Following the disastrous accident at Carmont, near Stonehaven, on 12 August 2020, Network Rail has commissioned two taskforces to help its understanding and response to severe weather events and to improve its management of its […]
The Ely area capacity enhancement (EACE) programme is a Network Rail proposal to upgrade the railway and allow more trains to run through Ely. It aims both to improve connectivity and reliability for passenger services […]
Arterio is to be the new name for the new £1 billion train fleet that South Western Railway (SWR) is buying from Bombardier Transportation. Unveiled by SWR’s managing director Mark Hopwood during a special event […]
Boulderstones bridge, which takes the A530 Middlewich Road over the railway between Crewe and Chester, has been renewed by Network Rail in a £5.7 million project and the line reopened to passengers. Middlewich Road will […]
Daniel Pyke has joined Kloeckner Metals UK as business development manager and the company’s resident rail expert. Formerly marketing manager at British Steel, Daniel joined the company when it was Corus back in 2001. He […]
The developers of the former site of Ironbridge power station is looking to build 1,000 new homes and keep the railway that brought in the coal so as to start passenger services. Harworth Group acquired […]
An interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), released on 21 August 2020, contains some interesting additional detail not included in earlier reports. It is therefore reproduced here: The RAIB is investigating a […]
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has visited Plymouth to meet those responsible for the regeneration of Brunel Plaza, a major scheme that involves an upgrade for Plymouth station along with a major revamp of the surrounding […]
A plan to remodel the UK’s most operationally challenging railway junction is nearing the end of its public consultation. The flat railway junctions, located to the north of East Croydon station, regularly cause delays to […]
Birmingham International station, which sits on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford section of the West Coast main line alongside Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), is to have a major overhaul of its passenger lifts. Opened […]
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