£9 million fund opens to railway innovators and inventors
A new £9 million competition to find cutting-edge ideas set to transform the future of the railways has opened today, as Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris and Innovate UK launched the 2021 First of a...
View ArticleRegensburg advances sustainable local transport with Siemens tech
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has received an order from the Regensburg transport authority “das Stadtwerk Regensburg.Mobilität GmbH” in Germany to equip the bus depot in the Markomannenstrasse for...
View ArticleUS DoT Announces $180M Funding for Low/No Emission Transit & Facilities
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the availability of up to $180 million in competitive grant funds through a Notice of Funding Opportunity...
View ArticleOver £633,000 awarded to e-bike projects
The Scottish Government has awarded over £633,000 to support 45 e-bike projects across the country. Through the latest round of the eBike Grant Fund, delivered through Energy Saving Trust – schools,...
View ArticleUK government charges up the electric vehicle revolution with £50M boost
Small businesses and those in leasehold and rented accommodation are set to benefit from up to £50 million to install electric vehicle chargepoints. The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced on...
View ArticleMore trams from Plzeň-based Škoda will be operating in Brandenburg
The Škoda Transportation group will be the supplier of new low-floor trams for the German federal state of Brandenburg. The trams were ordered jointly by the cities of Frankfurt an der Oder,...
View ArticleNew funding to improve charge point accessibility
The Scottish Government has awarded £210,000 to test new ways of improving accessibility across ChargePlace Scotland’s electric vehicle charging network. In partnership with Scottish Enterprise, who...
View ArticleGovernment urged to provide further support for public transport
The Government has been urged to provide further financial support for local bus and Metro services in North East England while they continue to recover from the impact of lockdown. Leaders of...
View ArticleSiemens Mobility develops MaaS platform for the Netherlands
Siemens Mobility will sign a contract in the Netherlands with the joint venture RiVier (NS, HTM and RET) to develop a countrywide, intelligent Mobility as a Service (MaaS) platform. The MaaS platform...
View ArticleArrival and First Bus confirm the start of zero-emission bus trials
Arrival, the company creating electric vehicles using its radical new technologies, today announced that it will begin trials of its zero-emission Bus with First Bus, one of the UK’s largest transport...
View ArticleFuelling a greener future: E10 petrol set for September 2021 launch
Motorists across the UK are set to shift to a greener fuel with the introduction of E10 at petrol stations in September 2021. Following a consultation with drivers and industry, the introduction of E10...
View ArticleADL’s Next Gen bus delivers up to 300 zero-emission mile range
Alexander Dennis Limited (“ADL”), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. (“NFI”), one of the world’s leading independent global bus manufacturers, today announced that its next generation double deck hydrogen...
View ArticleHeritage railway get a boost from Metro’s £70m depot project
The £70m project to rebuild the Tyne and Wear Metro depot has delivered a welcome boost to a leading north east heritage railway. More than 20 tons of used track equipment from Nexus’ Gosforth depot...
View ArticleStagecoach invests in technology for the bus network of the future
Stagecoach, Britain’s biggest bus, coach and tram operator, has announced a major investment in new technology that will help plan the bus networks of the future to match the changes in how people...
View Article10th International Railway Summit: Summary
On the 22nd to the 26th of February of this year, the 10th International Railway Summit was held online, supported by the International Union of Railways (UIC). First held in 2013 in Berlin, this was...
View ArticleBAE Systems bring zero-emission propulsion system to Vancouver buses
Fifteen public buses in Vancouver, Canada, will be fitted with BAE Systems’ all-electric propulsion system, allowing them to run free of emissions. The fleet is the first in North America to benefit...
View ArticleTfL and Siemens Mobility unveil design of new Piccadilly line trains
TfL and Siemens Mobility have today unveiled the detailed design of the new generation Tube trains for the Piccadilly line, which will soon be in production to replace the existing 1970s fleet.
View Articleevo-rail to deliver rail-5G to UK railways
evo-rail, part of FirstGroup, is launching rail-5G, the global first multi-gigabit communications service specifically designed for the railway. rail-5G powers the on-train Wi-Fi system with over a...
View ArticleNew ‘green woman’ traffic lights celebrate International Women’s Day
To celebrate the achievements and contributions of women to London on International Women's Day, TfL has installed new 'green woman' traffic signals at more than 20 pedestrian crossings across the city.
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