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Year: 2020

Infrastructure

New footbridge goes in at Cobham, Kent

18 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A new footbridge has been installed at Cobham, Kent, on the Chatham main line between Sole Street and Rochester stations. The line connects London Victoria with Dover Priory and Ramsgate via Medway. The replacement of […]

Infrastructure

West Midlands: Fallen tree closes line between Lichfield and Birmingham

12 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A fallen tree at Wylde Green has blocked the line and brought down overhead cables between Lichfield Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street. As a result, no trains are running on the Cross City North […]

Business

2020 Budget – coronavirus, infrastructure and potholes

11 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The measures announced in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s first budget were naturally overshadowed by the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.  He announced a series of measures to protect workers, jobs, employers and the general […]

Business

Quattro lifts Road Rail Cranes

11 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Rail plant-hire specialist Quattro Group has acquired the assets of Wrexham-based Road Rail Cranes. The acquisition includes the fleet of road rail cranes – unique to the British and European markets – along with all […]

Business

Jingye acquisition of British Steel completed

9 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Chinese steelmaker Jingye Group has completed the acquisition of the company’s UK and Netherlands assets from the Official Receiver, having pledged to invest Β£1.2 billion to place the business on a more competitive and sustainable […]

Business

New service improves RRV safety

9 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A new service that improves rail plant safety and productivity has been launched at a conference in Glasgow. James Fisher Prolec, an industry-leader in machine productivity and safety systems, has worked together with civil engineering […]

Events

TSSA union calls for urgent summit on Coronavirus

8 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), is urging the government to convene a transport sector summit on tackling the Coronavirus as soon as possible.  In a letter to the Secretary […]

Business

Record number of female train drivers in Scotland

8 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

According to figures released on International Women’s Day (8 March 2020), there are now more female train drivers on Scotland’s Railway than ever before.  The number of female train drivers has increased by 39 per […]

Charity

New mural honours Cricklewood’s aviation heritage

7 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Thameslink’s station at Cricklewood has been brightened up with a 24-metre mural that looks back to a time when the town was a centre of world aviation. Sir Frederick Handley Page went down in history […]

Business

Axminster Carpets saved by private investors

7 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Axminster, the famous carpet manufacturer that not only has a Royal Warrant but also makes carpets for JD Wetherspoon pubs, airport lounges, hotels and several train companies, has been rescued from administration by a group […]

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  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • 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
  • Ε koda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
  • Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
  • Arriva wins Β£640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
  • ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
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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 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.
  • 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 German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Ε koda Group with an option for eight more.
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
  • 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 Ε koda Group with an option for eight more.
    Ε koda 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 Β£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
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
    25 June 2025 0
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
    23 June 2025 0
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
    23 June 2025 0
  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
    SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
    23 June 2025 0
  • Andy Lord to be new London Underground MD
    15 July 2019 0
  • HydroFLEX attracts government grant to continue development
    17 June 2020 0
  • HS2 headhouse design for Canterbury Works revealed
    27 October 2020 0
  • Ford Bridgend Taskforce, headed by former NR chairman, makes progress
    20 January 2020 1
  • HS2 adopts CESAR ECV emissions identification on worksites
    22 May 2020 0
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