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Business

South Wales Metro brings opportunities for local businesses

17 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Welsh businesses are being urged to get involved with the construction of South Wales Metro. As part of an initiative by Transport for Wales and Alun Griffiths, the principal contractor for the project. A drop-in […]

Business

Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline brings visibility of future major projects

17 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The Department for Transport has finally confirmed its Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) that should have been in place for 1 April 2019. That was the date that Network Rail’s Control Period 6 (CP6) started […]

Accident Investigation

Report on fatal accident after woman with head out of window was struck by a tree

16 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into an accident near Twerton, a suburb of Bath, on Saturday 1 December 2018. A passenger suffered fatal injuries when her head came into contact […]

Business

Queen’s Speech a disappointment for rail

14 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Following the Queen’s Speech on Monday 14 October, in which she laid out the Government’s proposals for the new Parliamentary session, Rail Insider’s mailbox started to fill up as various industry bodies gave their reaction. […]

Accident Investigation

Fatal accident on a level crossing at Tibberton, Worcestershire

10 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into a fatal accident between a train and a pedestrian at Tibberton No. 8 footpath crossing on 6 February 2019. At 09:57 on a foggy […]

Appointments

Matt Byrne takes over as head of Bombardier Transportation UK

8 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Matt Byrne has been named as the new president of the UK Region of Bombardier Transportation and as chairman of Bombardier Transportation UK, replacing Phil Hufton who is resigning for personal reasons but has agreed […]

Business

Barcelona Metro to purchase 42 Metropolis trains from Alstom

7 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Barcelona Metro operator TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona) has announced it has placed a contract worth over €260 million with Alstom for the design, manufacture, supply and commissioning of 42 Metropolis trains to replace those […]

Business

Merseyrail’s new Class 777 sets off for dynamic testing

7 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first of the new Class 777 trains for Merseyrail has left the Stadler factory to have its first test runs at Wegberg-Wildenrath. Having completed its programme of static testing at the factory, the next […]

Business

More body-worn cameras for Virgin Trains staff will reduce physical assaults and provide evidence for British Transport Police

7 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Having issued its front-line staff with body-worn cameras last year – the first UK train operator to do so – Virgin Trains is acquiring a further 250 cameras with which to equip further staff working […]

Heritage

Historic parcel bridge at Worcester Shrub Hill station set for restoration

5 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has announced that a Grade II listed bridge at Worcester Shrub Hill station will be restored over the winter. The former luggage bridge is a feature of the Georgian-style station that was built […]

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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
  • Handbook for International Contingency Management published
    19 December 2019 0
  • RegioJet plans new service to Budapest for 2020
    8 August 2019 0
  • Welsh and Scottish stations are lit ‘Blue for NHS’
    15 May 2020 0
  • Great Western Railway takes delivery of the UK’s first tri-mode train 
    26 August 2020 1
  • Wales joins in appeal for more care on crossings
    20 August 2020 0
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