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Year: 2021

Suggitt's Lane footbridge in Cleethorpes opened on 18 March 2021
Community

£3.6 million footbridge opens in Cleethorpes

18 March 2021 Rail Insider 0

A £3.6 million accessible footbridge in Cleethorpes opened on 18 March 2021, reconnecting people with the seaside town’s beachfront. The new bridge, which includes ramps and stairs to provide an accessible and safe route over […]

Business

Alstom completes takeover of Bombardier Transportation

29 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Alstom has completed its acquisition of Bombardier Transportation that was first announced on 17 February 2020 when the French train and signalling manufacturer revealed that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bombardier Inc. […]

Business

Assessing railway assets and structures

28 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Running the railway is a 24/7 job, with teams up and down the country undertaking day-to-day operations and maintenance as well as delivering a significant investment programme. Many of the people and companies delivering this […]

Infrastructure

Plans announced for work on Transpennine Route Upgrade this summer

28 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Plans for the first phase of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) programme have been announced by Network Rail. The programme will deliver sought-after improvements along a 76-mile route across the Pennines – from York to […]

Appointments

Two new directors at Taziker

28 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Taziker Industrial has promoted two of its senior managers to board positions. Both Robert Paterson and Darren Jackson join the board with immediate effect, to help shape the future growth of the business. Formal confirmation […]

Business

Hydrogen-powered double-deck buses enter service

28 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Europe’s railways aren’t the only public transport operators developing hydrogen power as one way of reducing emissions. Hydrogen is also being used to power buses, and the world’s first fleet of double-decker hydrogen buses officially […]

Infrastructure

New station car park improves Mytholmroyd’s flood defences

15 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The West Yorkshire village of Mytholmroyd has been hard-hit by flooding in the past five years, but a new facility at the town’s station will help protect the area. Rail operator Northern has carried out […]

Business

Unipart Rail awarded British Safety Council Sword of Honour

6 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Logistic company Unipart Rail, which has eight sites across the UK, has won a prestigious Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council. The company was one of 61 organisations worldwide that achieved a Sword […]

Heritage

SVR’s Hagley Hall rebuild progresses as boiler work is completed

5 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The former Great Western steam locomotive Hagley Hall, which hasn’t steamed since October 1986 and is owned by the Severn Valley Railway (SVR), will shortly be reunited with its boiler after 18 months of work […]

Business

Hull Trains suspends services once again

5 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of a new national lockdown in England, Hull Trains will temporarily suspend all of its services from Saturday 9 January. The train operator has now suspended services three times […]

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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
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
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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…
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
    23 June 2025 0
  • ScotRail covers train faces to encourage passengers to do the same
    24 July 2020 0
  • Anit Chandarana to be interim director general of DfT’s Rail Infrastructure Group
    6 July 2023 0
  • ScotRail train fleet now exceeds 1,000 carriages
    7 January 2020 0
  • Cable thieves strike again
    3 April 2020 0
  • Plans announced for work on Transpennine Route Upgrade this summer
    28 January 2021 0
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