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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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  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
  • A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
  • Campaigners urge PM to support more cross-Channel rail services
  •  Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network
  • Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”
  • Siemens Mobility wins signalling framework in Ireland
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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…
  • The new FLIRT for A-Train will seat 323 passengers and enter service between Stockholm and Arlanda airport in 2029.
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
    19 May 2025 0
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
    19 May 2025 0
  • The new FLIRT for A-Train will seat 323 passengers and enter service between Stockholm and Arlanda airport in 2029.
    A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
    19 May 2025 0
  • Campaigners urge PM to support more cross-Channel rail services
    17 May 2025 0
  •  Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network
    16 May 2025 0
  • Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”
    16 May 2025 0
  • Siemens Mobility wins signalling framework in Ireland
    16 May 2025 0
  • Cambridge South station infrastructure upgrades complete
    16 May 2025 0
  • Alstom CEO to step down
    16 May 2025 0
  • Harting opens technology centre in India to meet growing requirements of Asian market
    15 May 2025 0
  • Keighley & Worth Valley Railway benefits from a Northern storage problem
    24 May 2020 0
  • European Commission grants conditional approval for Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier Transportation
    1 August 2020 0
  • TPE donates over £50,000 to community projects
    23 November 2020 0
  • Bridge replacement in Crewe closes Middlewich Road until October
    22 May 2020 4
  • National Railway Museum’s Station Hall to be refurbished
    29 December 2020 0
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