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Year: 2020

Business

Glasgow Queen Street goes for gold

18 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Glasgow Queen Street station is undergoing a £120 million rebuild that will deliver: A contemporary building both internally and externally; An expanded concourse; Improved, fully accessible, entrances on Dundas Street and George Square; New station […]

Appointments

Porterbrook appoints Duncan Wilkins to be new head of fleet services

18 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Duncan Wilkins, currently engineering director at Trenitalia C2C, is joining train leasing company Porterbrook as its new head of fleet services (south). Will 30 years of front-line operational and rolling stock experience behind him – […]

Appointments

Three senior appointments at Southeastern

18 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Southeastern, the Govia-owned train operator that runs train services into London from Kent and East Sussex, operates over 2000 trains and carries more than 640,000 passengers a day, has made three senior appointments to its […]

Infrastructure

River Wriggle bridge to be replaced at Yetminster

17 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Yetminster in Somerset, home to the English folk music group The Yetties (The Yetties of Yetminster was their 10th album, released in 1975), will hit the headlines again this spring as Network Rail replaces the […]

Events

Railway staff attacked at Bournville station

17 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

British Transport Police (BTP) has released CCTV images of six men that are being sought after West Midlands Railway staff were attacked at Bournville station in Birmingham. At 21:45 on Friday 15 November 2019, the […]

Electrification

Wires down at Hest Bank close West Coast main line

17 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail engineers worked through the night of Thursday 16 January 2020 to reopen the West Coast main line that had been closed earlier in the day when the overhead wires came down at Hest […]

Appointments

Julian Edwards to head up West Midlands Trains

16 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Julian Edwards, the interim managing director of East Midlands Railway for the first few months of its new franchise, has been named as the new managing director of West Midlands Trains (WMT). With over 20 […]

News

First four SWR Class 442 trains back in service

16 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first four refurbished Class 442 trains have finally re-entered service on the South Western Railway network, running on the London to Portsmouth route via Guildford, Haslemere and Petersfield and on the London to Poole […]

News

First Greater Anglia Class 720 arrives at Ilford

15 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first Greater Anglia Class 720 train arrived at its new owner’s Ilford depot on Tuesday 14 January 2020. 111 trains are being built by Bombardier in Derby. About one third of the carriages for […]

News

First new Merseyrail Class 777 train arrives

15 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first new Merseyrail train has now arrived the Kirkdale depot in Liverpool. It will be prepared and checked before commencing trial runs on the network. Manufactured by Stadler in Switzerland, the new Class 777 […]

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  • Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection
  • Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost
  • Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom
  • First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
  • A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
British Steel Christmas 2019 Crossrail HS2 London Overground London Underground Network Rail Northern Ireland Northern Powerhouse RAIB Scotland TfL Trako 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…
  • The ORR has reported on its review of revenue protection practices on the railway.
  • Artist's impression of a West Yorkshire tram.
  • Visualisation of a Lumo Class 222 train.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
    First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
    3 June 2025 0
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
    19 May 2025 0
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
    19 May 2025 0
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
    19 May 2025 0
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
    19 May 2025 0
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
    19 May 2025 0
  • The new FLIRT for A-Train will seat 323 passengers and enter service between Stockholm and Arlanda airport in 2029.
    A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
    19 May 2025 0
  • Campaigners urge PM to support more cross-Channel rail services
    17 May 2025 0
  •  Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network
    16 May 2025 0
  • Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”
    16 May 2025 0
  • Work has begun on the new £100 million South Wales Metro depot at Taff’s Well.
    20 January 2020 0
  • Ford Bridgend Taskforce, headed by former NR chairman, makes progress
    20 January 2020 1
  • Biodiversity Action Plan defines Network Rail’s environmental goals
    4 December 2020 1
  • HS2 ‘Oakervee’ report gets leaked again
    20 January 2020 0
  • First new driverless train for Shanghai Metro line 14 completed
    4 September 2019 0
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