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Former rail industry executive sets up PR agency to help the sector recover after COVID-19

19 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

David Sanders, a former rail industry executive who was recently made redundant after 20 years in PR and marketing, including several years spent as stakeholder and publicity manager for Docklands Light Railway, has set up his […]

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Altran tops the tables for the second year

10 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Global engineering and R&D consultancy Altran has maintained its position as world leader in its field, according to a new analysis of the top 50 providers. US-based consulting and research firm Everest Group released its […]

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Construction shortlist revealed for HS2 Birmingham Curzon Street station

24 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

High Speed Two (HS2) has named the contractors shortlisted to build Birmingham Curzon Street station – the high-speed rail project’s landmark city-centre terminus. The companies that will be invited to tender for the £570 million […]

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VolkerFitzpatrick appoints WSP to deliver design on new Brent Cross West station

8 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Engineering professional services consultancy WSP has been appointed by principal contractor VolkerFitzpatrick to undertake the multidisciplinary design of Brent Cross West, a new Thameslink station located on the Midland main line. The new station in […]

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Updated details of HS2 Independent Design Panel released

28 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport has released updated details of the HS2 Independent Design Panel, created in 2015 to use the framework of the Design Vision to advise and hold to account HS2’s leadership, project teams […]

Appointments

Mott Mac recruits Yoanna Moguel for new asset management role

28 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Dr Yoanna Moguel has joined Mott MacDonald as principal asset management consultant, a new role intended to expand the company’s transport asset management capabilities. An experienced asset management consultant specialising in asset management advisory, risk […]

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Network Rail spreads Design Services Framework contacts worth £640m between 34 suppliers

10 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Network Rail has announced the organisations that will benefit from its Design Services Framework (DSF) contacts during the current control period (CP6 – from 1 April 2019 until 31 March 2024) with options to extend […]

Appointments

Rolling stock engineering support specialist joins Frazer-Nash

28 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Keith Hutchins has joined systems and engineering technology consultancy Frazer-Nash as a senior consultant within its growing rail group. Before joining Frazer-Nash, Keith had spent 13 years with Siemens, heading up a small team undertaking […]

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Future role of stations explored in new report

21 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Railway stations, both large and small, will need to evolve in the future as the role they play in towns and cities changes, according to a report published by Network Rail and engineering consultant Arup. […]

Appointments

Susan Evans joins AECOM as head of rail

3 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Susan Evans has been appointed to be the new head of rail for UK and Ireland at global infrastructure services firm AECOM. In her new role, Susan will focus on growing AECOM’s rail business and […]

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  • 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
  • Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
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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…
  • 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.
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
  • 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
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
    BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
    23 July 2025 0
  • New entrance opens at London’s Finsbury Park station.
    17 December 2019 0
  • Harsco commences MMT fleet operations
    5 April 2020 0
  • Kevin Shaw to Geobear
    18 October 2019 0
  • ScotRail employee praised on World Suicide Prevention Day
    10 September 2019 0
  • Britannia bridge in North Wales goes ‘Blue for NHS’
    24 April 2020 0
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