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Managing risk on a project isn’t just about being the safety police, says Sarah; it is much more important to support and encourage safe practice. On something like the Four Lines Modernisation (4LM) project, probably one of the largest and most complex resignalling programmes in the world, that philosophy is being put to the test. […]

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The board of Boston's public transport operator, MBTA, has agreed an order for 120 additional Red Line cars - a decision which will result in the complete renewal of the Red Line fleet. Chinese manufacturer CRRC is currently building a...

Italy's transport minister, Graziano Delrio, has attended the opening of a new high-speed line between Treviglio and Brescia. The transport minister and other officials were on board a Frecciarossa 1000 for the maiden trip on December 11 - the day the...

MTR has taken over the operation and maintenance of the Stockholm Pendeltåg commuter rail network. MTR Pendeltågen AB, which officially took over on December 11, will sit alongside MTR's two existing Swedish rail services: Stockholm Metro and the intercity MTR Express service...

Passenger and freight trains have begun scheduled services through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, marking the completion of a record-breaking project. The first two trains to use the tunnel left Zurich and Basel for Lugano, a city in the Italian-speaking Ticino...

In striving to raise the number and standard of apprentices, the rail industry has inadvertently made 2016 the Year of the Apprentice. This first became clear at the start of the year with an announcement backing the creation of 30,000 apprentices in transport over the next few years and plans to write apprenticeship targets into procurement […]

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When King Coal ruled Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, his monopoly transport servant for much of the nineteenth century was the Midland Railway. But only one party profits from a monopoly and the Midland’s ability to dictate prices on a ‘take it or leave it’ basis seriously dented Derby’s position as an industrial powerhouse. So when local […]

South Africa's passenger rail authority, PRASA, has given provisional certification for the new X’Trapolis Mega train. The Provisional Acceptance Certificate means the first train, which has been built by the Alstom-led Gibela joint venture, can enter test service without passengers. The test...

Hitachi is celebrating the completion of the first Class 800 IEP train to be built in the UK. An event is being held at the company's factory in Newton Aycliffe today to mark the milestone. It is the first of...

Alstom has said a 20-train order for line 4 of the Paris Metro will secure jobs at its French manufacturing sites and throughout the wider supply chain. The additional six-car trains, which have been ordered by STIF and RATP, are an option...