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Month: December 2019

Business

Handbook for International Contingency Management published

19 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Freight Forward coalition has published a contingency management handbook in an effort to avoid major disruption to the European railway network, such as happened at Rastatt in 2017 when a tunnel under construction […]

Accident Investigation

Worrying failure of Cambrian line ETCS signalling system could have led to major accident

19 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

On the morning of 20 October 2017, information on temporary speed restrictions (TSRs) was not sent by the signalling system to four trains running on the Cambrian Coast line in Gwynedd, North Wales. This line […]

Infrastructure

New entrance opens at London’s Finsbury Park station.

17 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A new, larger entrance to Transport for London’s Finsbury Park station has been opened, creating a new step-free route into the station that will ease congestion for passengers. The upgrade has provided lifts to the […]

Business

Hydrogen-powered bus rapid transit service opens in Pau, France.

17 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Discussion continues about the use of hydrogen-power for trains and trams, with four Alstom Corradia iLint trains in service in Germany on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony and a further 27 units on order […]

Business

Successful milestone for Danish signalling programme

17 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first line in Denmark to be equipped with both ERTMS (European Railway Traffic Management System) trackside and on-board signalling solutions and to be fully integrated with the Alstom’s traffic management system (TMS) has opened. […]

Business

Robroyston station opens on Scotland’s Glasgow to Cumbernauld line

16 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Coinciding with the start of the new train timetable on Sunday 15 December 2019, Scotland’s newest station opened for passengers. Robroyston station is on the line from Glasgow Queen Street to Cumbernauld, between Springburn and […]

Business

Bombardier to overhaul Regina trains in Sweden

14 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

AB Transitio, Sweden’s rail vehicle leasing company, has reached an agreement with Bombardier Transportation covering the heavy maintenance and refurbishment of 59 of the company’s 63 Regina electric multiple unit (EMU) trains. The SEK 280 […]

Business

Bombardier to maintain Avanti Super Voyager fleet

12 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Avanti West Coast, the new operator which took over the West Coast main line express services from Virgin Trains on Sunday 8 December, has signed a maintenance agreement with Bombardier Transportation that covers its Class […]

Business

Public-access defibrillators installed at GTR stations

11 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of premature death, according to a recent report by the Resuscitation Council UK and the British Heart Foundation. In cardiac arrest, the heart’s steady rhythm is often replaced […]

Business

Bombardier opens new test centre at Bautzen

11 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has opened a new €16 million test centre at its Bautzen factory in Germany. Able to test three trains up to 120 metres long simultaneously, the new test facility is also used to […]

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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
  • Frequentis’ new railway communications system in Finland wins international award
    28 June 2019 0
  • Thameslink announces major revamp for St Albans station
    18 June 2019 0
  • Report questions how government will achieve its net-zero commitments
    7 September 2020 0
  • Shropshire woman guilty of damaging level crossing barriers
    24 March 2020 0
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
    31 July 2025 0
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