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Diversity

Train operators adopt Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme to assist disabled passengers

27 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 5

Avanti West Coast has become the latest train operator to adopt the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme – an initiative for customers to discreetly indicate they have a hidden disability while travelling. Under the scheme, customers […]

Business

Taziker named as contractor to restore Bristol Temple Meads station roof

27 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Taziker Industrial has been named as the primary contractor for a three-year refurbishment of the Victorian roof on Bristol Temple Meads station that will bring it back to its former glory.   In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, […]

Accident Investigation

RAIB to investigate fatal accident at London Waterloo underground station

27 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) will be investigating a fatal accident that occurred at London Waterloo underground station on Tuesday 26 May 2020. At about 10:11 that morning, a passenger fell between the platform […]

Infrastructure

Major scheme to improve drainage at Manchester Victoria as part of wider flood-prevention works

27 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Flood-prevention work at Manchester Victoria station is being funded by the Department for Transport (DfT), which is investing £1 million in the scheme to bring drainage systems around the 166-year old station into the 21st […]

Business

First new Bombardier Movia C30 trains for Stockholm’s Red line delivered

27 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has delivered its first Movia C30 metro trainsets for the Red line on the Stockholm metro system to Stockholm Public Transport (SL). Configured into four-car sets with a driver’s cab at each end, […]

Infrastructure

Cardiff Central receiving major facelift

27 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Cardiff Central station is receiving a facelift as a work has begun work to transform the appearance of Wales’ busiest station. Trio Building Contractors of Pontyclun, South Wales, has been appointed by Transport for Wales […]

Governance

More level crossing madness – Altrincham, Manchester.

26 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To drive home its message that everyone should treat level crossings with respect and obey the safety rules, Network Rail has released a video of a scooter crashing into both barriers at Navigation Road crossing […]

Business

LNER to run East Coast trains for at least three more years

26 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

London North Eastern Railway (LNER), the train operator that runs services on the East Coast main line from London King’s Cross to the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland, will continue to do […]

Accident Investigation

Near miss at a crossing in Suffolk

26 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A train travelling between Lowestoft and Ipswich was involved in a near miss with cars at Worlingham user-worked crossing. The incident occurred at around 13:42 on 8 June 2020, The signaller had given a permission […]

Infrastructure

First structural work completed at Euston in preparation for HS2

25 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Demolition of the western ramp and canopy at London Euston station is now complete, paving the way for construction of the new HS2 Euston station. The western ramp had been in place since the modernisation […]

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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
  • Neil McNicholas (left) is to retire as managing director of Unipart Rail. Dr David McGorman will head up Unipart’s Rail and Public Transport sector while continuing to lead Unipart’s technology and performance improvement capability offering to all of its sectors.
    Unipart – changes at the top
    12 February 2025 0
  • ScotRail and Samaritans jointly ask people to look out for each other
    10 October 2020 0
  • Two more stations in Hampshire and Surrey are now brighter and greener
    29 October 2020 0
  • LNER produces regional face masks designs
    16 July 2020 2
  • New Greater Anglia Class 745 arrives at Stansted
    31 October 2019 0
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