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    • Art exhibition celebrates travel by rail

    An exhibition has been launched at London’s Waterloo railway station by Network Rail with the winners of the ‘Wish I was There’ Competition.
    UK

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    Next Go-Ahead CEO named

     Europe
    The board of the Go-Ahead Group has appointed Christian Schreyer as Chief Executive with effect from the November 5 annual general meeting. He will succeed David Brown, who announced in May that he would retire this year.

    Rail unions call public meeting over future of Eurostar

     Europe
    Rail unions have called a public meeting aimed at boosting support for the future of the Eurostar train service.

    GB Railfreight completes £1.5m upgrades at Bescot and Eastleigh

     UK
    GB Railfreight has completed £1.5m worth of major upgrade works to the Local Distribution Centres at Eastleigh and Bescot.

    Big companies turn to rail, this time in Bulgaria

     Europe
    Maersk has done it again. It launched a weekly intermodal rail service in Bulgaria connecting the port of Burgas with Plovdiv and further to Sofia.

    EBRD provides $148.2m loan to support Izmir’s new metro line

     Europe
    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to provide a $148.2m (€125m) loan to support the first phase of construction of a new metro line in Izmir, Turkey.

    Toronto completes Union Station Revitalisation Project

     Canada
    AFTER 10 years and $C 824m ($US 660m), Toronto’s Union Station Revitalisation Project (USRP) is complete, including the historic facility’s main passenger area, Bay Concourse, which was completely remodelled and expanded.

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