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ERTMS UK test site

There have been several articles already on ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) published in The Rail Engineer, and there will be many more as the years progress. This vitally important system for the future of signalling and train control is slowly rolling out across Europe. Writes Clive Kessell Here in the UK, another milestone […]

AVE ridership up 20% in 2013

The number of passengers taking high-speed trains in Spain rose by 20 per cent last year, according to Ana Pastor. During the first six months of 2014, AVE ridership had risen by a further 12 per cent on the previous...

LA metro recommends joint venture for $1.6bn Purple Line extension

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has recommended a Skanska, Traylor Bros and J.F. Shea (STS) joint venture for a $1.6 billion design and build contract to extend the city's Purple Line. The 6.3-kilometre line will see the existing...

Rail Live 2014

Rail Live 2014. An exhibition which does exactly what it says on the tin – it shows off railway engineering working in front of an audience, live. Writes Nigel Wordsworth The first Rail Live took place on 18/19 June at Long Marston near Stratford-upon-Avon. Building on the success of last year’s National Track Plant Show, over 300 […]

Network Rail fined for missed punctuality targets

Network Rail has told it must pay back £53.1 million for missing punctuality targets between 2009 and 2014. Publishing its CP4 review, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) praised Network Rail for delivering the vast majority of its ambitious enhancements...

RZD to double-up high-speed train services between Moscow and St Petersburg

From August, Russian Railways (RZD) will operate new 20-car high-speed Sapsan services between Moscow and St Petersburg, doubling its current capacity. RZD said the new dual unit trains, which will have a seating capacity of more than 1,200, will be introduced...

Kraków orders new trams

The city of Kraków has signed a contract with Polish rolling stock manufacturer PESA Bydgoszcz for 36 new low-floor trams. The new vehicles, which will be delivered from next year until September 2015, will go into service on Line 4 allowing the...

Date set for Gold Coast tram opening

Gold Coast's new light rail system is to open on July 20, the Queensland Government has announced. The coastal city's new fleet of 14 yellow trams - the only trams in the world with a built-in surfboard rack - will go live after...

Stadler and Ansaldo STS to build Aarhus light rail system

Stadler and Ansaldo STS have won a contract to build the first phase of a 110-kilometre light rail system in the Danish city of Aarhus. The turnkey contract includes construction of the line and its associated systems, and the supply...

Approval for Daventry rail freight expansion

An 8 million sq ft extension of Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (Dirft) has been given the green light by the Secretary of State. Dirft III will have a capacity for up to 32 freight trains in and out of...

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Andrew Haines looks back on five years of CP6

As Control Period 6 (CP6) comes to a close on 31 March, Network Rail is taking a look back...