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Month: June 2019

Infrastructure

Portrush station upgrade completed ahead of schedule

11 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The £5.6 million remodelling of Portrush station has been completed by lead contractor Graham, and the station handed back to Northern Ireland’s transport authority Translink, in advance of its official opening, which will take place […]

Charity

Birthday Honour for TfL’s Siwan Hayward for services to transport and policing

9 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport for London’s (TfL) director of compliance, policing and on-street services has been honoured with an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Responsible for leading TfL’s transport policing, enforcement, community safety and security agenda, Siwan […]

Events

Birthday Honours awarded to Network Rail staff

9 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Two people have been awarded honours on the Queen’s birthday for the work they did with Network Rail. Simon Blanchflower, the former head of the Thameslink programme, and Ian Harris, an incident officer from the […]

Business

Talgo bases HS2 bid on Avril platform

7 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The company has based its offer for the supply of trains to HS2 on Avril – its latest generation rolling stock platform. This represents the latest evolution of very high-speed vehicles, which has been developed […]

Business

Bombardier and Hitachi work together to propose new HS2 train

6 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The joint venture of Bombardier and Hitachi has submitted its ‘Great British’ train proposal to High Speed Two (HS2) to design, build and maintain at least 54 trains for Phase One in a contract worth […]

Business

Siemens submits tender for HS2 trains

6 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Siemens Mobility has submitted its tender for the HS2 train contract, the winner of which is expected to be announced in Spring 2020. It has also released the first graphic of its offering. Siemens’ Velaro […]

Business

Alstom reveals proposal for HS2 high-speed train

6 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Britain’s High Speed 2 (HS2) is out for tender for its first fleet of high-speed trains. These will have to be able to run not only on HS2’s own route from London to Birmingham and […]

Business

Grand Central supports Centrepoint charity and acquires portrait for Wakefield Kirkgate

6 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

National charity Centrepoint provides housing and support for young people in London, Manchester, Yorkshire and the North East and, through partnerships, all over the UK. Its overall goal is to enable young people to live […]

Business

New partnership for signalling power

6 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Three leading railway engineering companies have announced a new working partnership to provide a comprehensive signalling power supply solution. Working together, Ilecsys Rail, Andromeda and Amaro are offering a turnkey solution including survey, design, manufacture, […]

Accident Investigation

Report on near miss between train and track worker at Peterborough

5 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued a report on an incident at Peterborough station during which a track worker missed being hit by a train travelling at over 100mph by only 2.6 seconds. […]

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  • Battery train sets new world record
  • Paul McNerney to join Severfield from Laing O’Rourke
  • Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
  • Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
  • Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
  • EMR driver training is a family affair
  • Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
  • New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
  • Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
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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…
  • 230001 sets out on its record-breaking run from Reading station.
  • Paul McNerney will leave Laing O'Rourke to take over as CEO of Severfield in the autumn of 2025.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
    Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
    7 August 2025 0
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
    Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
    7 August 2025 0
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
    EMR driver training is a family affair
    7 August 2025 0
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
    Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
    1 August 2025 0
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
    31 July 2025 0
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
    New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
    31 July 2025 0
  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
    Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
    30 July 2025 0
  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
    Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
    30 July 2025 0
  • Tony Lodge of the Centre for Policy Studies has written a report entitled Rail’s Last Chance: A four-point plan to save the railways
    Warning that Great British Railways risks repeating the mistakes of British Rail
    29 July 2025 0
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
    BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
    23 July 2025 0
  • Ford Bridgend Taskforce, headed by former NR chairman, makes progress
    20 January 2020 1
  • Thameslink announces major revamp for St Albans station
    18 June 2019 0
  • Repairs start on listed bridge in Bolton
    21 October 2019 0
  • Four new board members for British Transport Police Authority
    21 May 2019 0
  • First four SWR Class 442 trains back in service
    16 January 2020 0
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