A Great Western Railway (GWR) battery-powered train has set a world record, travelling 200 miles without needing a recharge. The new record was set by a Class 230 train, a former London Underground D78 stock […]
Paul McNerney, currently director of clients and government at Laing O’Rourke, has been named as the new chief executive officer of structural steel group Severfield. A Chartered Surveyor by profession, Paul will take up this […]
Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty’s rail business, Rayner has been appointed to the RSSB Board as an Industry Non-Executive Director. The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is the independent safety, standards, and […]
Deutsche Bahn (DB), the German state railway operator, has lost a court case that will see it having to pay around €6.5 billion (£5.6 billion) to cover overruns on its Stuttgart 21 project. Stuttgart 21, […]
As the government’s policy of taking train operating companies (TOCs) back into public ownership begins to bite, the head of the Department for Transport’s Operator, Robin Gisby, has announced he will step down on 23 […]
When twelve new train drivers graduated from East Midland’s Railway’s latest training course, one of them had a secret advantage. All of the graduates were presented with a train driver’s key at a special ceremony […]
Hitachi Rail has completed the acquisition of digital rail monitoring business Omnicom from international infrastructure group Balfour Beatty, as first announced in January. The strategic acquisition supports the growth of Hitachi Rail’s HMAX digital asset […]
The railway between Whitehaven and Corkicle, on the Cumbrian Coast line, will remain closed indefinitely, Network Rail has announced. The line was initially closed over the weekend of 25 to 29 July to allow engineers […]
Transport for Wales has brought five more new Class 756 trains into service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth, improving the passenger experience on this route. The tri-mode trains (diesel/25kV overhead/battery) are variants of the Flirt […]
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