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Month: July 2020

Charity

Rising Stars Awards a huge success, despite (or because of) being online

31 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

WeAreTheCity’s 2020 Rising Star Awards had to be presented a little differently this year, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) edpidemic. The winners were announced back in May, five in each category from a shortlist of […]

Business

Derek Twigg MP ‘visits’ Alstom under RIA Fellowship Programme

31 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Derek Twigg MP, Labour Member of Parliament for Halton, has taken part in the Railway Industry Association’s Rail Fellowship Programme, an initiative established in 2018 which brings politicians onto rail sites to help them develop […]

Business

Hull Trains is back! (or soon will be)

31 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Open-access operator Hull Trains is planning to start running services again from Friday 21 August. Trains will run between Beverley and London King’s Cross for the first time since Sunday 29 March, when services were […]

Infrastructure

HS2 tunnel portal headwall completed

30 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Work on Britain’s new HS2 highs-peed line is continuing to make progress as  main works contractor Align JV – a joint venture of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick – has completed the […]

Infrastructure

Tring station receives multi-million-pound accessibility upgrade

30 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Tring station in Hertfordshire, which is on the busy West Coast main line with important commuter links to London, Birmingham and Crewe, has undergone a multi-million-pound transformation, making it more accessible for passengers. The £5.8 […]

Business

Harsco Corporation releases Environmental, Social & Governance Report for 2019-2020

30 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Harsco Corporation, the parent company of Harsco Rail, the global supplier of railway track maintenance products and services, has released its Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Report, highlighting the company’s corporate sustainability accomplishments throughout the […]

Business

Fact-finding service runs on the Fawley branch – closed since 1966

28 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

South Western Railway has run a special Class 159 train, carrying invited guests, on the Fawley branch, otherwise known as the Waterside line. The ‘Fawley Explorer’ was a ‘fact-finding’ service, to investigate the potential re-opening […]

Appointments

Keolis Group has a new executive chairman

28 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Marie-Ange Debon has been appointed Keolis Group executive chairman by a meeting of the Group’s Supervisory Board. She will take up her post on 24 August 2020. The post of executive chairman became vacant when […]

Environment

Scottish Government plans to decarbonise Scotland’s rail passenger services by 2035

28 July 2020 Rail Insider 0

Speaking during a visit to ScotRail’s Shields Road electric fleet Depot, Transport Secretary Michael Matheson unveiled Transport Scotland’s ‘Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan’. This reflects the Scottish Government’s determination to deliver on its Programme for […]

Business

Management buyout at BCM Construction

27 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

BCM Construction has effectively changed hands as three of the management team have acquired the majority of the company’s shares. Shane O’Halloran, Stuart Jackson and Dan Wiscombe, who have a combined record of more than […]

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  • Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection
  • Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost
  • Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom
  • First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
  • A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
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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…
  • The ORR has reported on its review of revenue protection practices on the railway.
  • Artist's impression of a West Yorkshire tram.
  • Visualisation of a Lumo Class 222 train.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
    First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
    3 June 2025 0
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
    19 May 2025 0
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
    19 May 2025 0
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
    19 May 2025 0
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
    19 May 2025 0
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
    19 May 2025 0
  • The new FLIRT for A-Train will seat 323 passengers and enter service between Stockholm and Arlanda airport in 2029.
    A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
    19 May 2025 0
  • Campaigners urge PM to support more cross-Channel rail services
    17 May 2025 0
  •  Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network
    16 May 2025 0
  • Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”
    16 May 2025 0
  • Emergency repairs to bridge in Warwickshire
    23 October 2020 0
  • LNER will auction off historic nameplates for charity
    24 July 2020 0
  • Five entrants go forward to second phase of
    Re-Imagining Railway Stations design competition
    20 November 2020 0
  • Poor showing by rail in DfT’s list of Nationally Significant Transport Infrastructure Projects
    21 April 2020 0
  • West Midlands: Fallen tree closes line between Lichfield and Birmingham
    12 March 2020 0
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