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Month: August 2019

Business

When uniforms aren’t standard

12 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Ann Dowdeswell, sales and marketing director at Jermyn Street Design, reports on the successful launch of new staff uniforms for TransPennine Express and South Western Railway. Train operators, in common with airlines and other large […]

Charity

Tamworth Station celebrates 180th Birthday

12 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Tamworth railway station first opened on 12 August 1839. It lay on the line from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden where the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway met up with the London and Birmingham Railway for London. […]

Interest

Wales’ Cambrian line declared one of the world’s most scenic railways

10 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Cambrian line, which runs from Shrewsbury in England to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli on the west coast of Wales, has been selected as one of the world’s most scenic railways by two major television series. […]

Governance

Scottish Government to progress reopening of the Levenmouth Rail Link

9 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The Scottish Government is to take proposals for the reopening of the Levenmouth rail link forward to the next stage of development, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity Michael Matheson has announced. First opened […]

Business

Interrail and Eurail – in or out?

9 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) made an abrupt U-turn after having announced that the UK was leaving the Interrail/Eurail arrangement for European rail travel. An Interrail pass can be purchased by any European resident.  It […]

Business

Accessibility features on Greater Anglia’s new Class 755 trains put through their paces

9 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Greater Anglia has worked with a noted access and inclusion professional to ensure that its new fleet of trains, the first of which has now entered service, has much improved accessibility features. The first of […]

Business

RegioJet plans new service to Budapest for 2020

8 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Central European open-access train operator RegioJet has announced plans to add Budapest to its list of destinations. From 2020, two trains a day are planned to operate on the route Prague – Brno – Vienna […]

Business

London Northwestern Railway renames train to say farewell to longstanding employee

8 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Vic Hall, 66, who has been helping passengers in Watford for more than 50 years, had a train named in his honour on his last day of work for London Northwestern Railway. Having started work […]

Governance

Next stage of West Midlands Metro extension nears completion

8 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has announced that work on the West Midlands Metro extension from Grand Central to Centenary Square is nearing completion and is anticipated to open in December 2019. So that work […]

Appointments

New European boss for Bombardier Transportation

5 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has appointed a new president of its Europe (Switzerland, Italy, Nordic Countries, Iberia), Middle East, Africa, and India region (EMEAI). Andy DeLeone joins Bombardier Transportation from General Electric, where he was CEO and […]

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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
  • Former adviser to Prime Minister Theresa May joins Arcadis
    27 May 2020 0
  • Welsh footbridge removed after damage caused by skip lorry closes the line
    23 June 2020 0
  • Government to provide up to £1.9 billion support to Transport for London
    15 May 2020 2
  • National Railway Museum’s Station Hall to be refurbished
    29 December 2020 0
  • New BiLevel coaches and cab cars for San Diego’s North County Transit District Coaster service
    17 July 2020 0
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