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Month: December 2020

Business

Chiltern cuts 42 trains to maintain vital services

31 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Chiltern Railway will reduce its timetable by 42 trains each weekday from Monday 4 January to ensure that vital train services for those needing to travel can keep running. The move follows an increase in […]

Depots

Ilford depot prepares for Greater Anglia’s new trains

31 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Greater Anglia’s Ilford depot, built in the late 1940s, is undergoing a series of modifications and upgrades to prepare for the arrival of more new, longer trains. As the new trains have more components on […]

Interest

ScotRail releases spectacular train journey videos

31 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Since the current COVID-19 pandemic has limited train journeys to essential travel, ScotRail is making one of the most scenic rail journeys in the world available to armchair admirers through a series of videos on […]

Appointments

Railway industry personnel in New Year’s Honours List

30 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A number of railway industry people have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list, published on 30 December 2020. Amongst them were GWR managing director Mark Hopwood CBE and three Network Rail employees – […]

Heritage

Time for a coat of paint at York

30 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

It was time to apply a new coat of paint to the historic clock on York station over the Christmas period. Dating from the 1870s, the famous clock, which has three faces, was looking a […]

Geotechnical

Wiltshire landslip closes railway

30 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A landslip has shut the railway between Guildford, Aldershot and Wokingham, near the hamlet of Wanborough. The railway embankment near to Westwood Lane bridge began to slip following recent heavy rain and now requires urgent […]

Heritage

National Railway Museum’s Station Hall to be refurbished

29 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Station Hall at the National Railway Museum, which was formerly a goods depot and is now home to the national collection of original royal carriages, is set to receive a £500,000 refurbishment, thanks to […]

Governance

Oxford Circus graffiti attack over Christmas

26 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

When Transport for London staff opened up Oxford Circus underground station on Boxing Day (26 December 2020), they found the Victoria line and Bakerloo line platforms and public areas covered with graffiti that been applied […]

Charity

Railway workers bring food to stranded lorry drivers

25 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

With an estimated 6,000 lorry drivers stuck trying to leave the UK due border restrictions, of which roughly 2,000 are waiting on the motorways approaching Dover, Southeastern and Network Rail worked late into the night […]

Business

New Eurotunnel Border Pass to simplify movement of cross-Channel freight

24 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

With agreement on cross-border travel between the UK and European Union having finally been reached, Channel Tunnel operator Getlink has launched the Eurotunnel Border Pass. This is a virtual wallet into which customers can upload […]

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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
  • Personalities urge everyone to Be Safe, Be Patient and Be Kind
    29 May 2020 0
  • Bombardier to restart production after Easter
    8 April 2020 0
  • Proposed changes and improvements could give Reigate station a longer platform
    7 February 2020 0
  • Helen Samuels to join Kier
    1 October 2020 0
  • Waverley Masterplan includes new concourse for Edinburgh’s station
    5 August 2020 0
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