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TfL has announced that it’s awarding Siemens a contract of around £1.5bn to design and build 94 new generation tube trains for use on the Piccadilly line.
Posted 10 hours ago by Railpage System User
Network Rail has launched a technology supplier qualification system as its primary sourcing platform for IT goods and services.
Posted 11 hours ago by Railpage System User
TfL has announced its intention to award a contract worth around £1.5bn to Siemens Mobility to design and build 94 new-generation Tube trains to operate on the Piccadilly line, used by over 700,000 customers use every day.
Posted 15 hours ago by Railpage System User
The exceptionally delayed new entrance to Bank tube station looks increasingly close to be opened at last.
Posted 16 hours ago by Railpage System User
Network Rail has invited suppliers to bid for the next generation of track work contracts, the largest of its kind being undertaken for the upcoming funding period.
Posted 19 hours ago by Railpage System User
The UK’s Transport for London (TfL) has extended its contract with British Steel for the supply of rails to the London Underground service.
Posted 20 hours ago by Railpage System User
The first of the giant tunnel boring machines that will dig the “super sewer” underneath the Thames has been lowered into position, some 53 metres below ground.
Posted 21 hours ago by Railpage System User
Thousands of UK small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) will benefit from revised contract terms as Network Rail changes how major suppliers on the railway pay their subcontractors.
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Travellers suffer major disruption after track and wires damaged near Wakefield
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
The European Union’s efforts to build efficient high-speed railway projects across the continent are bringing ‘low added value’ and the services are failing to perform at their potential best, a study by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has revealed.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
The app, Signly, will use the latest software to give people who are deaf or hard of hearing access to essential written travel and safety notices by delivering signed content directly to their smartphone or tablet.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
Keeping Britain moving is full of fantastic opportunities. The railway offers a wide range of careers, from operations and maintenance to professional services.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
Network Rail’s High Output strategic rail fleet spares are moving to a central storage facility to improve asset reliability and operational logistics. It has been estimated that this move will save approximately £1.6 million through improved efficiency.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
In March this year, gender pay gap data released by the Greater London Authority (GLA) revealed that male employees at Transport for London (TfL), the government body responsible for the transport system in the UK capital, are paid over a fifth more than female colleagues.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
Poor mobile connectivity on-board trains is a particular pain-point for people who regularly commute by train for work. We live in a time where the ‘9 to 5’ doesn’t fit the working patterns of a lot of professionals operating in a global economy. Workers are often expected to take calls, reply to emails and read documents outside of the traditional working hours, and that includes when on a train.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
As part of the Great North Rail Project, a £725,000 programme is underway to improve the reliability of the Liverpool to Manchester railway.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
Liverpool Lime Street’s reopening for train services in July was a major milestone for the Great North Rail Project - a multi-billion-pound scheme to improve transport in the region.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
On the 30th June 2003, London Underground introduced the notion of tapping in and tapping out – the Oyster Card had arrived.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
Hitachi’s electric commuter trains, Class 385s, have received approval from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) ahead of starting passenger service on Scotland’s Central Belt, including the Edinburgh-Glasgow line.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
Hitachi and Bombardier are a tried-and-tested high-speed team, having already successfully delivered one of Europe’s fastest trains in Italy, the ETR 1000 for Trenitalia – also known as the ‘Red Arrow’ (or Frecciarossa).
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
‘It is about developing the means to operate a railway in a more effective and safer way’, said Mark Bullock, Balfour Beatty CEO for Rail & Utilities, when he welcomed guests from the rail industry and academia to the company’s Rail Innovation Centre on June 28.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
Network Rail has released new computer generated images that reveal how Glasgow Queen Street station’s interior will be bigger and brighter once the £120 million redevelopment is completed by spring 2020.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
A consultation held to show off plans to substantially upgrade Holborn tube station has found, unsurprisingly, widespread support for the plans. TfL can now move onto the next stage which is to flesh out the plans ahead of a second consultation in 2020 before seeking planning permissions.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
Network Rail’s London Bridge station has won three prizes at the prestigious New London Awards following its historic £1bn redevelopment.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
Freight sidings in Buxton, a city in Peak District will be extended to allow longer freight trains to operate across the UK railway network. Buxton is known for its quarries, from where construction materials are transported to various destinations across Britain.
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