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Month: October 2020

Business

Mace to provide consultancy on Network Rail’s Project Alpha improvement plan

22 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

International consultancy and construction company Mace has been appointed by Network Rail to provide consultancy services on its railway improvement programme for the North West and Central Region, known as Project Alpha. A Network Rail […]

Governance

Hyde North station damaged by vandals

22 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Vandals have struck at Hyde North station in Manchester, causing extensive damage over two nights. The station, which had been closed since September when services were suspended due to staff shortages caused by the COVID-19 […]

Business

Wales to take train operations into public ownership

22 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Welsh Government has moved to take train services in the Principality into public ownership, although it will retain its close relationship with Keolis and Amey. In England, the Department for Transport has ended rail […]

Business

£89.4 million compensation paid to train passengers in England and Wales in 2019/20

22 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has released the compensation paid to passengers by train operating companies (TOCs) in the financial year 2019/2020. A total of £89.4 million was paid out in England and Wales to […]

Business

ORR warns train operators about timetable changes

22 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As train operators change their timetables to increase train services  after the COVID-19 national lockdown, and then change them again in response to heightened local restrictions, rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) […]

Events

North Yorkshire burglar abandons car on railway line

21 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A suspected burglar being chased by police abandoned his car on a railway line near Malton, North Yorkshire, and attempted to escape on foot. It all started when a farmer south of Malton called police, […]

Interest

How did they get that there?

18 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Whenever you’ve seen a catering vendor somewhere in a station, particularly in an underground station or up on a mezzanine floor, have you ever wonder how the stand got there? They look too big to […]

Infrastructure

Glasgow Queen Street wins World Cup of Stations

17 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Glasgow Queen Street has won the 2020 World Cup of Stations, organised by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), making it the nation’s favourite railway station. In this year’s competition, 48 stations from across the country […]

Business

Government funding of TfL to continue

16 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Transport for London (TfL) and the UK Government are continuing their talks on additional funding, which has now been extended for two weeks until the end of October. As TfL’s actual funding shortfall to 17 […]

Business

Industry calls for urgent update to Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline

16 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

One year ago, on 16 October 2019, the Department for Transport (DfT) published the government’s Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP). This listed the 58 projects that were then under review at the DfT. It did […]

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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
British Steel Christmas 2019 Crossrail HS2 London Overground London Underground Network Rail Northern Ireland Northern Powerhouse RAIB Scotland TfL Trako Unipart USA Wales West Midlands
  • 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
  • Family group misuses level crossing in Essex
    20 July 2020 0
  • ÖBB and Voestalpine form company to develop TransANT
    3 September 2020 0
  • HS2 has hundreds of jobs to fill as construction starts
    30 June 2020 0
  • Wolverhampton station phase one opens for passengers
    22 May 2020 1
  • Hydrogen-powered bus rapid transit service opens in Pau, France.
    17 December 2019 0
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