HS2 has launched its ‘Innovation Accelerator’ – a search for entrepreneurial ideas that can help drive project efficiencies and create wider long-term economic benefits around the scheme. The Innovation Accelerator is a call-to-arms for individuals […]
HydroFLEX, the UK’s first hydrogen-powered train, which is being developed by the University of Birmingham and industry partner Porterbrook, will benefit from a £400,000 grant from the Department for Transport. The grant, which is part […]
VolkerFitzpatrick has been contracted to build the new Tyne and Wear Metro depot at Gosforth, near Regent Centre Metro station and within walking distance of Newcastle Freeman Hospital. The contract was placed by Swiss train […]
Leading specialist engineering and construction services company Keltbray has announced a programme of redundancies due to the economic impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking on 10 June, chief operating officer Vince Corrigan looked back to the […]
Network Certification Body, the Network Rail subsidiary that provides a system-wide approach to railway assurance and certification on infrastructure, vehicle and plant projects, has appointed Dr George Bearfield to its board as a non-executive director. […]
15 June 2020 was the day that the wearing of face coverings became mandatory on trains in England, as well as on other forms of public transport. But it seems that, in some places, the […]
Vivarail, the company based near Stratford-upon-Avon that is repurposing former London Underground trains as modular hybrid, battery and electric trains for lesser-used lines, has secured a £1.5 million loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund […]
GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the UK’s largest rail freight operators, has opened up a new service for building material supplier CEMEX from its Dove Holes quarry, near Buxton in Derbyshire, to Crawley in West […]
While many companies were forced to shut down during while Coronavirus (COVID-19) was at its peak, the railways kept on running, transporting freight and key workers around the country. Not only that, engineers also had […]
To support the £150 million Gatwick Airport station upgrade, platform extensions have been installed at Cooksbridge, Lancing and Goring-By-Sea. This will allow Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the train company that operates Southern services, to increase […]
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