THE Edinburgh - Glasgow Improvement Programme (Egip) reached a milestone in the early hours of October 18 with the first electric test run on the Edinburgh - Falkirk High - Glasgow Queen Street line.
CITY of Edinburgh Council announced on August 8 that it expects to make a final decision next year on whether to complete Phase 1A of the city’s tram network, extending the line from its current terminus at York Place in the city centre to Leith and Newhaven.
TRANSPORT Scotland has appointed WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff to produce a business case for improvements to the Highland Main Line between Perth and Inverness.
BRITISH Steel says it has become the first manufacturer to produce and deliver ultra-long corrosion protected rail with the completion of a renewal project in Scotland.
BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail has awarded a £6m contract to Knorr-Bremse Rail Services to refurbish 22 class 320 three-car EMUs operated by Abellio ScotRail.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail announced on January 12 that it has awarded Carillion Powerlines a £49m contract to electrify the Shotts line between Holytown Junction, east of Glasgow, and Midcalder Junction, west of Edinburgh.
GLASGOW City Council announced on November 24 that it has set out proposals to build a direct tram-train link between Glasgow Airport, Paisley, and Glasgow city centre.
DB Systemtechnik has been awarded a contract by Hitachi Rail Europe to test and commission a fleet of AT200 EMUs being supplied to Abellio Scotrail and which are due to start entering service in autumn 2017.
SCOTLAND’s transport minister Mr Humza Yousef has called for Network Rail (NR) to fully transfer all responsibilities for infrastructure investment to its Scotland route following an independent review of corporate governance of major rail projects in Scotland exposed significant weaknesses in project delivery.
THE first of 70 class 385 regional EMUs for ScotRail was delivered to the VUZ Velim test track in the Czech Republic on August 26 after completing its journey from Hitachi’s Kasado plant in Japan.
