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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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  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
  • Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
  • 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
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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…
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
    Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
    11 July 2025 0
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
    Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
    2 July 2025 0
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
    Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
    27 June 2025 0
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
    Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
    26 June 2025 0
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
    ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
    26 June 2025 0
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
    25 June 2025 0
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
    23 June 2025 0
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
    23 June 2025 0
  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
    SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
    23 June 2025 0
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
    23 June 2025 0
  • 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 money for station projects in the North East
    29 June 2020 0
  • For sale – 13 locomotives with nowhere to go
    17 August 2019 0
  • New Moseley railway station receives approval
    24 September 2020 1
  • HS2 given permission to start construction
    15 April 2020 1
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