EUROTUNNEL freight subsidiary Europorte Channel has successfully run the first freight service between mainland Europe and Britain using continental loading gauge wagons carrying lorry semi-trailers.
RICARDO UK, Artemis Intelligent Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Europe, and Bombardier Transportation UK have announced a collaborative research programme to investigate a more effective use of energy recovered from braking on diesel trains.
STRATHCLYDE Partnership for Transport (SPT) has appointed Systra to act as technical advisor for the turnkey contract to supply new trains, signalling and train control systems, and an upgraded control room as part of the £287.5m modernisation of the Glasgow Subway.
With heavy snowfall impacting the reliability of northern Europe's rail networks during recent frigid winters, two new snow clearance machines trialled this winter in Sweden and Britain aim to minimise future disruption, as Kevin Smith discovers.
BRITAIN's infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR), has agreed framework deals with Ansaldo STS, Infrasig, Invensys Rail, and Signalling Solutions to develop and design ETCS Level 2 signalling and train control for use in Britain.