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Heritage

Snowdon Mountain Railway receives new hybrid locomotives

7 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Two new hybrid locomotives have been delivered to Snowdon Mountain Railway in North Wales. Manufactured by Clayton Equipment in Staffordshire, these eight-tonne battery-equipped locos will replace existing diesel locomotives and will be the first rack-and-pinion […]

Heritage

Important archaeological remains discovered on Edinburgh Trams project

6 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Construction teams that are extending Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven have begun digging again and have shown off some of the artefacts they have uncovered. Many have been discovered around the Constitution Street area and date […]

Infrastructure

Roadworks in Lichfield could lead to bridge strikes

4 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The start of major roadworks on the A5 near Lichfield have raised fears that lorry drivers may try to take a shortcut under the most bashed railway bridge in Britain. Resurfacing work is being carried […]

Business

First bodyshells for Avanti West Coast’s new trains arrive in the UK

4 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The aluminium bodyshells for the first nine cars of Avanti West Coast’s new fleet of Intercity Express trains have landed in the UK from Hitachi’s factory in Kasado, Japan. The trains will now be assembled […]

Diversity

LNER celebrates a year of sunflowers

4 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As more train operators join the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is marking its first year in the programme. Since it became the first UK train company to introduce Sunflower lanyards, […]

Business

Hungarian Railways exercises option for four additional tram-trains from Stadler

3 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

MÁV-START, the Hungarian passenger service operator, has exercised its option and ordered an additional four bi-mode tram-trains from Swiss manufacturer Stadler. The original contract was placed in 2017 for eight Citylink vehicles to operate the […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

New GWR train livery says ‘thank you’ – 116 times!

3 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Great Western Railway (GWR) has given one of its Class 802 Intercity Express Trains a new livery, thanking key workers for their incredible efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a theme of ‘The nation says […]

Business

Safer Travel Pledge from train operators as train schedules increase

3 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As the lockdown eases, and more people travel to work, train companies respond by increasing their schedules, which were drastically cut back during the worst of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. As part of planning to […]

Business

First train from Newhaven Marine aggregate terminal

2 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

A new aggregate terminal at the site of the old Newhaven Marine station in East Sussex is now serving the busy construction industry, mainly in London, with aggregate, sand and gravel. Newhaven Marine station closed […]

Heritage

Severn Valley Railway back in action with three trains a day from Saturday 1 August 2020

2 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Severn Valley Railway, one of the West Midlands’ leading heritage attractions, has announced it will reopen for daily passenger services from Saturday 1 August 2020 with a range of excursions aimed at bringing families […]

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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
  • Cambridge South station infrastructure upgrades complete
    16 May 2025 0
  • LNER Reserves are making a difference
    1 May 2020 0
  • New Eurotunnel Border Pass to simplify movement of cross-Channel freight
    24 December 2020 0
  • Italy: Begamo orders 10 new trams from Škoda
    12 July 2023 0
  • Making London Underground ‘driverless’ is financially unjustifiable, TfL report states
    27 October 2020 0
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