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  • [ 28 November 2025 ] Tamara Finkelstein to be CEO of Royal Academy of Engineering Appointments
  • [ 20 August 2025 ] Battery train sets new world record Business
  • [ 13 August 2025 ] Paul McNerney to join Severfield from Laing O’Rourke Appointments
  • [ 12 August 2025 ] Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB Appointments
  • [ 7 August 2025 ] Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21 Business
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Bombardier to install new CBTC signalling for Frankfurt Airport people movers

16 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has signed a ten-year contract with Fraport AG, owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport in Germany, to continue operating and maintaining the people mover system that connects terminals 1 and 2 and to […]

Business

Siemens launches COVID-19 aid fund with CEO personally pledging €1 million

14 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To help relief organizations and medical facilities worldwide, as well as to individuals impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Siemens has set up an aid fund to be administered by its community-serving, non-profit organisation Siemens […]

Business

QTS uses 3D printer to help NHS

10 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

QTS Group, which, in conjunction with Network Rail Scotland’s works delivery team, donated 40 pairs of Bollé safety glasses to the Adult Theatre team at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow last week, is […]

Business

Manufacturing and industry “critical part of our economy” – Alok Sharma

9 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Alok Sharma, Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, has written to all those involved in manufacturing and industry in the UK, thanking them for their work in keeping the economy going. In […]

Business

Harsco commences MMT fleet operations

5 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

April the first – April Fool’s Day. The day that many companies start their financial years and also, therefore, the date that many supply contracts commence. For Harsco Rail, it was the date that it […]

Business

Rail Division of Dyer & Butler awarded RoSPA Gold Medal

2 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Dyer & Butler’s rail division has been awarded a RoSPA Gold Medal by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents – its ninth consecutive Gold Award – in recognition of its achievements in health […]

Business

Network Rail to pay suppliers ‘immediately’ and so boost cashflow

2 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Coronavirus (CORVID-19) epidemic is causing a lot of financial worry, uncertainty and hardship.  Some large companies are furloughing their staff, on reduced incomes, and seeking to claim the cost back from the government. Others, […]

Appointments

Hill & Smith appoints Paul Simmons to be its new chief executive

2 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Hill & Smith Holdings, the Solihull-based international manufacturing group, has announced that Paul Simmons will be its new chief executive, replacing Derek Muir, who is retiring at the end of the year. Paul, who has […]

Appointments

Darren James joins Keltbray as group CEO

1 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Darren James has taken over as group chief executive officer of the Keltbray Group, taking over from Brendan Kerr who has moved to the role of executive chairman. Darren is no stranger to the rail […]

Appointments

Sue Kershaw appointed MD of Costain transportation division

23 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Costain has appointed Sue Kershaw as managing director of its transportation division, responsible for the highways, rail and aviation sectors.  She will join the group’s executive board and report to chief executive officer Alex Vaughan. […]

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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
  • Successful milestone for Danish signalling programme
    17 December 2019 0
  • Transport Select Committee membership announced
    3 March 2020 0
  • Oakervee report recommends HS2 goes ahead
    11 February 2020 1
  • National Audit Office releases ‘High Speed Two: A Progress Update’
    24 January 2020 0
  • ScotRail Class 380 trains being refurbished
    23 September 2020 0
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