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Month: July 2019

Infrastructure

Doncaster’s Friars Gate Road bridge reopened

30 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Friarsgate Road bridge, in Doncaster, has been reopened following a £1.75 million rebuild to both strengthen it and to accommodate larger vehicles. Network Rail is working to expand its Marshgate depot, which will see the […]

Uncategorised

South Western Railway’s new carpets are Axminsters!

27 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Axminster carpets have been the floor coverings of choice for centuries, found in the best stately homes and royal palaces. The company even has a Royal Warrant as carpet supplier to the Queen. But now […]

Business

TPE accepts first of its new Nova 2 trains

25 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Train operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has accepted the first of its new fleet of Nova 2 trains from Spanish manufacturer CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles). TPE is purchasing three fleets of new trains, and […]

Appointments

Three new directors for Crossrail

23 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Crossrail Limited has announced three new appointments to its board. A wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL), Crossrail is jointly sponsored by the Department for Transport and TfL to deliver the Elizabeth line. […]

Diversity

Demand for passenger assistance from rail passengers in West Midlands soars

22 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Statistics published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) in its Measuring Up annual rail consumer report show that, last year, more than 52,000 people received assistance on their West Midlands train journey, a […]

Digital Railway

4G mobile phone service for London’s Jubilee line

21 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

London Underground has announced that it is planning to trial a 4G mobile phone service on the Jubilee line between Westminster and Canning Town – the section of the line between Canning Town and Stratford […]

Appointments

Network Rail’s new Eastern region is the first to name its route directors

21 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail’s devolution plans came one step further to completion as the names of the four route directors for the Eastern region were revealed. Making the announcement, Rob McIntosh, who was himself only recently named […]

News

Green station retailers now carry a seal of approval

17 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Passengers at Britain’s biggest and busiest stations can now shop more sustainably, thanks to a new initiative from Network Rail. Greener retailers now carry a sustainability seal of approval in their windows, highlighting the credentials […]

Business

UGL Unipart joint venture wins five-year extension to Sydney Trains contract

17 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Australian joint venture UGL Unipart has been awarded a five-year extension to its contract for the delivery of maintenance and logistics services for a section of Sydney’s metropolitan passenger rail fleet. Worth approximately $900 million, […]

Infrastructure

Watford High Street station to close for one week

16 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

London Overground’s Watford High Street station will be closed for one week in August to allow refurbishment work to take place on an ageing staircase. The station, which originally opened in 1862, became a part […]

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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
British Steel Christmas 2019 Crossrail HS2 London Overground London Underground Network Rail Northern Ireland Northern Powerhouse RAIB Scotland TfL Trako Unipart USA Wales West Midlands
  • 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
  • South Western Railway retains ‘safety-critical’ guards , but RMT union still not satisfied
    22 November 2019 0
  • Floods disrupt rail traffic in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
    8 November 2019 0
  • More contactless ticketing options for Northern Ireland
    13 May 2020 0
  • Government steps in to take cost risk off train operators and keep trains running
    23 March 2020 2
  • Two new directors at Keolis
    7 April 2020 0
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