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Month: May 2020

Business

At least the trains are on time!

8 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

There may be fewer trains at present, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, but at least the ones that are running arrive on time. That’s certainly the experience in Scotland.  Using the rail industry’s public […]

Business

RMT expresses concern over plans to reopen railway network

8 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Following earlier comments from Manuel Cortes of rail union TSSA that “increasing rail services at this point is both impractical and unsafe for our members and the travelling public”, the RMT has now added its […]

Blue for NHS

Blaenau Ffestiniog tunnel turns ‘Blue for NHS’

8 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Blaenau Ffestiniog tunnel in North Wales has joined the list of Network Rail structures to be illuminated with blue light in honour and gratitude to all NHS staff and other workers who are battling […]

Clever Videos

Clever Videos – Nessun Dorma

8 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

While the world is locked down due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), some clever people with too much time on their hands have come up with novel ways to keep themselves, and others, entertained. Rail Insider has shamelessly […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Welsh trains get rainbows to show appreciation for NHS and key workers

8 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As a tribute to all those key workers helping in the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19), Transport for Wales (TfW) is applying rainbow stickers to the trains in its fleet. TFW chose the rainbow design as […]

Business

Selecting face masks

7 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As calls increase on the government to relax its current lockdown that it has imposed due the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, so that businesses can get back to work and the economy can get moving again, […]

Business

Passengers will need reassurance after lockdown

7 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

People who normally use public transport to commute to work are nervous about doing so when the lockdown ends unless social distancing is in place. That’s the result of a survey carried out by independent […]

Business

Newark community café receives welcome support from East Midlands Railway

6 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

In this time of hardship for many people, caused by the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, train operator East Midlands Railways (EMR) has donated crucial funds and food to a community café in Newark that which […]

Business

West Midland Interchange receives Development Consent Order approval

6 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The proposed West Midlands strategic rail freight interchange, which developers wish to build at Four Ashes in Staffordshire, close to the M6/M54/M6 Toll junctions north of Wolverhampton, is likely to go ahead after the Secretary […]

Appointments

Michael Dyke is new MD of HS2 contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci JV

6 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture, which has two civil engineering contracts from HS2 for work between the Long Itchington Wood Green tunnel and the connection with the West Coast main line, worth a combined […]

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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
  • Public-access defibrillators installed at GTR stations
    11 December 2019 0
  • Access for All at Kent’s Canterbury East station
    23 October 2020 0
  • Hospital gowns by Royal appointment
    14 April 2020 0
  • Runaway Pacer hits level crossing gates at Dereham, Norfolk.
    24 December 2020 0
  • Thales to supply central control and communication systems for Australia’s Sydney Metro to City & Southwest
    4 December 2019 0
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