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  • [ 2 July 2025 ] Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany Business
  • [ 27 June 2025 ] Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston News
  • [ 26 June 2025 ] Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia Business
  • [ 26 June 2025 ] ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden Business
  • [ 25 June 2025 ] Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille Europe
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
    Business

    Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany

    A new contract from the western German city of Mainz to supply up to 30 trams (the base contract for 22 + 8 optional) has confirmed Škoda’s strong and growing presence in one of Europe’s [...]
The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
News

Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston

27 June 2025 0

A derailed train that is stranded on the West Coast main line has blocked two of the four tracks. As a result, a number of trains to and from London Euston were delayed, with a […]

Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
Business

Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia

26 June 2025 0

The Czech Ministry of Transport has awarded a 15-year contract worth €750 million (£640 million) to Sunderland-based Arriva to operate long-distance electric rail services from December 2028, serving cities west of Prague on routes to […]

ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
Business

ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden

26 June 2025 0

The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) – a popular form of in-cab digital signalling – has been deployed on one of Sweden’s most critical rail lines for freight transport, the Iron Ore Line (known […]

Europe

Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille

25 June 2025 0

Eurostar services between London and Paris have been delayed and cancelled due to severe problems on the LGV Nord line near Lille. First, two trespassers were hit by trains near Lille on Tuesday 24 June […]

Appointments

VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing

23 June 2025 0

The UK’s largest private rail freight wagon hire company, VTG Rail, has appointed Matt Hannant as its new Head of Sales and Marketing. Matt is 43 and joins VTG from the water and lighting sectors. […]

Appointments

Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment

23 June 2025 0

Multinational engineering and consulting group SYSTRA has appointed Gareth Davies as Market Director for Water & Environment in the UK & Ireland to help the business grow its strength in the market. He will lead […]

Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
Business

SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom

23 June 2025 0

French state-owned train operator SNCF Voyageurs has placed an order with Alstom for an additional 96 additional RER NG trainsets for the RER D line in order to complete and renew the fleet on this […]

Governance

Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North

23 June 2025 0

Transport for the North board members, meeting in Liverpool, have restated their ambition for transport infrastructure needed to unlock economic growth. Ahead of the government’s infrastructure pipeline, expected later this month, TfN board members called […]

Governance

Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North

9 June 2025 0

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reveals how the disparity in transport spending between the North and London has ballooned over the last ten years. In the report ‘On track to prosperity: Great Northern […]

In the Spotlight

VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing

by Rail Insider in Appointments 0

The UK’s largest private rail freight wagon hire company, VTG Rail, has appointed Matt Hannant as its new Head of Sales and Marketing. Matt is 43 and joins VTG from the water and lighting sectors. [...]
  • Visualisation of a Lumo Class 222 train.

    Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom

    4 June 2025 0
    Lumo, the First Group open-access operator, has signed a £50 million contract with Alstom for the refresh and maintenance of five, six-car Class 222 Meridian trains that will be used to operate open access passenger [...]
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
    First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
    3 June 2025 0
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
    19 May 2025 0
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
    19 May 2025 0
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
    19 May 2025 0
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway

    19 May 2025 0
    The Great Northern ‘Northern City Line’ to the City of London has become the UK rail network’s first commuter railway to operate without conventional signals, heralding a major milestone in the national deployment of cutting-edge [...]
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
    19 May 2025 0
  • The new FLIRT for A-Train will seat 323 passengers and enter service between Stockholm and Arlanda airport in 2029.
    A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
    19 May 2025 0
  • Campaigners urge PM to support more cross-Channel rail services
    17 May 2025 0
  •  Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network
    16 May 2025 0

  • Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
  • Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
  • Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
  • ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
  • SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
  • Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North
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  • Phil Mortimer: A recent funded R&D project focused on the use of alternatives to steel for the ohl masts. This has several…
  • Nigel: Fully support this restoration from the East Lancashire side,existing infrastructure mostly well built and promises a highly efficient 12 mile…
  • Clive Broadhead: After the undoubtedly achievement of resurrecting the railways in Scotland why are the current NR management he'll bent on squandering…
  • Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”
    16 May 2025 0
  • Siemens Mobility wins signalling framework in Ireland
    16 May 2025 0
  • Cambridge South station infrastructure upgrades complete
    16 May 2025 0
  • Alstom CEO to step down
    16 May 2025 0
  • Harting opens technology centre in India to meet growing requirements of Asian market
    15 May 2025 0
  • Passenger assistance can be improved still further, regulator concludes
    15 May 2025 0
  • New Academy to offer pre-apprenticeship programme for young people
    15 May 2025 0
  • RAIB releases its Annual Report for 2024
    15 May 2025 0
  • Skanska contracted to replace Clifton Bridge over M6 motorway in Penrith
    10 April 2025 0
  • Arup/Systra joint venture, supported by Skanska, wins place on Network Rail framework agreement
    31 March 2025 0
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
    Business

    Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany

  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
    News

    Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston

  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
    Business

    Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia

  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
    Business

    ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden

  • Europe

    Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille

  • Appointments

    VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing

  • Appointments

    Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment

  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
    Business

    SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom

  • Governance

    Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North

  • Governance

    Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North

  • Four companies to share £2.4 billion in new railway signalling contracts
    7 February 2020 0
  • Taskforces will help Network Rail understand how extreme weather can affect earthworks
    25 August 2020 2
  • First demonstration of using drones to inspect the railway ‘beyond visual line of sight’ of the operator
    15 May 2020 0
  • Cardiff Central receiving major facelift
    27 June 2020 0
  • Stuart Browne is new general manager at Hoppeke UK
    18 May 2020 0
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