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Appointments

Stadler takes over responsibility for maintaining the Tyne and Wear Metro fleet

5 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Stadler, the Swiss train manufacturer that is building 42 new trains for the Tyne & Wear Metro has taken over responsibility for servicing and maintaining the old Metro fleet in Newcastle upon Tyne. Tyne & […]

Appointments

Neil Walker joins Unipart as managing director of Rail and Manufacturing

5 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Neil Walker has been appointed to be the new managing director of Unipart Rail and Unipart Manufacturing Group. He joins the independent manufacturing, logistics and consultancy group from seven years at MTR Corporation, where he […]

Heritage

New Trans-Siberian Railway exhibition to be staged in York and London

5 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

A new exhibition at the National Railway Museum in York will chart the global impact of the world’s longest and most famous rail journey – the Trans-Siberian Railway.  Announced on 5 October – the anniversary […]

Events

Call for HS2’s Eastern leg to be built in full

5 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Due to concern that the construction of HS2 may be ‘phased’, and that the East Midlands leg through to Leeds may be delayed, or even not built at all, a group of MPs, civic and […]

Business

South Western Railway runs special trains for National Inclusion Week

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To mark National Inclusion Week 2020, South Western Railway has reaffirmed its commitment to encouraging greater diversity amongst its workforce by running three dedicated services – each staffed respectively by female, LGBT+ and BAME employees. […]

Appointments

Jérôme Tolot to be the next chairman of Keolis

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Jérôme Tolot, the deputy chief executive officer of Engie, has been appointed to the supervisory board of Keolis from 2 October 2020 and will succeed Joël Lebreton as chairman early next year. Jean-Pierre Farandou, SNCF […]

Associations

Rail Sector Deal UK Exports Survey Report published

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Supply Group has published the Rail Sector Deal UK Exports Survey Report, setting out the key views of rail suppliers on the UK exports market. Anna Ince, vice chairman of the Rail Supply […]

Health & Safety

Pedestrian warned about quieter trains

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Quieter trains may be good for passengers riding in them, but they can increase the risk for pedestrians using level crossings along the line as they will sound different, and quieter, to the trains they […]

Business

LNER cleaners have worked 307,000 hours since March

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

London North Eastern Railway (LNER), the government-owned rain operator that runs services from London King’s Cross north to Peterborough, Doncaster, Newcastle and Edinburgh, has been carrying out record levels of enhanced cleaning to keep people […]

Business

Dutch tests show Alstom hydrogen train is
“a fully viable alternative to diesel”

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Following successful trial runs made by Alstom’s Coradia iLint hydrogen train in the Netherlands, the Province of Groningen has published a report outlining the results of the tests performed in March on the 65 kilometres […]

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  • Tamara Finkelstein to be CEO of Royal Academy of Engineering
  • 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
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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…
  • Dame Tamara Finkelstein will take over as chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering in February 2026.
  • 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.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
    Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
    12 August 2025 0
  • 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
  • Government takes 3 years to approve only two-thirds of Network Rail’s level crossing safety improvements
    12 November 2020 0
  • RAIB annual report makes sombre reading
    21 May 2020 0
  • ‘Vulnerable trespasser’ who closed Leeds station jailed for 6 months.
    22 June 2019 1
  • Increase in signals passed at danger – RSSB asks: “Is enough being done?”
    23 September 2019 0
  • East Midlands Railway and Community Rail Partnerships support local foodbanks
    16 April 2020 0
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