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Level crossing misuse in Kent sparks safety warning

14 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Potentially dangerous misuse of two level crossings in Kent, which took place within a day of each other, has generated warnings from Network Rail about taking risks around the railway. One incident took place at […]

Events

Level crossing abuse

14 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

British Transport Police has released video of a man forcing his way through closed barriers at Brimsdown level crossing in Enfield, North London, at 6am on Tuesday 5 May. He narrowly escapes being hit by […]

Appointments

Network Rail board adds three new directors

13 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Three new directors have joined the Network Rail board. Mark Bayley and Fiona Ross have been appointed as non-executive directors by Network Rail, replacing board members who have retired. Both have extensive and relevant experience […]

Business

RIA raises key Coronavirus-related concerns with Transport Select Committee

13 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the voice of the UK rail supply community, has published its submission to the Transport Select Committee on the impact of Coronavirus to rail businesses. The Transport Committee is asking […]

Business

Ticket office worker dies of Coronavirus after man spat at her

12 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

A railway worker has died after she and a colleague were spat at on London Victoria station’s concourse by a man claiming to have Coronavirus (COVID-19). She was 47 years old and leaves an 11-year-old […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Welsh trains get rainbows to show appreciation for NHS and key workers

8 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As a tribute to all those key workers helping in the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19), Transport for Wales (TfW) is applying rainbow stickers to the trains in its fleet. TFW chose the rainbow design as […]

Business

Selecting face masks

7 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As calls increase on the government to relax its current lockdown that it has imposed due the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, so that businesses can get back to work and the economy can get moving again, […]

Business

West Midland Interchange receives Development Consent Order approval

6 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The proposed West Midlands strategic rail freight interchange, which developers wish to build at Four Ashes in Staffordshire, close to the M6/M54/M6 Toll junctions north of Wolverhampton, is likely to go ahead after the Secretary […]

Business

West Midlands Mayor presses PM to bring forward promised transport funding

2 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

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 […]

Business

Updated details of HS2 Independent Design Panel released

28 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport has released updated details of the HS2 Independent Design Panel, created in 2015 to use the framework of the Design Vision to advise and hold to account HS2’s leadership, project teams […]

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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
  • Mechan’s new bogie lifters requested by customer
    18 August 2020 1
  • New techniques to improve accuracy, efficiency and safety of tunnel examinations
    7 November 2020 0
  • Management buyout at Ford & Stanley Recruitment
    21 January 2020 0
  • RIA raises key Coronavirus-related concerns with Transport Select Committee
    13 May 2020 0
  • HS2 tunnel vent headhouse for Little Missenden
    1 November 2020 0
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