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Month: August 2020

Business

Second phase of HS2’s Innovation Accelerator launched

17 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

For the second time, HS2 is seeking five small firms (SMEs – small to medium-sized enterprises) to join its Innovation Accelerator programme. An online application portal will be open for one month, after which time […]

Business

Mott MacDonald duo win award for work during Covid-19

17 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A leading railway design engineer has been recognised for the work he and a colleague during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Ian Watkins, a director and project principal at Mott MacDonald, normally specialises in the design […]

Innovation

HS2 to work with academia to promote innovation

16 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

HS2 and the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) have signed an agreement that will enable the company building Britain’s new high-speed rail network to access world-leading research capabilities, knowledge and facilities. The agreement […]

Community

Northern celebrates its gardens, allotments and a nursery

16 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Volunteer station adopters and gardeners around the country spend their own time to make their local stations look bright and cheery. Across the Northern network, stations are home to displays of flowers, herbs and vegetables, […]

Accident Investigation

Reactions to the fatal accident at Carmont

16 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Following the fatal train crash near Stonehaven in Scotland, a number of people have either visited the scene or commented on their reaction to the tragedy. The Prince of Wales visited the site, where he […]

Appointments

Railway remembers Euston’s first black guard

15 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Monday 15 August 1966 was a significant day in terms of race relations on Britain’s railways. It was the day that Asquith Xavier started work as a guard at London Euston station. Asquith Xavier was […]

News

LNER eases ticket restrictions on Fridays

15 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To help train passengers maintain their distance, and to reduce the effect of high numbers of passengers using just a few peak-time trains, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is easing ticket restrictions on Fridays to […]

Geotechnical

Extreme weather closes Heart of Wales line

14 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The railway between Shrewsbury and Llandrindod Wells – the ‘Heart of Wales line – has been closed owing to extensive damage caused by extreme rainfall in mid-Wales on 12 and 13 August. The railway has […]

Accident Investigation

RAIB issues first report into accident at Stonehaven

14 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its first report on the train crash at Carmont, near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, in which three people died. At this stage it is a first look at what […]

Business

Time capsule buried at GBRf’s new offices

14 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

GB Railfreight (GBRf) is building a new office and training centre in Peterborough. Lindum was appointed to undertake the £3 million project and construction of the three-storey office building commenced in January, once GBRf received […]

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  • Tamara Finkelstein to be CEO of Royal Academy of Engineering
  • 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
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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…
  • Dame Tamara Finkelstein will take over as chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering in February 2026.
  • 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.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
    Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
    12 August 2025 0
  • 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
  • Glasgow Queen Street station glazed concourse wall completed
    29 September 2019 0
  • New intermodal freight service between Southampton and East Midlands Gateway
    22 July 2020 0
  • Costain Skanska ceases to be contractor delivering Crossrail’s Bond Street station
    24 June 2020 0
  • Time capsule buried at GBRf’s new offices
    14 August 2020 0
  • Coal mine planning refusal is more bad news for heritage rail sector
    18 December 2020 5
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