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Accessibility features on Greater Anglia’s new Class 755 trains put through their paces

9 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Greater Anglia has worked with a noted access and inclusion professional to ensure that its new fleet of trains, the first of which has now entered service, has much improved accessibility features. The first of […]

Business

RegioJet plans new service to Budapest for 2020

8 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Central European open-access train operator RegioJet has announced plans to add Budapest to its list of destinations. From 2020, two trains a day are planned to operate on the route Prague – Brno – Vienna […]

Business

London Northwestern Railway renames train to say farewell to longstanding employee

8 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Vic Hall, 66, who has been helping passengers in Watford for more than 50 years, had a train named in his honour on his last day of work for London Northwestern Railway. Having started work […]

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Latest SQUIRE figures show ScotRail continues to improve its service to passengers

4 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The recent Service Quality Incentive Regime (SQUIRE) report, released by Transport Scotland, has shown that the service being delivered to customers on trains and at stations across Scotland’s Railway improved significantly between April and June […]

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First Class 802 bi-mode for Hull Trains is nearing completion

2 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first of the five new Class 802 bi-mode trains being built for Hull Trains at Hitachi’s factory in Pistoia, Italy, is due to arrive in the UK during the first week in September. After […]

Business

TPE accepts first of its new Nova 2 trains

25 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Train operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has accepted the first of its new fleet of Nova 2 trains from Spanish manufacturer CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles). TPE is purchasing three fleets of new trains, and […]

Business

Metrolink introduces contactless ticketing

15 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Manchester’s Metrolink – the UK’s largest light rail network – has launched contactless payment in a bid to simplify the way passengers pay for their travel. The new, easy-to-use system cuts out the need to […]

Appointments

Keolis UK appoints Sir Derek Jones as its new chairman and names three other top executives.

8 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Keolis UK, which secured a 15-year contract in 2018 to operate Transport for Wales Rail Services in a joint venture partnership with Amey, has named Sir Derek Jones, former Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government, […]

Business

New station vending machines take cards and display train times

5 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Today’s cashless society, in which customers use credit and debit cards to pay for even low-cost items such as a bottle of cold drink or a newspaper, has made further inroads into the railway as […]

Business

Eurostar uniform picks up design of the decade award

3 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Eurostar’s latest staff uniform, the third in its 20-year history, was adopted in 2014 to coincide with the company’s £700m investment in a new fleet of re-branded trains. For the uniform’s launch at St Pancras, […]

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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
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
    19 May 2025 0
  • Three GTR volunteers look out for the vulnerable on the railway
    3 June 2020 0
  • 33 new Bombardier trains for SNCF Hauts-de-France
    22 December 2020 0
  • Embankment work continues between Buxton and Manchester
    23 April 2020 0
  • Dog saves man on railway crossing
    28 September 2020 0
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