THE cost of modernising Britain’s Great Western Main Line (GWML) has risen by £2.1bn more than originally planned in 2013 to £5.58bn, according to a damning report published by the National Audit Office (NAO) on November 9.
BRITAIN’s Rail Minister Mr Paul Maynard MP announced on November 8 that after scrutiny from the Hendy review, he and the Department for Transport (DfT) have decided to defer four key elements of the troubled Great Western Main Line (GWML) electrification programme.
BULGARIA’s Transport Ministry announced on November 7 that it has launched a project for the construction of a 23km double-track railway connecting its capital Sofia with the town of Ellin Pelin.
COUNCILLORS in the Finnish city of Tampere voted by a majority of 41-25 on November 7 to approve construction of the city’s first light rail line.
British operators are having to radically rethink their approach to station design and management to tackle capacity challenges and respond to the changing needs and expectations of passengers. Interserve transport director Kevin Murgatroyd considers what lessons could be drawn from their approach for others contemplating station upgrade plans.
A new double-deck train concept presented by the German Aerospace Center and Andreas Vogler Studios at InnoTrans offers a fresh approach to overcoming Brtiain’s passenger rail capacity problems, as Kevin Smith discovers.
With construction 75% complete, preparations are now well in hand for the launch of operations on London’s Crossrail east-west link. Crossrail operations director Howard Smith updates Keith Barrow on progress with this huge project.
THE Management Authority for Urban Railways of Ho Chi Minh City (MAUR) is planning to hold a workshop on November 21-22 for contractors interested in bidding for packages to construct tunnels and stations on metro Line 2.
ALSTOM presented the first metro train for the Indian city of Lucknow to Mr Yasar Shah, Uttar Pradesh commercial taxes minister, in a ceremony at its plant in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, on November 4.
THE executive board of Helsinki City Transport (HKL) decided at a meeting on November 1 to exercise an option with Škoda Transportation’s Finnish subsidiary Transtech for 29 Artic low-floor LRVs for the Raide-Jokeri light rail line between Helsinki and the neighbouring city of Espoo.
