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  • [ 13 August 2025 ] Paul McNerney to join Severfield from Laing O’Rourke Appointments
  • [ 12 August 2025 ] Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB Appointments
  • [ 7 August 2025 ] Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21 Business
  • [ 7 August 2025 ] Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator Appointments
  • [ 7 August 2025 ] EMR driver training is a family affair Business
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Year: 2020

Appointments

Angel Trains CEO to retire in September

4 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Kevin Tribley, chief executive officer of leading train leasing company Angel Trains, has announced that he will retire on 1 September 2020 after 21 years with the business. He has been on the board for […]

Infrastructure

Replacing sleepers on Britain’s longest railway bridge

4 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail is replacing 1,200 wooden sleepers on the Tay bridge – one third of total quantity – in a £500,000 programme that will continue until September. Scotland’s Tay bridge, the longest railway structure in […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Three GTR volunteers look out for the vulnerable on the railway

3 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Three Govia Thameslink Railway volunteers are spending their time in a satellite CCTV suite at East Croydon, looking out for vulnerable people on the rail network who need assistance at this stressful time. They all […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

New helmet-mounted cough guard protects workers who can’t keep their distance

3 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Although many companies and industries are only now getting back to work after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, the railway has continued to run, and be maintained, throughout. Even so, railway companies are still developing their […]

Europe

New Keolis group executive chairman sacked after just four months

2 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Patrick Jeantet, executive chairman of the Keolis Group, who was appointed last November and only took office on 1 February 2020, has been sacked by the group’s Supervisory Board, citing “significant strategic differences”. The role […]

Business

Mace to lead Programme Support Office for Northern Powerhouse Rail

1 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

International consultancy and construction company Mace has been appointed by Transport for the North (TfN) to lead the Programme Support Office for the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) programme. Mace will be responsible for project controls, […]

Infrastructure

Cumbrian Coast line reopened after storm damage repaired

1 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

The Cumbrian Coast line has reopened between Whitehaven and Workington after three consecutive storms forced the railway to close earlier this year. A railway bridge at Parton was damaged beyond repair by Storms Ciara, Dennis […]

Europe

Murmansk, Russia, cut off from rail links after bridge collapse

1 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Artic city of Murmansk, home to 300,000 people, has been cut off from the rest of Russia by rail after the collapse of a railway bridge. The bridge, which provides the sole rail access […]

Uncategorised

Fugro to survey Great Western main line using RILA technology

1 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Leading geo-data specialist Fugro has won a contract to conduct a survey of a major part of Network Rail’s Western route using its unique rail infrastructure alignment acquisition system (RILA). Under this contract, Fugro will […]

Business

East Midlands Railway to use 3Squared’s Employee Development System for another five years

1 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

3Squared, the Sheffield-based rail technology specialists that designs, develops and commissions integrated software solutions for some of the UKs biggest brands within rail and construction, has announced that it has signed a contract extension with […]

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  • 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
  • Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
British Steel Christmas 2019 Crossrail HS2 London Overground London Underground Network Rail Northern Ireland Northern Powerhouse RAIB Scotland TfL Trako Unipart USA Wales West Midlands
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
  • 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
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
    First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
    16 July 2025 0
  • Railway bridge in Crewe reopens to road traffic
    23 October 2020 0
  • Rail industry writes to PM urging him to press on with rail reform legislation
    9 May 2023 0
  • 33 new Bombardier trains for SNCF Hauts-de-France
    22 December 2020 0
  • Frazer-Nash promotes head of HR to the board
    1 October 2020 0
  • Does Cricklewood have an identity crisis?
    29 June 2020 1
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