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UNION Wagon Company (UWC), Russia, has signed an agreement with Amsted Rail, United States, which will see the creation of a new joint venture for designing and manufacturing freight wagon components.
BRAUNSCHWEIG Transport (BSVAG) has exercised an option for three additional Tramino low-floor LRVs with Solaris, Poland. The 36m-long four-section vehicles will be built to operate on Brauschweig's unique 1100mm-gauge network ..
Amur – Yakutsk Mainline nears completion
Russian construction company Transstroy announced on August 15 that it expects to complete construction on the final section of the Amur – Yakutsk Mainline (AYAM) in the Far East of the country by the end of next month. Full Article
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Stadler Pankow to deliver additional Variobahn trams to London Tramlink
Stadler Pankow has received an order from UK tram operator London Tramlink for the delivery of four additional five-carriage Variobahn trams to expand the operator's existing Variobahn fleet.
ABB to supply rail traction for Dallas Liberty streetcars in the US
Swiss power and automation technology firm ABB has secured an order from Brookville Equipment to deliver a complete traction system to be equipped on new light rail vehicles (LRVs) in Dallas, Texas, US.
Telent to replace radio infrastructure on Scottish rail lines
UK-based communications firm Telent has secured a contract from Network Rail to replace radio infrastructure on Scotland's Far North and West Highland Lines.
Hollysys to deliver signalling system to Lanxin high-speed rail line in China
Hollysys Automation Technologies (Hollysys) has secured a RMB118.37m ($19.2m) contract to supply its ground-based high-speed rail signalling system to the Xinjiang section of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang (Lanxin) high-speed rail line in China.
UK Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
ORR publishes data on government financial support to the rail industry
22 August 2013
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has today published statistics highlighting year-on-year levels of government financial support to the rail industry (1985-86 to 2012-13).
Statistics show that in 2012-13 the rail industry received a £5.1bn government subsidy, this is £524 million greater than the previous year. The subsidy includes £1,536 million of spending on major rail projects such as Crossrail – a rise of £828 million on the previous year.
Data also highlights that 2012-13 is the third successive year that the government received money back from train operating companies as part of their franchise agreement. In 2012-13, the government received £420m.
To view these statistics, visit ORR's National Rail Trends (NRT) Portal at: http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk
The NRT Portal – which now has over 2,500 subscribers - gives everyone access to a wide range of rail statistics throughout the year. The NRT Portal holds information in one place and is easy to navigate. New data is uploaded onto the Portal each month.
Top 30 passenger experience innovations
Passenger experience is one of the primary advantages railways tend to advertise over airlines. Rather than cram into tiny seats without access to your electronic devices, rail offers the chance to stretch out over a table, purchase food at your leisure and take advantage of on-board Wi-Fi to get on with work or play.
With this in mind, we’ve put together this e-book exploring the top 30 things that, in our opinions, make rail an agreeable option for travellers.
Get the E-Book to hear:
- Some of the greatest and not so great innovations in passenger experience
- How rail companies have utilised and successfully implemented these innovations
- Why making the passenger experience should be priority
- Rants and raves both positive and negative
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