Now that the government has finally approved the construction of HS2 phase 1 (to Birmingham), the procurement process has started to find the specialist contractors that will deliver around 280km of state-of-the-art track for the […]
HS2’s Interchange station, which will be built near Solihull and the NEC in the West Midlands and will both serve Birmingham Airport and act as the junction for the spur to Birmingham Curzon Street from […]
Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to accelerate critical transport funding to help re-boot the region’s economy after the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. A £4.2 billion devolved transport fund […]
Ovarro is the new name for Servelec Technologies, a leader in remote telemetry units, secure SCADA systems and Data Analytics software, and sister company Primayer, which specialises in leak detection technology. The two companies have […]
Two new rail freight routes from Spain to the UK are bringing essential hygiene, medical and food products from terminals in Valencia and Murcia to the UK. Transfesa Logistics, working with DB Cargo UK and […]
Formed as part of LNER’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, LNER Reserves connects staff with various organisations, including the NHS, emergency services, LNER partner charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), FareShare, The Trussell Trust, […]
East Midlands Railway (EMR), the Abellio-owned company that took over the franchise from East Midlands Trains on 18 August 2019, has long-term plans to replace its entire train fleet. The first change will be the […]
Darren Leigh has joined Unipart Group, the leading independent manufacturing, logistics and consultancy company, as group chief financial officer. Having previously worked in the rail industry with Freightliner and, before that, gaining experience in the […]
Bombardier Transportation has signed a new contract with Italian state operator Trenitalia to support its fleet of ETR500 very high-speed trains with integrated logistics services. The initial contract is for six years, with an option […]
Amanda White, a former head of rail with Transport for Greater Manchester, has joined the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) as interim programme director to work on the development of five new stations in Birmingham […]
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