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Train named after station cat to celebrate International Cat Day

Guest authors
August 8, 2025
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West Midlands Railway (WMR) has named one of its trains that shuttle between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town as “George the Station Cat”.

Mercitalia improves finances but volumes decline

Marco Raimondi
August 8, 2025
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Mercitalia Logistics, the rail freight branch of Italian state-owned Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) has improved its financial figures but volumes have decreased during the first…

Building boom and railways semi-detached

Simon Walton
August 8, 2025
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RailFreight.com UK Editor Simon Walton has a cautious welcome for a government policy to build 1,5 million new homes. Many of those dwellings will be…

China Railway container subsidiary enters Middle Corridor joint venture

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August 8, 2025
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Middle Corridor Multimodal, a joint venture between the national rail operators of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, is getting a new participant. Stakeholders have agreed to…

Metro Tunnel Gears Up For Full Weekend Of Trial Operations

Brian Evans
August 8, 2025
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Trains running on the Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines will run through the Metro Tunnel.

Shepparton Railway Line could shut for months affecting passenger and freight

Bardy Bigglesworth
August 8, 2025
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In a new benchmark for insane behaviour from Victoria’s Transport Department a decision has been made to shut a major railway line for months.

North End Connectors secures contract for Yonge North Subway Extension

gobstopper
August 8, 2025
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North End Connectors secured contract from Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx for Yonge North Subway Extension tunnelling projectThe post North End Connectors secures contract for Yonge North Subway Extension appeared first on Railway Technology.

Alstom inaugurates signalling competence centre in Kazakhstan

gobstopper
August 8, 2025
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Alstom has inaugurated its “first” signalling competence centre in the CIS region, located at Astana in Kazakhstan.The post Alstom inaugurates signalling competence centre in Kazakhstan appeared first on Railway Technology.

The special touring exhibition train arrives in Norwich as part of Railway 200 – tickets available

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August 8, 2025
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The special exhibition train has arrived in Norwich as part of its tour across the nation to celebrate Railway 200 – a national celebration of the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. The train was opened during a special event today [7 August] at Norwich station ahead of its public opening. Tickets to visit the highly anticipated train […]

East Midlands Railway approaches gender equality in train driver recruitment

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August 8, 2025
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East Midlands Railway (EMR) has welcomed its new cohort of train drivers, which is the operator’s nearest yet to gender equality.