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Year: 2020

Governance

National Audit Office releases ‘High Speed Two: A Progress Update’

24 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The National Audit Office (NAO) issued its report High Speed Two: A Progress Update on Friday 24 January 2020, stating that HS2 is over budget and behind schedule because the Department for Transport (DfT), HS2 […]

Charity

Transform a Pacer competition winners announced

23 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The three winners of a competition to ‘Transform a Pacer’ have been announced by the Department for Transport. They have each won a Pacer carriage for community use after the DfT decided to mark the […]

Governance

New Veterans’ Railcard announced

22 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Veterans will get their own railcard from 11 November 2020, which will extend discounted train travel to the more than 830,000 veterans not covered by existing schemes. Secretary of State Grant Shapps announced that the […]

Appointments

Management buyout at Ford & Stanley Recruitment

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Ford & Stanley Recruitment, which specialises in professional, operational, executive and commercial recruitment within the rail, mechanical engineering and digital sectors, has been bought-out by its senior management. Owner and entrepreneur Peter Schofield, who remains […]

Appointments

Costain names Simon Ellison as Rail Sector Director

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Simon Ellison has been appointed to be Costain’s new rail sector director. A chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Simon joined Costain in 1997 where he has held several senior leadership […]

Infrastructure

Update on landslip that closed Kent’s Redhill-Tonbridge line on 22 December

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has issued an update on its work to restore services after a major landslip between Godstone and Edenbridge in Kent closed the railway on 22 December 2019. The line is now expected to […]

Business

HS2 ‘Oakervee’ report gets leaked again

20 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Government’s report into HS2 and whether it should go ahead has been leaked for a second time. A draft copy of the report by Douglas Oakervee was seen by The Times newspaper in November […]

Business

Ford Bridgend Taskforce, headed by former NR chairman, makes progress

20 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Former Network Rail chairman Professor Richard Parry-Jones CBE is heading up the Ford Bridgend Taskforce, which is assisting the workforce of Ford’s engine factory and the local community following the company’s decision to close its […]

Infrastructure

Work has begun on the new £100 million South Wales Metro depot at Taff’s Well.

20 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The South Wales Metro will significantly improve connectivity throughout South Wales and provide access to jobs, leisure and other opportunities for the people of Wales, through unifying rail, bus and active travel routes. It has […]

Infrastructure

Mossley Hill footbridge in Liverpool to be replaced

19 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail is about to replace a railway footbridge near Mossley Hill station in Liverpool that is well-used by the local community. The bridge, which connects Elmsley Road and Bridge Road in Mossley Hill, will […]

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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
  • Škoda 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 £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 Škoda 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 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
  • 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
  • Bombardier to restart production after Easter
    8 April 2020 0
  • Kidderminster’s new station building opens for passengers
    9 June 2020 0
  • Birmingham New Street now Britain’s 5th busiest station
    14 January 2020 0
  • Dog saves man on railway crossing
    28 September 2020 0
  • NHS Heroes honoured by GB Railfreight locomotive naming
    23 April 2020 0
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