Great Western Railway (GWR) has taken delivery of the first train in the UK able to run on overhead and third-rail electric lines and under its own diesel power. The so-called ‘tri-mode’ train is expected […]
While other train operators have brightened up trains with rainbows to celebrate Pride, Avanti West Coast is the first to have completely wrapped a train in Pride colours and had it staffed entirely by an […]
Royal BAM Group has announced that John (Jonathan) Wilkinson has been appointed as the new chief operating officer for the group’s civil engineering business. He will be joining the Netherlands-based group from SNC-Lavalin, where he […]
Following the disastrous accident at Carmont, near Stonehaven, on 12 August 2020, Network Rail has commissioned two taskforces to help its understanding and response to severe weather events and to improve its management of its […]
Arterio is to be the new name for the new £1 billion train fleet that South Western Railway (SWR) is buying from Bombardier Transportation. Unveiled by SWR’s managing director Mark Hopwood during a special event […]
Daniel Pyke has joined Kloeckner Metals UK as business development manager and the company’s resident rail expert. Formerly marketing manager at British Steel, Daniel joined the company when it was Corus back in 2001. He […]
The developers of the former site of Ironbridge power station is looking to build 1,000 new homes and keep the railway that brought in the coal so as to start passenger services. Harworth Group acquired […]
The latest update from Crossrail’s leadership team to the company’s board is predicting that the Elizabeth line across and under London will open “in the first half of 2022” and will cost up to £1.1 […]
Go-Ahead Bavaria has been granted a train operator’s license by the Bavarian State Ministry for Housing, Building and Transport. As a result, Go-Ahead Bavaria (Bayern) can now press on with plans to run train services […]
Mechan, the specialist manufacturer of jacks and lifting equipment for railway depots, has developed a new product – because a customer asked for it! The Sheffield-based company was approached by longstanding client Siemens Mobility to […]
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