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Month: September 2019

Infrastructure

Tackling the autumn leaf fall problem

21 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Autumn is approaching – or may even already be here.  And with that come leaves on the line, slippery conditions, train delays and cancellations. Every autumn, the trees that grow along the railway drop thousands […]

Governance

New measure of train punctuality reveals two-thirds of trains arrive on time

20 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Everyone wants their train to arrive in time. Countless passenger surveys have revealed it, and it just makes sense. Now the rail industry is changing the way it measures lateness, to make the statistics more […]

Business

UK Power Network Services to upgrade Manchester Metrolink electrical infrastructure.

19 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has entered into a framework agreement with UK Power Networks Services to renew and upgrade Manchester Metrolink’s electrical infrastructure. Under the framework, UK Power Networks Services is currently working on […]

Infrastructure

Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra JV to design and deliver HS2 Old Oak Common station

18 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

HS2 has awarded a contract for the management of the construction and delivery of its new £1 billion Old Oak Common station to a joint venture of Balfour Beatty, Vinci and Systra. The joint venture […]

Charity

Network Rail signaller recognised for helping Blackpool’s homeless

18 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Chris Conway, a relief signaller with Network Rail at Bamber Bridge, near Preston, has been given a special award for his work helping the homeless. At a ceremony held to mark Blackpool Tower’s 125th anniversary, […]

Events

C2C reveals stunning shortlisted entries in City to Coast Views photography competition

17 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Train operator C2C has released the shortlisted images entered for its City to Coast Views photography competition. South Essex and London locals have submitted photos of their favourite views from Southend and London, in an […]

Business

DB Netz to buy fleet of overhead line maintenance vehicles from Harsco Rail

17 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Germany’s railway infrastructure manager, DB Netz, has chosen Harsco Rail to supply up to 56 catenary intervention and maintenance vehicles for the German railway system. This seven-year contract, the first ever between Harsco Rail and […]

Heritage

Vivarail to supply new train fleet for the Island Line

17 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Island Line – the rail route that links Ryde Pier Head with Shanklin on the Isle of Wight – is set to receive a new fleet of trains as part of a £26 million […]

Infrastructure

Improvements planned for all 247 stations in Wales

16 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Welsh railway stations are due for a major makeover under plans released by Transport for Wales. A £194 million investment plan has been agreed that will improve all 247 railway stations across Wales. It is […]

Heritage

Rocket arrives at National Railway Museum

14 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Legendary steam locomotive Rocket, designed by George and Robert Stephenson and built in 1829 for the Rainhill Trials, has arrived at the National Railway Museum, York, where it will be on display for at least […]

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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
  • European Commission grants conditional approval for Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier Transportation
    1 August 2020 0
  • Keolis Amey Metrolink and Pod-Trak help Heaton Park Tramway recover from theft of overhead wires
    5 October 2019 0
  • Alstom CEO to step down
    16 May 2025 0
  • £150 million project to remodel Gatwick Airport station announced
    13 July 2019 0
  • French high-speed hospital
    27 March 2020 0
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