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  • [ 28 November 2025 ] Tamara Finkelstein to be CEO of Royal Academy of Engineering Appointments
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Morgan Sindall to design new Colindale tube station

15 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The detailed design for the redevelopment of Colindale Tube station on London Underground’s Northern line will be undertaken by Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, which has secured the contract following a mini competition using London Underground’s Civils […]

Business

18 Bombardier VLocity trains for Victoria, Australia

15 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

In Australia, the Victorian Government has exercised its call-off option for 18 Bombardier VLocity trains as part of an existing rolling-stock manufacture and supply agreement signed in 2018. Bombardier is to deliver 54 new VLocity […]

Business

Brunel’s ‘Bristol Old Station’ now in Network Rail ownership

15 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The iconic, Grade I listed ‘Bristol Old Station’, which was Bristol’s first railway station when it opened in 1840 as the western terminus of the Great Western Railway from London Paddington, has been acquired by […]

Business

Three trains an hour on North Downs line

14 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

GWR is realising its ambition to run three trains an hour on North Downs line, between Reading and Redhill. Eight extra weekday trains will now run every weekday – four in each direction – which […]

Business

Hydrogen trains commence trials in Austria

11 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

For the first time, a hydrogen-powered train is running in regular passenger service for ÖBB, the Austrian Federal Railways. The Coradia iLint, built by Alstom in Salzgitter, Germany, uses on-board fuel cells to convert hydrogen […]

Business

Bombardier delivers first of 47 new trams to Duisburg, Germany

11 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has delivered the first of the Flexity low-floor trams it is manufacturing for Duisburg in Germany. Comprehensive test and approval runs on the local network will start shortly. Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG ordered a […]

Appointments

Chris Burchell leaves Arriva for SSE

9 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

Chris Burchell, managing director of Arriva UK trains for the last six years, has announced that he will be leaving the rail industry in mid-October to take up a new challenge in the energy sector. […]

Business

DB Cargo to buy up to 400 Vectron dual-mode locomotives from Siemens Mobility

9 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

DB Cargo in Germany has awarded Siemens Mobility a framework agreement for the supply of 400 Vectron dual-mode locomotives in a deal worth well over one billion Euros. The freight operator is renewing its fleet […]

Business

Government again rejects inspector’s recommendation over coal mining

9 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 3

An application by Banks Mining, to open a new coal mine in Northumberland, has been rejected by the government after four years of wrangling. The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Government, Robert Jenrick, […]

Business

Dyer & Butler to repair three Wessex bridges

9 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The contract to carry out strengthening work to three railway bridges on Network Rail’s Wessex route in the South of England has been awarded to Dyer & Butler. Under the terms of the contract, the […]

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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
  • Two tales from Russia
    28 December 2019 0
  • Dawlish sea wall ‘opened’ by Secretary of State
    3 July 2023 0
  • Update on Shrewsbury station repairs
    13 August 2019 0
  • Highland main line protected from unpredictable weather
    5 June 2020 0
  • Rail Staff Carol Service goes online
    18 December 2020 0
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