BRITAIN's infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR), has invited tenders for a £112m project to rebuild and expand Glasgow Queen Street station, the third busiest station in Scotland.
BRITISH train and bus operator, First Group, has applied to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) to operate a new open-access service of five trains per day between London King's Cross and Edinburgh starting in 2018.
NEARLY six years after construction began, Edinburgh finally launched its first modern light rail line on May 30, when the 13.5km route was inaugurated by dignitaries including Scottish transport minister Mr Keith Brown and Edinburgh city councillor for transport Mrs Lesley Hinds.
LINE testing of Edinburgh's long-delayed and over budget light rail line will be extended to the 2.1km section from Gogarburn station to Edinburgh Park on October 8, Edinburgh City Council has confirmed, adding that passenger services on the 13.5km line are due to begin in May 2014.
BRITISH Infrastructure manager Network Rail has awarded a £40m contract to Carillion for electrification of the 50km line from Cumbernauld to Glasgow Queen Street in Scotland.
CITY of Edinburgh Council has selected Parkeon Transit to supply the complete fare collection system for the city's light rail line, the final major contract to be awarded for the £776m project.
TESTING of Edinburgh's much-maligned inaugural light rail line is due to commence from November 26 when overhead 750kV dc powerlines on the initial 2.8km section between the depot at Gogar Castle Road and Edinburgh Airport go live.