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	GTRM - Infrastructure services.
	Cotswold Rail - Rail vehicle sales and hire; spares service.
	Halcrow - infrastructure-based business solutions, consultancy and services.
	Railway Forum - Trade association - passenger and freight train operating companies, infrastructure providers, service companies and equipment suppliers (UK).
	Crossrail - Progress and planning for the proposed new line for London, a joint company set up by Transport for London and the Strategic Rail Authority.
	Corus Rail Consultancy - Project management, engineering, quantity surveying.
	Hunslet-Barclay Ltd. - Suppliers of locomotives, with design and computer-aided machine tools.
	WS Atkins Rail Limited. - Planning, design, project management, supervision, operation and maintenance of railway transportation projects.
	Railway Safety - A not-for-profit, wholly-owned subsidiary of Railtrack Group PLC, operating as a centre of excellence for all matters relating to railway safety.
	Angel Trains - Rolling stock company; corporate site with customer and financial information, plus press releases and resources.
	Mainline Services - Specialist recruitment agency, exclusively within the rail industry.
	The Train Chartering Company - Providing private trains for special events for small and large groups; chartering luxury Trains; details of the service.
	RailSource - Directory of Rail trade contacts and companies.
	Channel Tunnel Rail Link - Information about the rail link currently under construction, from RLE and Union Railways.
	Network Rail - Authority responsible for the United Kingdom's railway network. Information and news development of the network.
	Railsafe Systems - Professional safety services to the rail industry; includes job vacancies and training course bookings on-line.
	Corus Rail - International supplier of track products, steel sleepers, modular platforms, switches and crossings as well as technological, infrastructure and consultancy services.
	The Railway Consultancy - Consultancy services in planning, operations, economics, management, strategy and training.
	Rail Jobs Online - Job advertisements and rail industry news items.

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