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[ 27 November 2023 ] Siemens Mobility to install new mobile battery charging demonstrator at Long Marston Business
[ 24 November 2023 ] East West Rail / HS2 crossing earthworks completed Infrastructure
[ 10 August 2023 ] Ticketing specialist Unicard acquires Ecebs from Visa Business
[ 9 August 2023 ] Connecticut orders 60 Alstom railroad cars with options for 313 more Business
[ 4 August 2023 ] Access improvements at Warwick station delayed by unexpected foundations Health & Safety

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Siemens Mobility to install new mobile battery charging demonstrator at Long Marston

Siemens Mobility has developed new technology that makes battery charging and 25kV power supply possible in areas of the UK railway where overhead line equipment is not currently available. The new Rail Charging Converter (RCC) [...]

Image of East West Rail overbridge at Calvert Nov 2023.

East West Rail / HS2 crossing earthworks completed

24 November 2023 0

The last section of earthworks that will carry East West Rail (EWR) services between Oxford and Cambridge over the new HS2 high-speed line near the village of Calvert in Buckinghamshire have been completed by HS2 […]

The acquisition of Ecebs from Visa will allow Unicard to add EMV solutions to its portfolio

Ticketing specialist Unicard acquires Ecebs from Visa

10 August 2023 0

Unicard, which provides of smart ticketing and payment solutions to transport sector, has announced that is has purchased smart ticketing specialist Ecebs from Visa. The acquisition will allow Unicard to add contactless EMV, which allows […]

Connecticut Department of Transportation has ordered 60 single-level rail cars from Alstom with options for 313 more

Connecticut orders 60 Alstom railroad cars with options for 313 more

9 August 2023 0

The USA’s Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has awarded Alstom an order for 60 single-level rail cars valued at approximately US$315 million (approximately £246 million) as part of CTDOT’s coach renewal program for its statewide […]

Engineers digging lift shafts at Warwick station have encountered unexpected buried foundations

Access improvements at Warwick station delayed by unexpected foundations

4 August 2023 0

The discovery of unknown foundations below Warwick station has forced Network Rail engineers to rethink a project that is intended to provide step-free access to both platforms for the first time. As part of that […]

Collision at Loversall Carr junction caused largely by driver fatigue

3 August 2023 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into a collision between two freight trains that took place at Loversall Carr Junction near Doncaster on 5 July 2022. On that day, at around […]

Tea room opens in restored Bricket Wood station building

2 August 2023 0

The 1903 station building at Bricket Wood, on the Watford to St Albans Abbey branch line, has opened to the public as a tea room, having been closed and bricked up in the 1960s. Taken […]

Two young men were arrested inside a mail train and charged with theft

Police thwart attempt to steal mail from train

2 August 2023 0

British Transport Police (BTP) officers were called to the line in Lockerbie at 01:42 on the morning f 1 August 2023) following reports that two young men had gained access to a Royal Mail train, […]

Jason McCartney MP (third left) visited the University of Huddersfield's Institute of Railway Research with the team from RIA North

West Yorkshire MP visits University of Huddersfield Institute of Railway Research

2 August 2023 0

As part of the Railway Industry Association’s Rail Fellowship Programme, Jason McCartney, Conservative MP for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, visited the Institute of Railway Research (IRR), a leading centre for railway engineering research linked […]

ORR has issued guidance on Safety Management Systems for minor and heritage railways

Rail regulator issues safety guidance for minor and heritage railways

1 August 2023 0

Rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released guidance that will help minor and heritage railways to interpret and apply the specific requirements of the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) […]

Collision at Loversall Carr junction caused largely by driver fatigue

by Rail Insider in Accident Investigation 0

RAIB report 08/23 The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into a collision between two freight trains that took place at Loversall Carr Junction near Doncaster on 5 July 2022. On that [...]