Published on : Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Union Pacific Railroad today announced the following Corporate Relations appointments. Donna Kush will be promoted to vice president Public Affairs – Northern Region effective April 1, succeeding Joe Bateman. Kush currently serves as assistant vice president – Corporate Communications. She joined …
Published on : Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Network Rail – Ever looked out of your train window at the people in orange and wondered what they were doing out there? Or what your driver was thinking as the miles rolled by? Or how British Transport Police keep …
Published on : Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Network Rail has started work on the construction of a new car park as part of the £5.1m project to improve Llandudno station. The scheme is being delivered by Network Rail on behalf of the Welsh Government and is part …
Published on : Wednesday, February 13, 2013
A report published by the rail industry marks a key step towards a market-led approach for delivering rolling stock which meets passengers’ needs over the next 30 years. The high level analysis suggests a possible near doubling of the fleet …
Published on : Wednesday, February 13, 2013
VIA Rail Canada’s President and CEO, Mr. Marc Laliberté recently unveiled the rail’s passenger status on important routes. Between Quebec City and Montréal, the number of passengers increased by 10.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. In the Montréal …
Published on : Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Retailers at some of Britain’s biggest and busiest railway stations have seen like-for-like sales outperform the high street for the tenth consecutive quarter, new figures released by Network Rail show. The latest station retail results show a 2.54% growth in …
Published on : Thursday, February 7, 2013
Indian Railways will introduce Half Yearly Season Tickets (HST) and Yearly Season Tickets (YST)with effect from 1st April, 2013 in addition to the existing provisions of Monthly Season Tickets (MST) and Quarterly Season Tickets (QST) to all categories of passengers …
Published on : Thursday, February 7, 2013
With over 400,000 working hours undertaken on the project, the huge station box at Woolwich, which has been built as part of the Crossrail project, has been completed by developer Berkeley Homes at its landmark Royal Arsenal Riverside development. 200 …
Published on : Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The construction work of subway at Naigaon is in full swing. For this two night blocks will be carried out in the nights falling between 07th /08th February, 2013 (i.e. Thursday/ Friday) and 08th/09th February, 2013(i.e. Friday/Saturday) between Vasai Road …
Published on : Wednesday, February 6, 2013
CN announced today a 2013 plan to invest approximately C$1.9 billion to maintain and upgrade its railway network, grow the business efficiently, and continue to improve customer service. Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer, said: “CN is committed to …
Published on : Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Work to strengthen and repair a bridge which has carried trains across the River Thames for 150 years is due to begin later this month. Battersea Rail Bridge, also known as Cremorne Bridge, will be refurbished by Network Rail to …
Published on : Wednesday, February 6, 2013
An £8.6m project to provide faster, more efficient rail services at Lancaster has been given the seal of approval by Lancaster and Fleetwood MP Eric Ollerenshaw OBE. Currently, northbound trains can only call at platform three on the busy West …
Published on : Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Young people in Bedford are being urged to consider becoming an apprentice with Network Rail as the company launches its 2013 advanced apprenticeship scheme. A total of seven places are available on the advanced scheme in Bedford to work in …
Published on : Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Network Rail has thrown its support firmly behind plans for Crossrail 2, a new cross-London railway which would relieve congestion and provide much-needed extra capacity on some of the most crowded sections of the Underground and national rail networks. The …
Published on : Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Farmers across Wales are being urged to ‘See Track, Think Train’ when they use the 1,200 level crossings across the country. In Wales, there have been 543 incidents at ‘User Worked Crossings’ (UWC), the kind often operated by farmers, in …