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Month: August 2019

Business

NRL’s rail director celebrates 25 years of service

16 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

NRL rail director Jim Taylor has celebrated 25 years of service with the company, which provides recruitment, training, rail maintenance and Non-Destructive testing (NDT) services to the technical, engineering and construction sectors. Originally joining the […]

Business

GB Railfreight names Amanda and Maria after members of staff

16 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Two of GR Railfreight’s fleet of Class 66 locomotives have been named after long-serving members of the company’s staff in a ceremony at Cleethorpes. This continues a company tradition of naming locomotives after the key […]

Infrastructure

Goodge Street station lift replacement complete

15 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

London Underground’s Goodge Street station on the Northern line is now fully open following completion of the refurbishment of its four lifts. Goodge Street station on Tottenham Court Road has no escalators. Instead, its platforms […]

Accident Investigation

Incident at Bagillt user-worked crossing, North Wales

15 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued a report on a near miss at Bagillt user-worked level crossing, North Wales, during which the assistant to the driver of a heavy goods vehicle had to […]

Infrastructure

Train speeds triple after track at Bleeding Wolf is replaced

15 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Travel times between Chester and Manchester via Altrincham will be much improved following an £800,000 investment by Network Rail. The previous poor condition of the track through the ‘Bleeding Wolf’ area of Hale meant trains […]

Business

First Trenitalia to take over West Coast franchise

14 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport has announced that First Trenitalia will operate the West Coast Partnership, providing passengers with new trains, more seats, simplified fares and more frequent services on the West Coast main line (WCML). […]

Infrastructure

Overturned lorry damages bridge and stops trains at Castle Cary

13 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A bridge strike with a difference closed both a road and the railway at Castle Cary in Somerset. Normally, a bridge strike involves a tall vehicle, often a lorry, trying to pass under a bridge […]

Infrastructure

Update on Shrewsbury station repairs

13 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has issued a progress report on its work at Shrewsbury station, where teams have been carrying out essential repairs to the station canopies over Platforms 4, 5, 6 and 7, which are due […]

Events

Nottingham station arsonist jailed for 25 months

13 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Gemma Peat, the woman who started the fire which caused more than £5 million worth of damage to Nottingham station, has been jailed for two years and one month. Peat, of Wilford Crescent, Nottingham, had […]

Business

Robust data communication supports rail digitalisation

12 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Alan Bollard, managing director of Westermo UK, explains the role reliable data communications technology must play in the digitalisation of the rail network. In today’s digital age, trackside and onboard data communications networks deliver real-time […]

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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
  • Network Rail and QTS donate eye protection
    6 April 2020 0
  • Sydney Metro extends agreement with Northwest Rapid Transit Consortium for City and Southwest extension
    22 November 2019 0
  • Crossrail outlines plans to open the Elizabeth line late 2020 / early 2021
    25 April 2019 1
  • German Bavaria Industries Group acquires Stobart Rail & Civils
    15 July 2020 0
  • Network Rail releases interim report into Margam track worker fatalities
    30 September 2019 1
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