The rail arm of FTSE 250 technology group Invensys (LON:ISYS) has been selected by Network Rail to deliver one of the Britain’s largest ever resignalling schemes at London Bridge Station and the ...

The Thameslink Programme is a major £5.5bn, government-funded improvement of London’s cross-city Thameslink routes, aimed at reducing overcrowding. Existing routes will be upgraded and new lines added ...

UK rail infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has opened a new £40m railway cleaning facility in Cricklewood, north London, as part of the government-sponsored Thameslink Programme. The new yard is ...

A team of young apprentices began work on the £6.5billion Thameslink project this week as part of the programme’s aim to develop the UK’s next generation of engineers. The Thameslink-HMS Sultan ...

The first Class 700 Desiro City train by Siemens has successfully completed a speed test by reaching 100mph at the company’s test track at Wegberg-Wildenrath, Germany. The test was conducted earlier ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Billions of pounds of investment is to be pumped into Britain's rail network but the government delayed a decision on how to replace ageing Intercity express trains. The government ...

The Government has announced that a group led by Siemens had beaten Derby-based Bombardier Transportation's consortium to be the preferred bidder for the contract for 1,200 new carriages. The upgrade ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Department for Transport has awarded a contract worth circa £1.6 billion for 1,140 new Desiro City commuter rail carriages for the Thameslink route to Siemens Plc and ...

Southeastern is giving train passengers the opportunity to ‘meet the manager’ over the coming weeks. It comes as the rail operator makes changes to its services from early next year, brought about by ...

Thameslink services will step up to 18 trains per hour in May and 20 per hour in December 2018 Plans to almost double the number of Thameslink trains running through London have been delayed by a year ...