China and Myanmar to Build Cross-Border Rail Project
China and Myanmar are planning to build a rail line linking south-west China with the Indian Ocean. The 1,215km railroad…
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Mobile Train Ticketing to Increase Fivefold by 2015, Juniper Predicts
Half a billion people will be using mobile ticketing for public transport, including train and metro services, by 2015, according…
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TrainFX Wins Welsh Rail Passenger Information System Contract
TrainFX has won a contract from UK-based London and North Western Railway (LNWR) to provide a real-time passenger information system…
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Crossing Borders: Rail Travel Within the EU
For the first 200 years, Europe's railways developed as national systems, often state-owned they were designed to move people and…
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Ansaldo to Maintain Paris Metro and Tram Signalling Systems
Ansaldo STS has won a contract from the Paris-based train operator firm RATP for maintenance of signalling systems and services…
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Railway Software for Hard Decisions
Increasing costs, strained financial budgets and customer satisfaction targets all force hard decisions which require painstaking research and deliberation. Whether…
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Colombia’s Rail Alternative to the Panama Canal
When the news broke on 14 February 2011 that China had proposed building a 220km-long dry channel between the northern…
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21st Century Ticketing
Train tickets have served railways well for the 150 years or more that they have existed. Until relatively recently, there…
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New Tracks: International Emerging Railways
From relieving a congested central American country to revitalising public transport and business in Africa to potentially providing the link…
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Scotland Approves Funds for Glasgow Subway Upgrade
The Scottish Government has given the final nod to provide substantial funding for the Glasgow subway upgrade in Scotland as…