SCOTTISH cabinet secretary for infrastructure Mr Keith Brown joined contractors at Tweedbank station on February 12 to attach the final rail clip on the Borders Railway, marking the completion of tracklaying on the 48km line from Newcraighall, south of Edinburgh.

THE board of South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) has awarded Transdev's US rail infrastructure maintenance subsidiary VTMI a $US 161m contract to maintain track, signalling, and structures on the 115km Tri-Rail commuter line from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

CONSTRUCTION of the second phase of Kenya's new standard-gauge railway from the capital Nairobi to the Lake Victoria port of Kisumu will start in July.

THE bidding process for a tender to construct a 280km railway from Semera east to the Djibouti port of Tadjourah on the north bank of the Gulf of Tadjourah has been postponed for a fifth time.

RUSSIA's Federal Railways Certification Register has completed the certification of low-temperature-resistant HH350 head-hardened rail developed by Evraz.

KB Holding, which has a 29.99% holding in Vossloh, plans to offer between €48 and €49 per share for the remaining 70% of the company.

Variations in temperature and ground conditions can significantly reduce the lifespan of rails. However, Tata Steel's Railcote solution is proving beneficial to prevent erosion and damage in urban environments as well as in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, as Katharine Hawkswell, product marketing manager, and Kevin Graham, researcher, at Tata Steel explain.

PLASSER & THEURER has completed the delivery of five new track maintenance vehicles ordered in autumn 2013 by Bulgarian infrastructure maintenance contractor ZHP Stroy.

SWEDISH infrastructure manager Trafikverket has awarded Strukton Rail a five-year contract worth around €50m to maintain railways in the Malmö area.

THE CEO of Britain's infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR), Mr Mark Carne, has ordered an inquiry into the cause of late-running infrastructure work which resulted in the closure of London King's Cross station for an entire day on December 27 and major disruption to services out of London Paddington.