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Tram Trains pilot to go ahead in South Yorkshire

17 May 2012
The Tram Train concept is to be piloted between Sheffield and Rotherham...

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KfW IPEX-Bank finances German supplies for the metro in Istanbul

15 May 2012
KfW IPEX-Bank is extending a loan of about EUR 32 million for the expansion of the metro line Üsküdar...

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Vital investment and reliability programme result in record year of Tube performance

15 May 2012
Boris Johnson has welcomed the performance figures for London Underground...

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Stagecoach on board to promote environmental awareness

14 May 2012
Stagecoach is using its fourth annual Group-wide Green Week to celebrate its environmental achievements so far....

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New Lease of Life for Arriva Speke

11 May 2012
A £3.9million investment, which has seen the complete rebuild of Arriva Merseyside’s Speke garage...

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Alstom chosen by Lille Métropole to renew Lille’s Line 1 automatic metro

11 May 2012
Alstom has been selected as preferred bidder by Lille Métropole to modernise Line 1 of the city’s metro...

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Keolis to be the future operator of the Hyderabad Metro in India

9 May 2012
Keolis has been chosen by L&T Metro to operate and maintain the new Metro Rail in Hyderabad...

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Arcontia wins tender for online smart card reload terminals to public transport authority Ruter AS in Norway

4 May 2012
ARCONTIA TECHNOLOGY AB, has won an e-ticketing tender...

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Balfour Beatty preferred bidders to build Midland Metro extension

2 May 2012
Balfour Beatty, has been named as the preferred bidder to build an extension of the Midland Metro through Birmingham city centre...

Antonio Campos and Geoff Inskip sign the contract for the new Midland Metro trams.

Centro and CAF formally sign deal for new Urbos 3 trams

27 April 2012
Centro and CAF have formally signed contracts on a deal that will bring up to 25 new trams to the West Midlands...

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MBTA & Masabi launch 1st smartphone rail ticketing system in the U.S.

25 April 2012
Apps will allow Commuter Rail customers to purchase and display tickets on iPhone, Android and Blackberry...

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Eclipse Bus Rapid Transit Network launched

25 April 2012
Phase one of the new Eclipse BRT busway, which connects Fareham and Gosport, will be officially launched 25th April...

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Smooth opening for Stourbridge’s new £7m bus station

24 April 2012
The opening days of Stourbridge’s new £7 million bus station went extremely smoothly...

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Truck trials to drive down carbon from freight

24 April 2012
Trials of carbon-cutting trucks are set for support from Government, Transport Minister Mike Penning has announced...

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Arriva Nederland wins second major contract

23 April 2012
Arriva Nederland has won its second major bus contract in a matter of weeks...