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Keith Barrow

Keith Barrow joined IRJ as News Editor in 2006 and was promoted to Associate Editor in 2008. He was previously editor of employee publications for the Welsh Assembly Government, G4S, and Thomsonfly, and has written for a range of other publications including the Derby Telegraph. He graduated from Lincoln University in 2002 with a degree in journalism.

November 24, 2015 | Europe

Macedonian Railways launches Chinese trains

MACEDONIAN prime minister Mr Nikola Gruevski officially launched Macedonian Railways' (MZ) new fleet of Chinese-built regional trains on November 15 with an inaugural trip from Skopje to Veles.

November 23, 2015 | High-speed

China approves Ningxia high-speed line

CHINA's National Development and Reform Commission gave the go-ahead on November 20 for the construction of a 618km high-speed line linking Xi'an with Yinchuan in the western autonomous region of Ningxia, which is not currently linked to the high-speed network.

November 23, 2015 | Australia/NZ

More Bombardier LRVs for Melbourne

VICTORIA's minister for public transport Mrs Jacinta Allan announced on November 23 that the government of the Australian state has exercised a $A 274m ($US 197m) option with Bombardier for 20 additional E-Class (Flexity Swift) low-floor LRVs for the Melbourne tram network.

November 23, 2015 | Asia

Indian gauge conversion projects move forward

INDIA's Northeast Frontier Railway marked a milestone in its gauge conversion programme on November 21, when the country's railway minister Mr Suresh Prabhu flagged off the first broad-gauge passenger train on the 210km Lumbding - Guwahati - Silchar line in Assam state via a live video link from Delhi.

November 23, 2015 | Main line

SJ wins Swedish regional rail contracts

SWEDISH national passenger operator SJ has won two contracts to operate regional passenger services in central and southwest Sweden.

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.

November 20, 2015 | Europe

Gotthard Base Tunnel test trains reach 275km/h

ALPTRANSIT Gotthard says more than 500 test runs have been successfully carried out in the 57km Gotthard Base Tunnel during the first 50 days of trial operations as final preparations are made for the handover of the tunnel to Swiss Federal Railways (SBB).

November 20, 2015 | High-speed

Eurostar Velaro e320 enters passenger service

EUROSTAR's new fleet of Siemens Velaro e320 (class 374) high-speed trains entered passenger service on the morning of November 20, when one of the 16-car sets formed the 10.24 from London St Pancras to Paris Nord.

November 20, 2015 | Metros

Singapore LTA awards first TEL East Coast civil works contract

SINGAPORE Land Transport Authority has awarded the first contract civil works on the East Coast section of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) to Samsung C&T, which will construct Marine Parade station and associated tunnels in a deal worth around $S 555m ($US 394m).

November 20, 2015 | Commuter Rail

London Crossrail train design revealed

THE mayor of London Mr Boris Johnson and Transport for London (TfL) unveiled the artist's impressions of the Bombardier Aventra EMU for the city's east-west Crossrail link, which is due to open in 2018.