Britain’s railways are facing more overcrowding, particularly in London, Manchester and Leeds, because the last Government failed to order most of the 1,300 extra carriages it pledged in 2008, according to research presented to the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London. Professor Richard Knowles of Salford...

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski traveled to American Bridge Manufacturing in Reedsport to announce an award of $7.8 million from ConnectOregon III to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay for rehabilitation of the Coos Bay rail line. “We are here today with the final piece of funding that will preserve and...

Talks at conciliation service ACAS got underway today as 10,000 members of London Underground’s two biggest unions begin final preparations for a rolling series of strikes starting on Monday September 6 against plans to axe 800 station and other staff and close ticket-offices. RMT said this morning that there can...

The vintage trams will be taking visitors on spooktacular rides as Crich Tramway Village stages its one night only Starlight Halloween event on Saturday 30th October, when the Tramway Village will stay open until 9.00pm. Children dressed in Halloween costume will be admitted free of charge and there’ll be a Halloween...

A ceremony was held in Seoul yesterday to launch TransContainer Asia Pacific Ltd., a subsidiary of TransContainer. This event was a result of company’s strategic plans to increase international container freight volumes by expanding the geography of its business, developing new routes, and increasing its presence on the transport logistics markets...

In 2009, exports by Spanish companies reached a volume of €166.3 million, which includes fixed material, rolling stock and everything related to signaling and telecommunications. By country: Brazil (€46.5 million) Mexico (€45.7 million) Argentina (€23.2 million) ... lead the ranking of sales in 2009, although the Spanish companies are also present in Colombia, Venezuela, Chile,...

A record breaking car will steam into Swindon’s railway museum as part of the celebrations to mark the 175th anniversary of the Great Western Railway. The British Steam Car will be rolling up to STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway for the Swindon Railway Festival on 11 and 12...

Bombardier and Virgin Trains have revealed a Super Voyager train jointly branded and with the theme “more trains, fewer cars, greener planet”. At a ceremony at one of the train’s maintenance facilities, the unit was also named “Polmadie Depot”. The proven Super Voyager fleet has been in service with Virgin since...

FTA Ireland, a new multi-modal transport trade association for Ireland, has appointed Declan McKeon as its Head of Policy. Declan will ensure that the views and interests of FTA Ireland’s members – among them some of the country’s largest businesses – are expressed loudly and clearly. Established by the Freight Transport...

Parking the car at Tamworth station just became easier, with the addition of 79 car parking spaces courtesy of train operator London Midland. To achieve the additional spaces the company has installed a new decking structure, which provides an extra floor of parking above the existing ground level parking. The striking...

Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc., the provider of automated fare collection systems and part of the Cubic Corporation has announced the promotion of Min Wei to vice president of financial operations worldwide. Since early 2010, Wei has served in an acting capacity following Matt Cole's promotion to managing director...