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Month: March 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

NHS clinic opens at Birmingham New Street station

24 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The NHS is using an empty shop at Birmingham New Street station as an outpatient clinic, so that patients may have routine blood tests away from hospital. Network Rail is making a former retail unit […]

Accident Investigation

Runaway cement wagon derailed before it reaches the main line

24 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is investigating how a tank wagon, loaded with cement powder, ran away from a siding located within the Hanson cement works in Clitheroe at about 08:20 on 9 March […]

Appointments

Sue Kershaw appointed MD of Costain transportation division

23 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Costain has appointed Sue Kershaw as managing director of its transportation division, responsible for the highways, rail and aviation sectors.  She will join the group’s executive board and report to chief executive officer Alex Vaughan. […]

Business

Network Rail pledges to keep Britain moving

23 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Hard on the announcement that the government will take financial risk off train operators to keep the trains running, Network Rail has confirmed that it will endeavour to keep vital supplies and key workers moving […]

Business

Government steps in to take cost risk off train operators and keep trains running

23 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

The government has announced that, due to the current Coronavirus (COVOD-19) pandemic, it is taking emergency measures to support and sustain necessary rail services as operators face significant drops in their income. The Department for […]

Europe

Germany: Man arrested for sabotaging high-speed line

22 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A man has been arrested for an apparent attempt to sabotage a German high-speed railway line. According to reports by German magazine Der Spiegel on Friday 20 March, bolts that hold the track down on […]

Business

Siemens and Atkins to deliver digital in-cab signalling on the East Coast main line

20 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Siemens Mobility and Atkins have been confirmed as Network Rail’s partners for the introduction of in-cab signalling on the southern section of the East Coast main line (ECML). Network Rail has been seeking to team […]

Business

Network Rail cancels rent payments to support retailers and tenants

20 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To support station retailers, as well as its commercial tenants, Network Rail has announced that it will waive rent payments for the next quarter. As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic begins to severely impact trading, with […]

Business

Employer guilty over two deaths caused by fatigue

20 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

For the first time, railway regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has prosecuted a firm for bad fatigue management that cost two workers their lives. Nottingham Crown Court heard that Zac Payne, 20, […]

Appointments

Ben Howlett joins CPMS as non-executive director

19 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Ben Howlett, the former MP for Bath (2015-1017), has joined multi-discipline professional services organisation CPMS as a non-executive director. He is joining the CPMS team to work closely with the advisory board in a consulting […]

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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
  • Two more stations in Hampshire and Surrey are now brighter and greener
    29 October 2020 0
  • Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) ready to help railway workers in this time of crisis
    23 April 2020 2
  • Bombardier to install new CBTC signalling for Frankfurt Airport people movers
    16 April 2020 0
  • Mayor visits completed Kirkdale depot in Liverpool
    14 November 2019 0
  • New fleet, new name – Arterio
    24 August 2020 0
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