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February 2, 2023 | Technology

British research project aims to reduce delays caused by leaves on the line

Artificial Intelligence is being used to develop a friction prediction tool.

November 4, 2022 | Infrastructure

British government changes course again on Northern Powerhouse Rail

Weeks after being reinstated, project for Transpennine high speed switches again to line upgrade.

March 22, 2021 | Financial

More funding for English transport operators to combat Covid losses

Transport for London receives £485m of the £518m funding package.

October 23, 2020 | Financial

English light rail operators receive additional support

THE British government has announced a new round of funding, worth up to £67.8m, to support light rail and light metro networks in England following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, until March 2021.

May 14, 2020 | Passenger

Levelling up the North

Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) is arguably the most radical rethink of the north of England’s rail network since the Victorian era.

October 25, 2018 | Light Rail

Sheffield - Rotherham tram-train finally enters service

THE long-awaited Sheffield - Rotherham tram-train pilot, the first in Britain, carried its inaugural passengers on October 25, just over nine years since the project was announced and six-and-a-half years since securing approval from the Department for Transport.

July 4, 2017 | Financial

Sheffield tram-train project quadruples in cost

BRITAIN’s National Audit Office (NAO) has published findings of an investigation into the Sheffield to Rotherham tram-train scheme, and has discovered Network Rail’s (NR) original cost has quadrupled, the cost:benefit ratio has plummeted and it will take longer to implement.

August 18, 2016 | Rolling stock

MTR orders Mechan depot equipment

MTR Corporation, Hong Kong, has awarded Mechan, Britain, two contracts to supply lifting jacks, bogie turntables and a bespoke bogie drop.

November 20, 2015 | Light Rail

Vossloh dispatches first Sheffield tram-train

THE first of seven CityLink LRVs for Sheffield's tram-train pilot project has left Vossloh Rail Vehicles' plant at Albuixech near Valencia in Spain on the first leg of its journey to Britain.

June 20, 2013 | Light Rail

Vossloh to supply seven tram-trains to Sheffield

SOUTH Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, the authority which oversees the Sheffield Super Tram network, has awarded Vossloh Rail Vehicles, Spain, a contract to supply seven tram-trains.

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