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Month: September 2020

Business

Government ends rail franchising

21 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

After 24 years, the government has announced the end of rail franchising as the long-awaited Williams Report, still not seen in public, is acted upon. This first step towards bringing Britain’s fragmented rail network back […]

Events

Excavated remains from site of HS2’s Euston station to be reburied in Surrey

16 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Working with the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England, HS2 has reached an agreement with Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey for the reburial of bodies that have been exhumed as a result of excavations at […]

Business

Factories taking shape at HS2 construction site

15 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The steel frame for the factory building in which HS2 will cast the concrete tunnel lining segments for its Chiltern tunnels has been completed at the project’s Chalfont Lane site near the M25 motorway. The […]

Business

Morgan Sindall to design new Colindale tube station

15 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The detailed design for the redevelopment of Colindale Tube station on London Underground’s Northern line will be undertaken by Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, which has secured the contract following a mini competition using London Underground’s Civils […]

Business

18 Bombardier VLocity trains for Victoria, Australia

15 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

In Australia, the Victorian Government has exercised its call-off option for 18 Bombardier VLocity trains as part of an existing rolling-stock manufacture and supply agreement signed in 2018. Bombardier is to deliver 54 new VLocity […]

Geotechnical

Work starts to reopen Levenmouth line

15 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Work is starting to reconnect Leven, in Fife, Scotland, to the national rail network as Network Rail begins to clear vegetation on the Levenmouth line. Engineers will also be carrying out site survey and geological […]

Business

Brunel’s ‘Bristol Old Station’ now in Network Rail ownership

15 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The iconic, Grade I listed ‘Bristol Old Station’, which was Bristol’s first railway station when it opened in 1840 as the western terminus of the Great Western Railway from London Paddington, has been acquired by […]

Community

London school students help Graham with station design

14 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A group of Year 8 students (12-13 year olds) was asked to design and create new stations during several workshops at a summer camp for a school in London, organised by Graham as part of […]

Business

Three trains an hour on North Downs line

14 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

GWR is realising its ambition to run three trains an hour on North Downs line, between Reading and Redhill. Eight extra weekday trains will now run every weekday – four in each direction – which […]

Community

Welsh Government aims to keep 30% of workforce working from home

13 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The long-term ambition of the Welsh Government is to have around 30 per cent of Welsh workers working from home or close to home, even after the threat of Covid-19 is over. The Coronavirus restrictions […]

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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
  • Balham station upgrade underway
    29 October 2020 0
  • Freight train passes two signals at danger in West Yorkshire
    21 May 2020 0
  • Dave Bennett leaves AECOM for Atkins
    30 October 2020 0
  • Senior railway engineer helps vulnerable people and the NHS during Coronavirus epidemic
    21 May 2020 0
  • Artist's impression of a West Yorkshire tram.
    Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost
    4 June 2025 0
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