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Month: September 2019

Infrastructure

New footbridge successfully installed at Cadoxton station, South Wales

13 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The project to improve access at Cadoxton station has reached a major milestone. The station, which is on the Barry branch about six miles southwest of Cardiff, is being improved as part of the Access […]

Governance

PM promises more local control for northern rail services

13 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Prime Minister has spoken of his intentions to allow northern communities to take more control over their rail services. Speaking in Rotherham, Boris Johnson said that his plans will give local people more power […]

Infrastructure

Bank Underground station upgrade reaches major milestone

12 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The upgrade of Bank Tube station is one stage closer to completion after the topping out of the roof over its new Cannon Street entrance. The upgrade of Bank station, due for completion in 2022, […]

Environment

Government decarbonisation plans concern heritage railways

11 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 3

Government plans to curtail the burning of coal are causing concern to heritage railways and other transport groups. As part of its crackdown on pollution, the government published a policy paper on its Clean Air […]

Events

Former GWR driver celebrates 100th birthday back in the cab

11 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Great Western Railway has helped a former driver celebrate his 100th birthday in style. Gordon Pritchard was born in Swansea in 1919. Leaving school at 14, he worked for a couple of local butchers, then […]

Events

London’s Lost Property Office to move after 86 years at Baker Street

10 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

After 86 years, Transport for London’s Lost Property Office will be moving out of the premises at 200 Baker Street it has occupied since 1933 to a new home in South Kensington. Its new facility […]

Business

New mobile antennas ready for 5G revolution

10 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The latest mobile phone technology, 5G, will bring data transmission that is up to 100 times faster than with LTE (4G), reaching wireless data transmission speeds of up to 20 Gbit/s. It will provide rail […]

Events

ScotRail employee praised on World Suicide Prevention Day

10 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

ScotRail customer service team leader Christopher Harvie has been praised for his quick-thinking when he intervened to help a distressed customer in Haymarket station recently. His swift actions to comfort the customer and usher them […]

Business

First Class 230 diesel/battery hybrid train runs on the national network

10 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As the UK’s rail decarbonisation programme is getting into full swing, the UK’s first ever passenger-carrying diesel/battery hybrid train has run on the national network. Class 230 train number 230002 ran between Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh […]

Europe

New Class 777 train for Merseyrail commences factory testing

8 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The first of 52 new trains for the Merseyrail network is taking shape at Stadler’s factories in Altenrhein, Switzerland, and Siedlce in Poland. To coincide with its release of a video showing the new trains’ […]

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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
  • Planned partial closure of railway between Waterloo and Clapham Junction over Christmas
    1 October 2020 0
  • Collision at Loversall Carr junction caused largely by driver fatigue
    3 August 2023 0
  • Online consultation on Belfast’s Yorkgate station
    23 June 2020 0
  • New South Shields Interchange to open 4 August
    7 July 2019 0
  • HS2 funds Employment and Skills Hub in West London
    1 October 2020 0
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