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Year: 2020

Business

TSSA calls for LNER to take over Grand Central and Hull Trains

3 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The open-access train companies are having a tough time. With passenger revenues way down and no government support, unlike the franchised operators, they are struggling to keep going. As a result, Hull trains suspended operations […]

Blue for NHS

Harry Potter viaduct goes blue for NHS

3 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Scotland’s iconic Glenfinnan viaduct, as featured in the Harry Potter films, joined the list of railway landmarks across the UK that have turned blue to show public support for NHS staff treating coronavirus patients. Illumination […]

Business

Grand Central suspends services for two months

3 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Grand Central, the open-access train operator that links major towns and cities in Yorkshire and the North East with London,  has announced  that it will suspend all its services, for an initial two months, from […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

West Midlands NHS workers can travel free on trams and buses

2 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Midand Metro will now allow all NHS staff working in hospitals and frontline medical facilities to travel for free during the outbreak – simply by showing their NHS pass. This arrangement also applies to local […]

Business

Rail Division of Dyer & Butler awarded RoSPA Gold Medal

2 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Dyer & Butler’s rail division has been awarded a RoSPA Gold Medal by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents – its ninth consecutive Gold Award – in recognition of its achievements in health […]

Business

Network Rail to pay suppliers ‘immediately’ and so boost cashflow

2 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Coronavirus (CORVID-19) epidemic is causing a lot of financial worry, uncertainty and hardship.  Some large companies are furloughing their staff, on reduced incomes, and seeking to claim the cost back from the government. Others, […]

Appointments

Hill & Smith appoints Paul Simmons to be its new chief executive

2 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Hill & Smith Holdings, the Solihull-based international manufacturing group, has announced that Paul Simmons will be its new chief executive, replacing Derek Muir, who is retiring at the end of the year. Paul, who has […]

Appointments

Darren James joins Keltbray as group CEO

1 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Darren James has taken over as group chief executive officer of the Keltbray Group, taking over from Brendan Kerr who has moved to the role of executive chairman. Darren is no stranger to the rail […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Rail travel drops still further

31 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has announced that rail travel, in the second week of the Coronavirus (CORVID-19) epidemic, has dropped still further. The figures, which he shared with followers in a tweet, […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

LNER reinstates Hull services

31 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has stepped into the gap left by the suspension of Hull Trains services and has reinstated its own service from Hull to London and back. The LNER services had been […]

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  • New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
  • Arriva to revive two regional routed in Poland
  • Warning that Great British Railways risks repeating the mistakes of British Rail
  • BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • New Mark V trains enter service on Vancouver’s SkyTrain
  • Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
  • Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
  • Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
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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…
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
  • 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
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
  • The new SkyTrain Mark V entered service on 10 July 2025.
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
  • 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
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
    12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
    16 July 2025 0
  • The new SkyTrain Mark V entered service on 10 July 2025.
    New Mark V trains enter service on Vancouver’s SkyTrain
    11 July 2025 0
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
    Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
    11 July 2025 0
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
    Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
    11 July 2025 0
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
    Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
    2 July 2025 0
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
    Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
    27 June 2025 0
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
    Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
    26 June 2025 0
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
    ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
    26 June 2025 0
  • Richard Walker moves to Dyer & Butler
    27 February 2020 0
  • Kevin Shaw to Geobear
    18 October 2019 0
  • LNER diverts food to charities and NHS frontline staff
    30 March 2020 0
  • New South Shields Interchange to open 4 August
    7 July 2019 0
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
    23 June 2025 0
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