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Report urges government to place orders for new trains and save the British rolling stock industry

20 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has published a report in which it claims that, unless urgent action is taken to upgrade or replace the oldest trains on the British network thousands, of jobs will be […]

Associations

Parliament rises and there are still no answers

20 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The UK Parliament rose for its summer recess on Thursday 20 July leaving the rail industry still in the dark on a variety of topics, including Great British Railways, rail reform and the Rail Network […]

Governance

Government consideration of how best to run HS2 to Leeds to take at least two years

17 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The government has launched a study to look at options for running HS2 trains to Leeds and committed to reassessing evidence to improve rail connections in Bradford. The ‘Leeds Study’ will consider a number of […]

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British and Australian Ministers visit HS2’s Curzon Street site

17 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

Transport Secretary Mark Harper visited the site of HS2’s new Curzon Street station on 17 July, accompanied by Australian Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Catherine King. The two ministers took a walk on […]

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MP visits Sheffield rail company as part of Rail Fellowship Programme

7 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

As part of the Railway Industry Association (RIA) Rail Fellowship Programme, Miriam Cates, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, recently visited Linbrooke Rail, a leading contractor providing advanced signalling, power, and communications solutions across the UK […]

Appointments

Anit Chandarana to be interim director general of DfT’s Rail Infrastructure Group

6 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that Anit Chandarana will be the interim director general of its new Rail Infrastructure Group. Anit will join on secondment from Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) where […]

Governance

53 more stations to get contactless ticketing

4 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Department for Transport has announced that passengers across the South East from Shepperton to Shoeburyness will benefit from simpler, more flexible and better value train travel as the next 53 stations set to introduce […]

Electrification

Report evaluates Great Western Route Modernisation

29 June 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has released a report into the initial benefits of the Great Western Route Modernisation programme. The DfT commissioned SYSTRA and subconsultants Tavistock Institute of Human Relations to undertake a first […]

Associations

Rail industry writes to PM urging him to press on with rail reform legislation

9 May 2023 Rail Insider 0

In a move organised by the Railway Industry Association (RIA), more than 60 rail business leaders have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urging him not to delay in bringing forward legislation to enact the […]

Appointments

Railway industry personnel in New Year’s Honours List

30 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A number of railway industry people have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list, published on 30 December 2020. Amongst them were GWR managing director Mark Hopwood CBE and three Network Rail employees – […]

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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
  • Railway remembers Stonehaven
    19 August 2020 0
  • Artificial intelligence helps to clean up the railway
    22 June 2023 0
  • Liam Day promoted to GBRf commercial director
    4 March 2020 0
  • CCTV will help reduce the impact at Anglia’s most-bashed railway bridges
    16 July 2020 0
  • Alstom reveals proposal for HS2 high-speed train
    6 June 2019 0
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