Zena Dent has been appointed as the new engineering director of West Midlands Trains (WMT). In her new role, Zena, who joined WMT as a project manager in 2018, will oversee the introduction of two […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it will invest £350 million to install state-of-the art electronic signalling on the East Coast main line, to cut journey times and reduce delays. This new cash […]
When Network Rail needed to repair the vent shafts of the historic Sough tunnel in Lancashire, it had to use a helicopter to deliver the materials it needed. Sough tunnel is 1,843 metres long and […]
Bombardier Transportation has delivered its first Innovia automated people mover (APM) 300 for Bangkok’s driverless Gold Line, which is planned to open its first two stations in October, followed by the full system in early […]
Overhead contact wires have been overhauled and replaced outside London Euston station to make the railway more reliable in hot weather. A total of 3,000 hours of work over four weeks, mostly overnight, has resulted […]
Thameslink, Luton Council and Sustrans, the charity promoting cycling and walking, have helped around 30 key NHS workers ‘get on their bikes’ to travel to work. They all work at Bedfordshire hospitals and are benefitting […]
Train manufacturer Stadler has taken over VIPCO, based in Manheim, Germany, where a team of 50 engineers has, for over 20 years, pioneered the use of electronics in harsh conditions, particularly in the field of […]
An old Midland Railway level crossing box has received a new lease of life after being installed at Shottle station on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Derbyshire. The box at Oddingley crossing in Worcestershire was […]
Guardia, the ETCS (European Train Control System) signalling system developed by AngelStar, has been approved for use for the first time. It will be fitted to the five-car Stadler Flirt trains that Koleje Mazowieckie (KM) […]
Work to stabilise a cutting at Templecombe on the Somerset/Dorset border is progressing well as Network Rail aims to have the work complete, and the railway reopen, on Monday 22 June 2020. The project has […]
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