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March 16, 2020 | Metros

TfL says coronavirus could cost £500m in lost revenue

TRANSPORT for London (TfL) says the coronavirus pandemic could cut passenger revenue by up to £500m following a 19% reduction in Underground trips and a 10% drop in bus traffic during the last week.

March 12, 2020 | Infrastructure

Network Rail awards maintenance contract to Harsco

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail has awarded a $US 25m mobile maintenance train contract to Harsco’s Rail Division.

March 11, 2020 | Financial

Midlands Rail Hub and Tyne & Wear Metro secure government funding

THE British government’s budget announcement on March 11 includes £20m to develop an Outline Business Case for the Midlands Rail Hub, a proposed £2bn package of improvements to increase rail capacity and service frequency between cities and towns across central England.

March 10, 2020 | Financial

Chinese group completes British Steel acquisition

JINGYE Group, China, has completed the acquisition of British Steel’s British and Dutch assets and pledged to invest £1.2bn in the troubled steel maker.

March 6, 2020 | High-speed

SNCF wants London - Bordeaux by 2022

LONDON St Pancras International and Bordeaux St Jean stations have been formally “twinned” in a ceremony held at St Pancras on March 5 2020 as French National Railways (SNCF) targets the introduction of a service between the two cities by 2022.

March 5, 2020 | Europe

Network Rail loses appeal against Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has lost an appeal against a Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling from July 2019, which found that the way NR controls access to rail infrastructure is in breach of competition law.

March 3, 2020 | Locomotives

Sellafield orders hybrid locomotives

CLAYTON Equipment, Britain, has won a contract from Sellafield, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Britain’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, to supply two CBD80 diesel-hybrid locomotives.

March 2, 2020 | Main line

New managing director appointed as Northern franchise enters public ownership

THE British government’s operator of last resort (OLR) took over operation of the Northern franchise on March 1, after secretary of state for transport, Mr Grant Shapps, transferred control from Arriva Rail North.

February 26, 2020 | Infrastructure

Specialist partners sought for Britain's east-west rail project

EAST West Railway has published a prior information notice to find specialist partners to help the company deliver the proposed East-West Rail project to connect Oxford and Cambridge.

February 24, 2020 | Fleet

Prince of Wales opens CAF’s first digital factory

PRINCE Charles officially opened CAF’s new digital train manufacturing plant in Newport, Wales, on February 21, in the presence of CAF’s CEO Mr Andres Arizkorreta.

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