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Month: February 2020

Appointments

Mott Mac recruits Yoanna Moguel for new asset management role

28 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Dr Yoanna Moguel has joined Mott MacDonald as principal asset management consultant, a new role intended to expand the company’s transport asset management capabilities. An experienced asset management consultant specialising in asset management advisory, risk […]

Business

Minister speaks on HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail

27 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The government’s plans for both HS2 and the Northern Powerhouse became a little clearer following a speech by Andrew Stephenson MP, Minister of State at the Department for Transport with special responsibility for HS2, Northern […]

Appointments

Richard Walker moves to Dyer & Butler

27 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Dyer & Butler, the multi-disciplined engineering services specialist focused on essential infrastructure including airports, railways and highways, and part of M Group Services, has announced the appointment of Richard Walker as chief operating officer. Richard […]

Appointments

Silviya Barrett joins Campaign for Better Transport

25 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport charity Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed Silviya Barrett as its new head of policy, research and projects. She was previously research manager at Centre for London, the capital’s dedicated think tank, where she […]

Events

Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research awarded a Royal prize

22 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The University of Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research (IRR) has been awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize, for research and development that has brought significant improvements to the railway industry. The award, one of the most […]

Business

Government developing High Speed North – an integrated rail plan for the Midlands and the North

21 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it is working on an integrated rail plan for the Midlands and the North – High Speed North. The Oakervee Review into HS2, published on 11 February […]

Heritage

Restored clocktower at Cleethorpes station wins a heritage award

20 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The clock tower at Cleethorpes station, a Grade II listed landmark, has been restored thanks to a £410,000 restoration project. Network Rail worked with the Railway Heritage Trust (RHT), TransPennine Express and Colt to dismantle […]

Infrastructure

First iconic London Underground roundel signs fitted to new Northern Line extension stations

20 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The new extension to London Underground’s Northern line has come one step closer to completion with the installation of the first iconic ‘roundel’ station name signs. A total of 113 new roundels will be required […]

Infrastructure

Weather partially closes Essex railway.

19 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Billericay in Essex became the latest victim of the recent storms as the railway was closed after a landslip. A train driver reported track damage between Billericay and Wickford on the Southend Victoria line, which […]

Appointments

James McGowan is new public affairs director at Porterbrook

18 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

James McGowan, transport policy advisor to Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald, has been named by train-leasing company Porterbrook as its new director of public affairs. He brings with him over twenty years’ experience in politics […]

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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
  • Sydney Metro Northwest opens to public
    26 May 2019 0
  • Park Signalling will produce a new Design Workstation for State Interlocking (SSI) signalling systems.
    Unipart’s Park Signalling wins £3m Network Rail contract
    6 January 2025 0
  • Three GTR volunteers look out for the vulnerable on the railway
    3 June 2020 0
  • Hydrogen trains commence trials in Austria
    11 September 2020 0
  • Rail Wagon Association replaces Private Wagon Federation
    16 November 2020 0
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