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Appointments

Jérôme Tolot to be the next chairman of Keolis

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Jérôme Tolot, the deputy chief executive officer of Engie, has been appointed to the supervisory board of Keolis from 2 October 2020 and will succeed Joël Lebreton as chairman early next year. Jean-Pierre Farandou, SNCF […]

Associations

Rail Sector Deal UK Exports Survey Report published

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Supply Group has published the Rail Sector Deal UK Exports Survey Report, setting out the key views of rail suppliers on the UK exports market. Anna Ince, vice chairman of the Rail Supply […]

Business

LNER cleaners have worked 307,000 hours since March

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

London North Eastern Railway (LNER), the government-owned rain operator that runs services from London King’s Cross north to Peterborough, Doncaster, Newcastle and Edinburgh, has been carrying out record levels of enhanced cleaning to keep people […]

Business

Dutch tests show Alstom hydrogen train is
“a fully viable alternative to diesel”

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Following successful trial runs made by Alstom’s Coradia iLint hydrogen train in the Netherlands, the Province of Groningen has published a report outlining the results of the tests performed in March on the 65 kilometres […]

Business

First Bombardier monorail cars delivered to Bangkok

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first Bombardier Innovia monorail 300 vehicles for Thailand, which will run on Bangkok’s new Metropolitan Rapid Transit (MRT) Pink and Yellow lines, have arrived in the Thai capital. Together, the 34.2km Khae Rai-MinBuri (Pink) […]

Business

Hitachi Rail wins CBTC train control contract in San Francisco

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has awarded a $798 million (£620 million) contract to Hitachi Rail STS USA for the design, build and installation of a Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) digital train-control system […]

Appointments

Frazer-Nash promotes head of HR to the board

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Frazer-Nash head of human resources Sam Geis has been promoted to the newly created role of People Director. Managing director Neil McDougall explains that this new appointment underpins the company’s strategy of placing its ‘People’ […]

Business

HS2 funds Employment and Skills Hub in West London

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A new Employment and Skills Hub will be set up in West London after the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) has secured £255,200 from the HS2 Business and Local Economy Fund. The […]

Appointments

Helen Samuels to join Kier

1 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Helen Samuels, the former chief engineer of Network Rail, has been appointed technical director in Kier’s construction business. A chartered civil engineer and fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Helen will join Kier on […]

Appointments

All change at MTR UK

30 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Following news that Jeremy Long would retire from his post as chief executive officer for the European business at MTR, it’s ‘all change’ for the executive team in the UK. Steve Murphy, who is currently […]

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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
  • Keighley & Worth Valley Railway benefits from a Northern storage problem
    24 May 2020 0
  • Still parked up – Grand Central to stay suspended throughout June
    20 May 2020 0
  • Employer guilty over two deaths caused by fatigue
    20 March 2020 0
  • Alstom completes takeover of Bombardier Transportation
    29 January 2021 1
  • HS2 Woodland Fund plants 330,000 new trees
    13 July 2023 0
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