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Month: April 2020

Appointments

Darren Leigh takes over chief financial role at Unipart

30 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Darren Leigh has joined Unipart Group, the leading independent manufacturing, logistics and consultancy company, as group chief financial officer. Having previously worked in the rail industry with Freightliner and, before that, gaining experience in the […]

Infrastructure

West Coast main line to undergo major track and drainage upgrades

30 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The West Coast main line, which runs from London Euston to Scotland via the West Midlands, will undergo major improvement works between Rugby and Milton Keynes from Saturday 2 May until Saturday 16 May. The […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Home-schooling STEM lockdown pack from Network Rail

30 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To help many parents who are having both to manage their own time while working from home and organise home schooling for their children, Network Rail has created a pack of Science, Technology, Engineering and […]

Business

Bombardier signs new logistics and support contract for Trenitallia ETR500 fleet

30 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has signed a new contract with Italian state operator Trenitalia to support its fleet of ETR500 very high-speed trains with integrated logistics services. The initial contract is for six years, with an option […]

Appointments

Interim WMRE programme director to oversee new station developments

29 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Amanda White, a former head of rail with Transport for Greater Manchester, has joined the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) as interim programme director to work on the development of five new stations in Birmingham […]

Europe

New Harting component carrier replaces flexible PCBs

29 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The use of flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs) allows designers to develop tightly packaged electronics where connections need to be made in three axes or where the assembly is required to flex during operation. However, […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Coronavirus or COVID-19? What’s the difference?

29 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 38

The current Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic is generally believed to have started in Wuhan, China, late in 2019. From there, it spread throughout the world, forcing countries into lockdown, killing thousands and generally stopping world travel […]

Business

Updated details of HS2 Independent Design Panel released

28 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport has released updated details of the HS2 Independent Design Panel, created in 2015 to use the framework of the Design Vision to advise and hold to account HS2’s leadership, project teams […]

Infrastructure

Level crossing in Oxfordshire closes, replaced by temporary footbridge

28 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has closed another level crossing, this time at Tackley station in Oxfordshire, and replaced it by a temporary footbridge as part of its continuing effort to make the railway safer. The crossing has […]

Business

Greater Anglia drivers start simulator training for new Class 720 trains

28 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As Greater Anglia starts to receive the first of its new Class 720 Bombardier Aventra electric trains, the twelve experienced train drivers who will be test driving them have just started their initial training, using […]

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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
  • Ryde Pier reopens after nine months’ work, but there is still more to do
    10 July 2023 0
  • Keltbray to lose 300 jobs, mainly from London-based built environment projects
    16 June 2020 0
  • Making London Underground ‘driverless’ is financially unjustifiable, TfL report states
    27 October 2020 0
  • New look for Bolton station
    23 December 2020 0
  • SLC creates new Operations business and appoints Cath Bellamy to run it
    15 February 2020 0
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