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CARSON FOR METRO

NORTH EAST Transport authority Nexus has appointed Chris Carson...

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MITSUI SALE COMPLETE

ABELLIO HAS completed the sale of a 40% stake in the Greater...

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TRANSPORT SCOTLAND is to ask Jacobs UK to carry out a study looking...

NEXUS TAKES OVER METRO SERVICES

Coming in-house: the Tyne & Wear Metro. This is Tynemouth. Philip...

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WORK CONTINUES at Carlisle station as Network Rail and its contractors...

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ROGER FORD

Extension of wires has been filed under ‘too difficult’ ...

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RIA SHOWCASES INNOVATION

‘Innovation is mission critical.’ That quote from HS2’s...

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CRYSTAL BALL GAZING

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