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Balfour Beatty in contract for world’s longest rail tunnel

A CONSORTIUM including Britain’s Balfour Beatty has won a £790 million contract for the design, installation and commissioning of rail infrastructure in the world’s longest rail tunnel. full story

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• Bugle system taken over by Datasys

  UIC Systems, which was part of the Universal Improvement Company, based at Belper, Derbyshire—supplier for the past six years of Bugle, the performance management system used by all of Britain’s train operating companies—has been sold to Manchester-based software specialist Datasys.

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  Injured Grayrigg driver opens new talent academy

  TRAIN driver Iain Black, who was seriously injured in the Grayrigg train crash in Cumbria last year, has opened a new talent academy for Virgin Trains in Crewe.

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  Train build lull ends at Derby works

  BUILDING of new trains is now starting again at Bombardier’s Derby works following a three-year lull in new-build work.

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  Miss England is just the ticket

  Miss England’s apparel turned out to be just the ticket for a promotion run by National Express East Coast.

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  Frontline staff in shares bonanza

  Nearly 1,500 FirstGroup rail staff – most of them working on the frontline – are set to enjoy a share of £9.5 million as the transport giant’s latest Save As You Earn (SAYE) scheme matures.