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Work begins on Crossrail’s tunnel boring machines
London’s £15.9 billion Crossrail project is gathering momentum with work to manufacture six Tunnel Boring Machines for the project now well under way in Germany
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Passenger numbers rise again on UK’s railways
The number of passengers carried by Britain’s 19 franchised train operators has again increased, with 1.58 billion individual passenger journeys made in 2013-14
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Hitachi set to clinch £7.5bn DfT Super Express contract
JAPANESE train builder Hitachi is to design, build and maintain up to 1,400 coaches in a £7.5 billion deal with the Department for Transport.
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IEP becomes key to Great Western ‘sparks effect’
The government’s much-criticised Intercity Express Programme (IEP) of new long-distance trains is emerging as the key to electrifying lines.
