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Stobart Rail opens Tesco Green Train rail freight service
Stobart Rail, in partnership with Tesco, has announced the opening of a new six days a week Grangemouth - Inverness rail freight service. The Scottish Government, in its commitment to ease congestion on the A9 trunk road, and reduce damage to the environment, has allocated over £3 million of funding to all parties connected with this new rail freight service. This will significantly reduce pressure on the busy A9 route to Inverness by taking ... [more]
Moldova in favor of joint control of railroads crossing Transnistria (Moldova.org)
Moldova agrees on the resumption of the passenger train traffic through the territory of Transnistria only under conditions of the joint security control together with Tiraspol, Minister of Transport and Roads Anatol Salaru said in the program "The Open Studio" in a program of the TV-7 channel. He explained that only in this way Moldova will be able to guarantee that nothing will happen to ...
Simon Calder: Is Varsity a match for the UK's railways? (Independent)
Last Saturday's headlines could not have been better timed to help a young entrepreneur about to launch Britain's latest domestic flight. "Upgraded InterCity train plan put on hold until after the election," The Independent reported. Yet another government has bottled a decision on replacing decades-old high-speed trains with more efficient rolling stock that would have lured travellers from the ...
CSX deal boosts passenger trains (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Make no mistake about it, the most important thing about CSX Corp.'s plans to more than double the size of its freight yard on Franklin Street has little to do with freight, but a lot to do with commuter rail.
'Capacity crisis looms for Britain's railways' (Daily Telegraph)
Virgin Trains boss Tony Collins has called on the Government to embrace new financing techniques to support the railways.
Alstom looks to high-speed train maintenance contracts (People's Daily)
While bidding to supply the world's fastest train to China, Alstom is looking at another gold mine in the country - high-speed train maintenance services. In the eyes of Kim Chan, China managing director of Alstom's transport sector, the logical next step after the country's ambitious goal of building 18,000 km of high-speed passenger rail lines by 2020 is how to ensure greater reliability and ...
Modern train coaches to be replaced with old rolling stock (Eastbourne Today)
RAIL commuters have been left fuming at plans to replace modern state of the art train coaches with 30-year-old rolling stock which have no toilets or air conditioning. (26/02/2010 10:54:48)
Rail group slams Southern's old trains for new proposals (Bexhill Today)
A LOCAL rail group has slammed Southern rail's plans to replace new coaches with thirty year old rolling stock. (25/02/2010 10:08:51)
Western Reserve Historical Society sells its history to save institution (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
This is a story about how the Western Reserve Historical Society, a beloved Cleveland institution, dreamed too big, lived too large, failed to understand the politics of Cleveland City Hall and marched recklessly to the brink of ruin.
Minister ‘passing buck over trains’ (Shropshire Star)
Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard today accused Rail Minister Chris Mole of passing the buck following a crunch meeting to discuss overcrowding on a train dubbed the "sardine express".
The Fremont Marriott Hotel Welcomes Steamfest II Visitors with Family Specials (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The Fremont Marriott is offering special rates to those headed to Steamfest II this year.
