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Month: October 2020

Breaking News

Scottish MP with COVID-19 travels home by train

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Margaret Ferrier, Scottish National Party MP for Rutherglen & Hamilton West, travelled to London by train on Monday 28 September to speak in the House of Commons that afternoon. She had comments to make on […]

Business

Hitachi Rail wins CBTC train control contract in San Francisco

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has awarded a $798 million (£620 million) contract to Hitachi Rail STS USA for the design, build and installation of a Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) digital train-control system […]

Community

Plaque to Asquith Xavier unveiled at Chatham station

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

October 2020 is Black History Month. To mark the occasion, a plaque was unveiled at Chatham station in honour of Asquith Xavier, the pioneer for black equality who successfully broke the racist ‘colour bar’ at […]

Community

Northern highlights assistance available to passengers

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

At a time when some passengers are finding travelling by train and using stations difficult, due to COVID-19 precautions, and those with disabilities and special needs are finding it even harder, train operator Northern has […]

Governance

Crossrail governance transfers to TfL

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Crossrail project, which is being undertaken by Crossrail Limited, will deliver the Elizabeth line under and through London, which is now scheduled to enter service in 2022. Crossrail Ltd is working to complete the […]

Environment

Railway prepares to combat ‘leaves on the line’

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

With the start of autumn comes leaf-fall time, and Network Rail’s fleet of 61 leaf-busting trains and 80 leaf-busting teams are being readied to help tackle the annual blight of ‘leaves on the line’ and […]

Infrastructure

Planned partial closure of railway between Waterloo and Clapham Junction over Christmas

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A ten-day partial closure of the railway between Waterloo and Clapham Junction stations is being planned between Christmas Day 2020 and Sunday 3 January 2021. Network Rail is planning to renew completely the switches and […]

Appointments

Frazer-Nash promotes head of HR to the board

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Frazer-Nash head of human resources Sam Geis has been promoted to the newly created role of People Director. Managing director Neil McDougall explains that this new appointment underpins the company’s strategy of placing its ‘People’ […]

Infrastructure

Level crossing improvements in East Suffolk

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Three level crossings on the East Suffolk line are to be upgraded to improve safety, with the work being carried out on weeknights from Tuesday 6 October to 23 December in 2020 and then again […]

Business

HS2 funds Employment and Skills Hub in West London

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A new Employment and Skills Hub will be set up in West London after the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) has secured £255,200 from the HS2 Business and Local Economy Fund. The […]

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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
  • Government decarbonisation plans concern heritage railways
    11 September 2019 3
  • Snodland station upgrade and mural
    13 November 2020 0
  • Stadler to fit Guardia ETCS to 36 Flirts for Arriva Nederland
    29 June 2020 0
  • Siemens Mobility contracts DB ESG for the next tranche of ETCS installation design work
    27 May 2020 0
  • Network Rail’s plans for Christmas and New Year
    22 December 2020 0
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