Dallas Area Rapid Transit plan more light rail services

Dallas Area Rapid Transit have announces that it is developing plans to have more frequent light rail services. These would be based on the Red Line North/Orange Line and the intention is to alleviate rush hour congestion and provide...

Skoda Vagonka to supply Czech Railways with EMUs

Czech Railways (CD) have awarded contracts to Å koda Vagonka to supply new single-floor EMUs. The contract consists of the supply of fifteen three-carriage and four two-carriage units. The new trains will be used for public transport in the Usti, Pardubice,...

The All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group plan potential regeneration

The All Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group has announced they are working with a leading architect who is advising them about the potential for regeneration and opportunities for developers. An architect from national practice DLG Architects was invited to provide expert opinion...

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Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway...