UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK government’s export credit agency, has underwritten €781m of financing – equivalent to £680m – to support construction of a 286km high-speed electric railway in southern Turkey. With financing provided through UKEF’s Buyer Credit Facility,…

Registration is open for visitors to EXPO Ferroviaria 2023, the biennial International Exhibition of Railway Technology, Products and Systems, which will take place from 3 – 5 October 2023 in hall 9 at Rho Fiera Milano, in Italy. Bringing together…

On 15 July, Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. began operating Hitachi Rail ’s new Series N100, nicknamed “SPACIA X”. The SPACIA X will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 40% compared to the current SPACIA, and virtually replace all of the…

Hitachi Rail’s ‘Over and Back’ testing solution will enable the fast and seamless switching between existing interlocking (a railway signalling system) and the soon to be introduced new digital signalling system (European Train Control System – ETCS L2) being introduced…

Lockinex UK Limited is a supplier of industrial safety systems and is a UKAS ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 accredited company that maintains a longstanding partnership with RISQS. They have established themselves as trusted collaborators with rail contractors, offering non-conductive…

Topping Out’ marked at the new Belfast Grand Central Station  Translink and the Department for Infrastructure, recently joined hosts and construction partner Farrans Sacyr for a traditional ‘topping out’ ceremony.   The occasion was marked with a ceremonial tightening of…

Hitachi Rail announced today the completion and start of passenger service for the first phase of Honolulu’s ‘Skyline’ – the city’s new metro system and the first fully autonomous metro system in the United States. The state-of-the-art system will eliminate…

Lockinex UK Limited is a UKAS ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 accredited company that provides high-quality non-conductive and non-corrosive industrial safety solutions throughout both the rail and marine industries. Their high-quality GRP gratings, covers and modular railing systems have been…

Rail Forum is excited to announce the final line-up for TOCTalk Live, with 14 confirmed table hosts consisting of 11 Train Operating Companies (TOCs), two Owning Groups and Great British Railways Transition Team. This new supplier engagement event, taking place…