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DB Cargo to maintain GBRf’s Class 60 fleet

1 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Freight operator GB Railfreight (GBRf) has brought ten Class 60 heavy freight locomotive back into service, having acquired them from Colas Rail in 2018. Use of the Class 60 locomotives will allow GBRf to run […]

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Innovate UK to fund trials of automated rail-corridor gauging technology

28 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Corridor Technology, which specialises in advanced rail, road and energy infrastructure inspections powered by artificial intelligence, has been selected for a fully funded trial of its automated rail-corridor gauging technology for Network Rail. The trial […]

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, […]

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 […]

Business

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 […]

Business

Costain Skanska ceases to be contractor delivering Crossrail’s Bond Street station

24 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Crossrail and the Costain Skanska joint venture (CSJV) have parted ways at Bond Street station, with Crossrail to oversee completion of the remaining works in-house. Work at Bond Street has been running late, and Crossrail […]

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VolkerFitzpatrick to build new depot at Gosforth

17 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

VolkerFitzpatrick has been contracted to build the new Tyne and Wear Metro depot at Gosforth, near Regent Centre Metro station and within walking distance of Newcastle Freeman Hospital. The contract was placed by Swiss train […]

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GBRf opens new freight route from Buxton to Crawley

15 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the UK’s largest rail freight operators, has opened up a new service for building material supplier CEMEX from its Dove Holes quarry, near Buxton in Derbyshire, to Crawley in West […]

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Network Rail signs three-year deal with 3Squared

15 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has signed a three-year contract with Sheffield-based digital technology consultancy 3Squared, with an option to extend for 10 years, for the supply of its RailSmart Competency Management Solution. One of 3Squared’s largest partnerships […]

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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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  • 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
  • Engineers digging lift shafts at Warwick station have encountered unexpected buried foundations
    Access improvements at Warwick station delayed by unexpected foundations
    4 August 2023 0
  • How to wear your face mask, and why
    29 October 2020 0
  • Mace to lead Programme Support Office for Northern Powerhouse Rail
    1 June 2020 1
  • FS Treni Turistici Italiani will run luxury and tourist trains to historic and picturesque destinations throughout Italy
    Italian railways launches new tourist operation using luxury trains
    24 July 2023 0
  • First trains for Geneva’s new CEVA line delivered
    29 August 2019 0
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