The recent project in Finland, to replace GSM-R for railway telecommunications with the Unified Railway Communication and Application (URCA) system, has won ‘Best Use of Communications in Transport’ at the International Critical Communications Awards (ICAA), […]
Eurostar has appointed Dominique Reiniche as its new chairman, with effect from 1 July 2019. She succeeds Clare Hollingsworth, who has been chairman for the last six years, following three years as a non-executive director. […]
Battle station, on the Hastings line in East Sussex, is widely considered to be one of the finest Gothic revival stations in the country. It has now been refurbished by Southeastern and now looks much […]
Edward Acton, a station assistant at Barnham, on the Southern network, moonlights as a graffiti artist. But don’t worry, the station’s walls are safe. Instead, the 37-year-old is developing a reputation for his quirky and […]
The West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE), the partnership of 16 West Midlands local authorities that co-manages the West Midlands Railway franchise with the Department for Transport, has appointed a new chairman. Cllr Mark Winnington, a […]
Sydney Trains has enhanced the way it manages and resolves incidents on its railway network. Using the new Rail Emergency Management (REM) system, operators can now enter incident information in real-time, increasing efficiency and boosting […]
A trespasser who closed Leeds station for four hours and caused over £1 million of train delays has been sentenced to six months in jail at Leeds Crown Court. On Thursday 30 May 2019, Network […]
A Victorian viaduct that carries the railway over the River Keer, near Capernwray in Lancashire, has been restored and reinforced in a £500,000 project. The viaduct, which carries the railway over the River Keer near […]
Johanna Priestley, a route asset manager for Network Rail from Newcastle, used International Women in Engineering Day 2019 to encourage more women and girls to view engineering, and particularly the rail industry, as a career […]
Car park barriers have been removed at Oxenholme Lake District station and replaced by technology as Virgin trains has introduced Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR). This system, which reads vehicle number plates, is intended to […]
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