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Year: 2020

Appointments

Karl Oberreiter takes over at Robel Service & Support

15 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

 Karl Oberreiter, the former head of global service at machine-tool manufacturer Emco, has taken over as head of service and support at Robel Bahnbaumaschinen from long-time incumbent Richard Strauss, who has been with the company […]

Appointments

Helen Smith takes over at SVR in its jubilee year

15 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Helen Smith has joined the Severn Valley Railway as its new general manager, taking over from Nick Ralls who has moved on to the post of chief executive of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust. She […]

Infrastructure

Birmingham New Street now Britain’s 5th busiest station

14 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Waterloo has retained its place as the busiest station in Britain as the Office of Rail and Road has published its station usage figures for 2018/19. Ranked by the total number of passenger entries and […]

Infrastructure

Construction of Bow Street station underway

13 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Construction of the £8-million new station at Bow Street in West Wales has commenced. Located close to the UK Innovation and Research Campus that is being developed by Aberystwyth University, the station will provide access […]

Governance

West Midlands proposes re-opening disused railway lines to tackle climate change

11 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Opening up railway lines closed for decades, expanding the Midland Metro and introducing new, faster bus routes as more environmentally friendly alternatives to using cars are just three of the measures announced by the West […]

Business

Network Rail spreads Design Services Framework contacts worth £640m between 34 suppliers

10 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Network Rail has announced the organisations that will benefit from its Design Services Framework (DSF) contacts during the current control period (CP6 – from 1 April 2019 until 31 March 2024) with options to extend […]

Innovation

Innovate UK announces £9.4m funding for projects that use new technology in a rail environment

10 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Innovate UK has announced a ‘first of a kind’ competition for projects that demonstrate, for the first time, how proven technologies, such as automation or innovative uses of data, could be used on the railways. […]

Business

SWR completes refurbishment of 172 Desiro trains

10 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

South Western Railway (SWR) has completed its £70 million programme to refurbish its fleet of 172 Class 444 and 450 ‘Desiro’ trains. The programme, which began in December 2017, was completed by the trains’ original […]

Infrastructure

Repairs to Old Hill tunnel in Rowley Regis mean no trains for six consecutive Sundays

9 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A £2 million project to strengthen and repair a 157-year-old tunnel in the West Midlands is underway. Network Rail is working in Old Hill tunnel in Rowley Regis to repair brickwork, strengthen the structure of […]

Accident Investigation

Report into explosion on board a Class 221 train

9 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAB) has released a Safety Digest on an explosion that took place on 26 September 2019 aboard an empty train that was travelling between Bombardier Transportation’s Central Rivers maintenance depot […]

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  • Battery train sets new world record
  • 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
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…
  • 230001 sets out on its record-breaking run from Reading station.
  • 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.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
    Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
    7 August 2025 0
  • 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
  • Dyan Crowther to chair NSAR
    9 July 2020 0
  • International competition to shape Britain’s small to medium-sized railway stations
    18 July 2020 2
  • Mike Brown to step down as London Transport Commissioner
    17 October 2019 0
  • Former adviser to Prime Minister Theresa May joins Arcadis
    27 May 2020 0
  • German Bavaria Industries Group acquires Stobart Rail & Civils
    15 July 2020 0
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