Infrastructure
Amtrak announces ‘aggressive’ plan for 2012
With ‘demand for intercity passenger rail services on the rise as demonstrated by yet another year of record ridership, Amtrak is moving forward with an aggressive agenda for 2012 and building for the future while strengthening current services’. Among the key actions planned in the New Year are building the first units of 70 new [...]
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East Midlands Trains expands smartcard scheme
East Midlands Trains is expanding its smartcard scheme.
The scheme allows monthly and annual East Midlands Trains season tickets to be stored electronically on a StagecoachSmart travel card, instead of on a paper ticket.
The train company – part of transport...
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First TransPennine Express updates mobile ticketing app
First TransPennine Express (FTPE) has updated its mobile app so that customers travelling to and from Manchester Airport can use their phone as a ticket.
FTPE introduced a mobile app in October last year that allowed customers to purchase tickets...
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Translink introduces mobile ticketing
Rail passengers in Northern Ireland can now take advantage of 'on the go' ticketing with the launch of mLink, Translink’s innovative new mobile ticket.
mLink enables passengers to buy, receive and display an electronic ticket on their mobile phone doing...
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Indian Railways launches mobile ticketing
Indian Railways now allows passengers to book rail tickets from their mobile phones.
After initial registration and downloading the software, mobile users can book a ticket through their phone, a Railway official said.
Indian Railways have already launched an initiative to...
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Stansted Express launches mobile ticketing
Stansted Express, the fastest way between Central London and Stansted Airport has launched a new and convenient ticketing option via its website offering customers the opportunity to purchase tickets which can be sent direct to their mobile telephone or...
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Unite sets up hardship fund for Bombardier workers
Unite the union has set-up a hardship fund for Bombardier workers being made redundant 'because of the Government's decision not to award the company the Thameslink contract'.
Over '600 agency workers have lost their jobs'. The workers, 'many of whom...
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Quattro Group becomes Santa’s Grotto for charity
The South Pole has come to East London, with the Quattro Group turning into an extension of Santa’s Grotto.
Christmas has taken over at the Stratford-based head office, with the arrival of local charity Community Link, an organisation dedicated to...
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First TransPennine Express provide festive gifts for charity
Staff from a local train operating company have provided festive gifts and support for Leeds based charity Caring for Life.
First TransPennine Express (FTPE) have donated £300.00 worth of food and hours of volunteer time to the charity which assists...
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ScotRail launches new mobile phone app
Train operator ScotRail has launched a new – free - mobile phone app that provides ‘real time’ train running information throughout the UK combined with an easy ticket purchase option.
The ScotRail app is the only one in the UK...
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Network Rail engineers gear up for £135m investment in Britain’s railway this May
More than 800 projects* will take place across Britain’s railway this coming early and late May bank holidays, designed...