In this week's top news: Brightline celebrate Orlando construction, ?koda Group sign €1 billion contract, and East Coast Digital Programme progress.

New station which improves connectivity between London and Kent ready to open

Thanet Parkway is scheduled to open from 31 July and it will improve rail connectivity between East Kent and London. Read more.

Video: Brightline celebrate completion of Orlando construction

Brightline are celebrating the completion of the Orlando expansion which generated more than 10,000 jobs and over $6.4 billion in economic impact for Florida. Read more.

?koda Group sign contract in Egypt worth over €1 billion

?koda Group has signed two contracts with Egyptian National Railways to modernise and maintain at least 280 electro-diesel locomotives. Read more.

Images: UK first as HS2 engineers begin assembling off-site manufactured viaduct

HS2 has begun assembling the UK’s first major railway viaduct to be entirely manufactured off-site, a major milestone for the project. Read more.

Further progress with billion-pound East Coast Digital Programme

The East Coast Digital Programme is one step closer due to recent works to install new equipment and technology between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin in Hertfordshire. Read more.

Network Rail use video and AI technology to keep the railway clean and safe

Q&A with Jules Arlaud: HS2 Tunnel Boring Machine breakthrough

ORR review of rail strategy highlights need to build on good industry collaboration

Stadler award first contract in Lithuania

Access For All: Interview with Northern’s Matthew Wilson

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