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CAF agree partnership with Global Centre of Rail Excellence

The Global Centre for Rail Excellence (GCRE) has agreed a deal with Spanish train manufacturer CAF for it to provide a range of services to the centre in South Wales.

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Train testing site in Powys needs more planning time

DEVELOPERS of a train testing facility in the south of Powys want more time to produce detailed plans for the £150 million scheme.

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GCRE advances 15 rail innovations to concept stage including hyperTunnel demonstrator

GCRE was established by the Welsh Government as a special purpose vehicle in 2021 to deliver a rail research facility. This is a major infrastructure

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Global Centre of Rail Excellence £7.4M innovation competition gears up for second phase

GCRE was established by the Welsh Government as a special purpose vehicle in 2021 to deliver the research facility. This is a major infrastructure project

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Investment plan in place to boost Ystradgynlais' fortunes

WORK being done to revive the fortunes of a major Powys town has been explained by a senior council officer.

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GCRE appoints strategy and skills director

Newly appointed director Rob Forde was previously in post with National Rail, where he led the East Coast Digital Programme.

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£15m awarded for new GCRE department at Welsh institution

GCRE is being built at the site of the Nant Helen former mine in Onllwyn at the head of the Dulais and Tawe valleys.

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The absolutely massive transformational projects planned for this Welsh county

The absolutely massive transformational projects planned for this Welsh county
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As the toxic legacy of opencast mining in Wales shows, operators get the profits, and the public get the costs | George Monbiot

Across the UK, fossil fuel companies’ broken promises have left scarred and polluted landscapes, and no one held accountable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Hitachi and Global Centre of Rail Excellence sign MoU

Hitachi Rail and the Global Centre of Rail Excellence have signed an MoU on rolling stock testing and maintenance.

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