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November 15, 2011 | News

SNCF expands France

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) will increase the frequency and improve the quality of the TGV service which it operates between Paris, Turin and Milan with the start of the new timetable on December 11. To promote the improved service it is offering second-class single fares as low as Euros 25.

November 3, 2011 | News

Automated services begin on Paris Line 1

PIERRE Mongin, chairman and CEO of Paris Transport Authority (RATP), inaugurated the commissioning of the first automatic driverless trains for Line 1 of the Paris metro at a ceremony held today.

November 1, 2011 | News

Invensys wins Reading signalling contract

INVENSYS Rail has secured a £28m, four-year contract from British infrastructure manager Network Rail for the Reading Western Mainlines programme, the latest contract to be awarded in the £400m Reading station upgrade project.

November 1, 2011 | News

Final London Bridge contracts awarded

BRITISH infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR), has awarded the final two contracts in the project to redevelop London Bridge station as part of the Thameslink programme. Costain has won a £400m contract for station redevelopment and Balfour Beatty Rail will deliver the £50m track remodelling project.

October 31, 2011 | News

Russia’s richest man buys Freight One stake

INDEPENDENT Transport Company (ITC), which is owned by Russia's richest man Mr Vladimir Lisin, has secured 75% minus two shares of Russian Railways (RZD) subsidiary Freight One following a closed auction on October 28.

October 31, 2011 | News

Siemens weathering economic storm as work begins on new Eurostar

WORK is underway on the first high-speed train being built by Siemens for Eurostar following a £700m contract for 10 new trains that was controversially awarded in October 2010.

October 28, 2011 | News

The Hague to order Siemens Avenio LRVs

SIEMENS is to supply 40 Avenio low-floor LRVs to The Hague after its competitor in the tender, CAF, failed to win an appeal against the decision by The Hague City Tramways (HTM). The deal looks set to be the first firm order for Siemens' new generation LRV, which was unveiled in 2009.

October 28, 2011 | David Briginshaw

Stabler moves into her "dream job" at TTCI

Lisa Stabler, who succeeded Roy Allen as president of Transportation Technology Center Inc (TTCI) on October 7, took the time at Railway Interchange in Minneapolis to talk to David Briginshaw about her plans and ambitions for the USA’s premier research and test centre.

October 27, 2011 | News

Final offers in for Montpellier by-pass high-speed PPP project

FRENCH Rail Network (RFF) says it has received final offers from Bouygues and Vinci for a public-private partnership (PPP) contract to build and maintain an 80km high-speed line to by-pass the Mediterranean cities of Nîmes and Montpellier. RFF plans to select the winner at the beginning of next year. A third company, Eiffage, was originally part of the bidding process.

October 27, 2011 | David Briginshaw

Politicians must listen to reasonable demands

RAILWAYS and politics have always been reluctant bedfellows for a variety of reasons, such as state ownership or funding, or because of regulation and legislation. But it is an unequal relationship partly because of the politicians’ ability to pass new laws and partly because railways often find it difficult to be heard or state their case forcefully enough.

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