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New Academy to offer pre-apprenticeship programme for young people

15 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

To help young people gain skills and take their first steps towards a career in rail, Network Rail has, in partnership with Capital City College in Enfield, launched a new learning academy that offers a […]

ORR has criticised High Speed One for missing performance targets
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Rail regulator criticises High Speed 1 for missing targets

31 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

Rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published its annual assessment of High Speed 1 (HS1) Ltd, the company that manages and operates the high-speed rail link between London and the Channel […]

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Network Rail and Natural Resources Wales work together to secure a greener future

26 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

Network Rail has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with Natural Resource Wales that commits both organisations to work together to drive environmental sustainability for the benefit of communities, create a more resilient railway by being […]

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Fire-damaged Troon station to be rebuilt by AmcoGiffen

9 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

AmcoGiffen has been named as the main contractor for the rebuild of the fire-damaged Troon station. Following the fire, which destroyed the station’s platform one building in July 2021, Network Rail has worked with partners, […]

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Blockchain arrives on the railway

6 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

For the first time in the UK, Blockchain will now be used to improve rail possession planning thanks to a recent partnership between infrastructure consultancy Amey and technology company Finboot. Amey will pioneer the new […]

Infrastructure

Dawlish sea wall ‘opened’ by Secretary of State

3 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

Network Rail’s new and improved sea wall at Dawlish has been officially opened by Secretary of State for Transport Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, marking a significant milestone in Network Rail’s efforts to enhance the […]

Business

Biodiversity Action Plan defines Network Rail’s environmental goals

4 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Network Rail has launched its Biodiversity Action Plan, which lays out how the company intends to protect, manage and enhance the condition of its biodiverse assets over the current five-year Network Rail funding cycle (Control […]

Business

Industry calls for urgent update to Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline

16 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

One year ago, on 16 October 2019, the Department for Transport (DfT) published the government’s Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP). This listed the 58 projects that were then under review at the DfT. It did […]

Business

First consultation for Ely area capacity enhancement

25 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Ely area capacity enhancement (EACE) programme is a Network Rail proposal to upgrade the railway and allow more trains to run through Ely. It aims both to improve connectivity and reliability for passenger services […]

Business

High-voltage power supply systems next on HS2’s shopping list

11 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Britain’s new high-speed railway – HS2 – is continuing its search for major suppliers to the project by launching its procurement competition for high-voltage power supply systems. The winner of the contract – worth an […]

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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
  • Collision at Loversall Carr junction caused largely by driver fatigue
    3 August 2023 0
  • South Western Railway’s new carpets are Axminsters!
    27 July 2019 1
  • Grade II listed Gauxholme viaduct in Lancashire to be refurbished
    7 August 2020 0
  • LNER and O2 work together to improve mobile phone coverage between Newcastle and Edinburgh
    4 June 2020 0
  • New services and new stations for Walsall to Wolverhampton line
    15 June 2020 1
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