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Month: October 2019

Business

New Greater Anglia Class 745 arrives at Stansted

31 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first of Greater Anglia’s new Class 745 trains destined for the Stansted Express service has carried out a successful test run between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport. The 12-carriage train was put through […]

Business

Hydrogen-powered train to test in Netherlands

31 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Alstom’s iLint hydrogen-powered train is to be tested in the Netherlands for the first time. Following an agreement between Alstom, the Province of Groningen, local operator Arriva, Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail and energy company […]

News

Tyne and Wear Metro takes on new apprentices

28 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Tyne and Wear Metro is as vulnerable to skills shortages as any other railway operating company. Now Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Metro, has taken a new cohort of trainees, whose […]

Business

EFACEC and HIMA to work on Swedish level crossings together

28 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

EFACEC, the Portuguese company that has recently been contracted by Swedish railway and road infrastructure operator Trafikverket  to develop, certify and supply the latest generation of automatic level crossing safety systems, has entered into an […]

Health & Safety

Pupils from 15 schools get involved in Leeds Station Safety Week

28 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Schoolchildren from across West Yorkshire have been taking part in activities as part of Leeds Station Safety Week. Run by Network Rail, Northern, British Transport Police and Leeds United Foundation, the activities focussed on safety […]

Appointments

Rolling stock engineering support specialist joins Frazer-Nash

28 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Keith Hutchins has joined systems and engineering technology consultancy Frazer-Nash as a senior consultant within its growing rail group. Before joining Frazer-Nash, Keith had spent 13 years with Siemens, heading up a small team undertaking […]

Business

Network Rail partners with Connected Places Catapult to create ‘Innovation Factory’

22 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Connected Places Catapult (CPC), focused on the development of innovative technology to be used within the rail sector. This ‘Innovation Factory’ move […]

Infrastructure

Cumbrian riverbank strengthened to protect West Coast main line

21 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

A riverbank that was in poor condition and threatened the integrity of the railway above it has been upgraded in Cumbria. More than half a million pounds has been invested to strengthen the banks of […]

Appointments

Richard Robinson joins Atkins as CEO

21 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Richard Robinson has been named as CEO of the UK and Europe region for Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group. He will be responsible for leading its 10,000 strong team and operations across multiple […]

Infrastructure

Repairs start on listed bridge in Bolton

21 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Stoneclough Road bridge, a Grade II listed railway bridge next to Kearsley station in Bolton, is to be repaired by Network Rail over the next few weeks. The improvements, to repair and strengthen the bridge, […]

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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
  • Crossrail delivery of the Elizabeth line goes back due to COVID-19
    24 July 2020 0
  • Embankment work continues between Buxton and Manchester
    23 April 2020 0
  • Crossrail outlines plans to open the Elizabeth line late 2020 / early 2021
    25 April 2019 1
  • Chiltern cuts 42 trains to maintain vital services
    31 December 2020 0
  • 200 new train drivers wanted in Wales
    18 August 2020 0
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