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Monday, 23 November 2015

Cogitamus

• GNGE Alliance ‘Highly Commended’ at National Transport AwardsBy Mark Walker, Chief Executive, Cogitamus Limited The GNGE Alliance was awarded the accolade ‘Highly Commended’ at the recent National Transport Awards in the category ‘Construction and Engineering Project of the Year’. Cogitamus Limited has provided stakeholder relations and communications services to the GNGE Alliance since the beginning of 2013.  We’re very proud to have been part of this team and extend warmest congratulation to all our colleagues in the partner companies. Network Rail’s Great Northern Great Eastern (GNGE) project was a £300 million Governmen...

Financial Times

• Contactless future for the London commuterOne of the world’s leading mass transit systems is using technology to make journeys more seamless

The Scotsman

• Britain has ‘catching up to do’ on rail electrificationRail campaigners have declared that Britain has “a lot of catching up to do” after latest figures show the proportion of the network that is electrified has remained virtually unchanged over the past decade.

London Evening Standard

• Charing Cross fire: Crews battle blaze by ticket office in busy central London stationFire crews were battling a blaze at a busy central London station on Sunday evening.

Manchester Evening News

• Roxtec creates cable seal solution for Network RailThe bespoke frames which are the heaviest products Roxtec has ever produced for the UK, were specifically designed for the project.

Other Regional Press

• Britain has 'a lot of catching up to do' over railway electrificationRail campaigners have declared that Britain has "a lot of catching up to do" after latest figures show the proportion of the network that is electrified has remained virtually unchanged over the past decade.