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Year: 2019

Infrastructure

Kintore station takes shape as lift shafts are installed

1 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The new station at Kintore, on the Aberdeen to Inverness line in Scotland, is taking shape after engineers installed the concrete shafts for its accessible footbridge. The two ten-metre-tall, eight-ton structures were craned into position […]

Business

Talgo signs agreement to establish Scottish factory

1 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Talgo has signed an agreement with Transport Scotland and Scottish Enterprise to set up a manufacturing base for Talgo UK at Longannet, Fife. Talgo UK is currently bidding for rolling stock […]

Business

Annual rail investment report promises new trains and extra services

1 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Delivery Group, which brings the train operating companies and infrastructure owner together to speak for the industry, has published a joint investment report for 2020. In it, the industry commits itself to deliver […]

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 […]

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  • Tamara Finkelstein to be CEO of Royal Academy of Engineering
  • 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
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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…
  • Dame Tamara Finkelstein will take over as chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering in February 2026.
  • 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.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
    Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
    12 August 2025 0
  • 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
  • Barmouth viaduct restoration extended to take advantage of lockdown
    28 October 2020 1
  • 3 bidders shortlisted for new Tyne & Wear Metro train fleet
    18 June 2019 0
  • Stadler takes over responsibility for maintaining the Tyne and Wear Metro fleet
    5 October 2020 0
  • Knorr-Bremse chief executive steps down
    12 August 2020 0
  • Oakervee report recommends HS2 goes ahead
    11 February 2020 1
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