The UK government is calling on UK SMEs working in everything from construction to sustainable infrastructure to take advantage of Turkey’s investment to make its rail network greener and more sustainable. Over the past 18 years, Turkey has significantly invested...

Hitachi Rail has been awarded two new contracts to deliver its telecommunications and passenger information systems solutions on the Cascais Line, one of Lisbon’s busiest commuter routes. Hitachi Rail, alongside partners SISINT and Conecticabo, will implement a fully automated Passenger...

Siemens Mobility has officially opened its new Rail Components Distribution Centre as the latest addition to their state-of-the-art Rail Village in Goole, East Yorkshire.  The new facility was officially opened by Rt Hon Sir David Davis MP, Member of Parliament...

Hitachi Rail has agreed to acquire the cutting-edge digital rail monitoring business Omnicom from Balfour Beatty. The acquisition marks a key strategic pillar for Hitachi Rail’s new digital asset management business, known as HMAX. Omnicom provides software and hardware for surveying,...

Responding to the announcement from the Secretary of State for Wales Jo Stevens that rail is her “number one priority for Wales” for the Spending Review, Logistics UK Senior Policy Advisor – Rail, Ellis Shelton welcomed her commitment to the sector but...

Siemens Mobility will move ahead with its £100 million investment in a cutting-edge rail infrastructure, digital engineering, and research and development facility after receiving planning permission from Wiltshire County Council. On-site construction will start early next year and will be...

The innovative technology behind Siemens Mobility’s British battery trains has been rolled out in the East Brandenburg network in Germany. 31 of the company’s Mireo Plus B trains are being phased in to the Berlin Brandenburg metropolitan region, beginning on...

Siemens Mobility welcomed His Excellency Bernhard Wrabetz, the Austrian Ambassador to the UK, for a visit to its state-of-the-art Rail Village in Goole, East Yorkshire.  The company’s Goole Rail Village will manufacture 80% of the new Piccadilly line trains and...