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Month: January 2020

Governance

Huw Merriman MP to chair Transport Select Committee

31 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Following the general election, elections were held across the House of Common to determine who would chair the various parliamentary committees.  As a result, Huw Merriman MP has been elected as chairman of the Transport […]

Business

New trains on Merseyside

28 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first of 52 new trains for Merseyrail has been unveiled in Liverpool by Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram. The Class 777 trains, which are being built by Stadler of Switzerland, will be publicly owned by […]

Infrastructure

Repairs to damaged Gospel Oak-Barking line continue

27 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Work to repair the Gospel Oak to Barking line is continuing after a derailed freight wagon caused extensive damage on Thursday 23 January. The damage stretched over two and a half miles of the route, […]

Infrastructure

Gospel Oak to Barking line extensively damaged by derailed freight wagon.

24 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

A derailed freight wagon has caused extensive damage to the Gospel Oak to Barking line in northeast London. The damage stretches for two and a half miles and will result in a great deal of […]

Governance

National Audit Office releases ‘High Speed Two: A Progress Update’

24 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The National Audit Office (NAO) issued its report High Speed Two: A Progress Update on Friday 24 January 2020, stating that HS2 is over budget and behind schedule because the Department for Transport (DfT), HS2 […]

Charity

Transform a Pacer competition winners announced

23 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The three winners of a competition to ‘Transform a Pacer’ have been announced by the Department for Transport. They have each won a Pacer carriage for community use after the DfT decided to mark the […]

Governance

New Veterans’ Railcard announced

22 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Veterans will get their own railcard from 11 November 2020, which will extend discounted train travel to the more than 830,000 veterans not covered by existing schemes. Secretary of State Grant Shapps announced that the […]

Appointments

Management buyout at Ford & Stanley Recruitment

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Ford & Stanley Recruitment, which specialises in professional, operational, executive and commercial recruitment within the rail, mechanical engineering and digital sectors, has been bought-out by its senior management. Owner and entrepreneur Peter Schofield, who remains […]

Appointments

Costain names Simon Ellison as Rail Sector Director

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Simon Ellison has been appointed to be Costain’s new rail sector director. A chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Simon joined Costain in 1997 where he has held several senior leadership […]

Infrastructure

Update on landslip that closed Kent’s Redhill-Tonbridge line on 22 December

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has issued an update on its work to restore services after a major landslip between Godstone and Edenbridge in Kent closed the railway on 22 December 2019. The line is now expected to […]

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  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
  • Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
  • Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
  • Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
  • Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
  • ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
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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…
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
    Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
    11 July 2025 0
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
    Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
    2 July 2025 0
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
    Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
    27 June 2025 0
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
    Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
    26 June 2025 0
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
    ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
    26 June 2025 0
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
    25 June 2025 0
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
    23 June 2025 0
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
    23 June 2025 0
  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
    SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
    23 June 2025 0
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
    23 June 2025 0
  • Cairngorm Funicular to be repaired and reopened
    14 October 2020 2
  • Former rail industry executive sets up PR agency to help the sector recover after COVID-19
    19 July 2020 0
  • WW2 veteran gets special send-off
    7 November 2019 0
  • Charlie Hodgson to lead WSP’s Transport & Infrastructure business in the UK
    24 November 2020 0
  • First Australian heavy-rail contract for Keolis
    21 September 2020 0
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