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Month: October 2019

Business

Barcelona Metro to purchase 42 Metropolis trains from Alstom

7 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Barcelona Metro operator TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona) has announced it has placed a contract worth over €260 million with Alstom for the design, manufacture, supply and commissioning of 42 Metropolis trains to replace those […]

Business

Merseyrail’s new Class 777 sets off for dynamic testing

7 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first of the new Class 777 trains for Merseyrail has left the Stadler factory to have its first test runs at Wegberg-Wildenrath. Having completed its programme of static testing at the factory, the next […]

Business

More body-worn cameras for Virgin Trains staff will reduce physical assaults and provide evidence for British Transport Police

7 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Having issued its front-line staff with body-worn cameras last year – the first UK train operator to do so – Virgin Trains is acquiring a further 250 cameras with which to equip further staff working […]

Heritage

Historic parcel bridge at Worcester Shrub Hill station set for restoration

5 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has announced that a Grade II listed bridge at Worcester Shrub Hill station will be restored over the winter. The former luggage bridge is a feature of the Georgian-style station that was built […]

Governance

New £15 million programme to develop options for Edinburgh’s Waverley Western Approaches

5 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport Scotland will fund a £15 million programme to develop options to improve the western approaches to Edinburgh Waverley station. This is a critical location on the Scottish rail network. The four-track railway approaching Edinburgh […]

Heritage

Keolis Amey Metrolink and Pod-Trak help Heaton Park Tramway recover from theft of overhead wires

5 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Friends and supporters of Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway, which is run by the Manchester Transport Museum Society, were devastated to find that it was targeted by thieves. During the night of Monday 23 September 2019, […]

Events

C2C City to Coast photo competition winner announced

3 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Train operator C2C has announced the winners of its City to Coast Views photography competition. Local people were asked to share photos of their favourite view along the C2C line. The shortlist was released in […]

Charity

Network Rail signaller Manny Kang raises £40,000 for Dementia UK

3 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Manny (Manjinder) Kang, a Network Rail signaller, has been nominated for a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award after raising more than £40,000 for Dementia UK. A life-long Wolverhampton Wanderers supporter, Manny originally set out […]

Accident Investigation

RAIB concludes wagon derailed due to missing split pin in braking system

1 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released a ‘Safety Digest’ following the derailment of a freight wagon at Carpenters Road North junction, near Stratford in East London, on 11 June 2019. Although it re-railed […]

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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
  • Omnicom, which provides software and hardware for surveying, inspecting and monitoring rail infrastructure assets, will change hands, from Balfour Beatty to Hitachi Rail, later in 2025.
    Balfour Beatty to sell Omnicom to Hitachi Rail
    17 January 2025 0
  • Future role of stations explored in new report
    21 October 2019 0
  • WSP to advise RSSB on the rollout of battery-powered trains
    25 July 2023 0
  • Lancashire tunnel vents repaired from the air
    20 June 2020 0
  • Fatal accident at Network Rail facility in Hampshire
    1 December 2020 0
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