JACOBS engineering group announced on July 27 it was awarded a contract by Network Rail to provide a second rail link from the Great Western main line to London Heathrow airport, Britain.
ROLLING stock used on the London Underground District Line will now receive maintenance using a lifting system created by Pfaff Rail Systems which has been coined the "transformer" by maintenance staff.
ALSTOM has been awarded a €100m contract to provide maintenance support for the class 180 200km/h diesel-electric trains operated by Grand Central Railway. This will extend Alstom’s existing contract from January 2017 until December 2026.
HULL Trains has become the first operator in Britain to roll-out real-time passenger information screens on its fleet of four five-car class 180 trains which operate 90 services a week between Beverley, Hull and London King’s Cross.
THAMESLINK'S new Siemens-built class 700 EMU performed well during its maiden passenger voyage from Brighton to London Bridge on June 20, making a total of four trips on this route during the off-peak.
TRANSPORT for London (TfL) and Twitter have initiated a pilot to offer automatic alerts to passengers in the event of severe delays on London Underground and TfL rail services.
CROSSRAIL has awarded Linsinger, Austria, a contract worth around £12m to supply an MG31 rail milling train for the Elizabeth Line east-west link across central London.
LONDON Luton Airport (LLA) has announced plans to build a peoplemover between the airport terminal and Luton Airport Parkway station to replace the existing bus link.
TRANSPORT for London (TfL) announced on March 18 that it has selected Arriva Rail London as preferred bidder for a £1.5bn seven-and-a-half year concession to operate the London Overground orbital suburban rail network with an option for a two-year extension.
THE Mayor of London Mr Boris Johnson has given Transport for London (TfL) the go-ahead to seek legal powers for the construction of a 4km extension of the London Overground network from Barking to Barking Riverside.
