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  • [ 4 June 2025 ] Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection Governance
  • [ 4 June 2025 ] Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost Governance
  • [ 4 June 2025 ] Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom Business
  • [ 3 June 2025 ] First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC Business
  • [ 19 May 2025 ] More trains between Bradford and London following government investment Governance
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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 […]

Accident Investigation

Train overspeeding caused passenger injuries due to falling luggage

10 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued its report into a train overspeeding at Spital Junction, Peterborough, 17 April 2022. The incident took place at around 10:20 on 17 April 2022 when the 08:20 […]

Associations

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 […]

PC Rob Simpson reunited Linda Lawson with the teddy bear her late husband had given her
Governance

Passenger reunited with stolen luggage – and teddy bear!

18 May 2023 Rail Insider 0

Prompt action by British Transport Police officers reunited a widow with her stolen teddy bear – a present from her late husband – after her luggage was taken from a train at Doncaster. Linda Lawson, […]

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 […]

A Merseyrail train hit the buffers at KIrkby station
Accident Investigation

Report on buffer-stop collision at Kirkby station, Merseyside

11 August 2022 Rail Insider 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into a train colliding with a buffer stop at Kirkby station, Merseyside, at around 18:53 on 13 March 2021. The accident occurred at Kirkby station, […]

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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  • Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection
  • Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost
  • Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom
  • First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
  • A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
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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…
  • The ORR has reported on its review of revenue protection practices on the railway.
  • Artist's impression of a West Yorkshire tram.
  • Visualisation of a Lumo Class 222 train.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
    First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
    3 June 2025 0
  • More trains between Bradford and London following government investment
    19 May 2025 0
  • Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund
    19 May 2025 0
  • Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska
    19 May 2025 0
  • Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway
    19 May 2025 0
  • Viaduct upgrade in Cornwall results in higher linespeed and improved reliability
    19 May 2025 0
  • The new FLIRT for A-Train will seat 323 passengers and enter service between Stockholm and Arlanda airport in 2029.
    A-Train of Sweden orders seven Stadler FLIRT trains for Arlanda airport service
    19 May 2025 0
  • Campaigners urge PM to support more cross-Channel rail services
    17 May 2025 0
  •  Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network
    16 May 2025 0
  • Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”
    16 May 2025 0
  • Cockfosters Underground station is now step-free
    12 October 2020 0
  • Helen Samuels to join Kier
    1 October 2020 0
  • London Underground Northern line trains reach Battersea Power Station for the first time
    4 January 2021 0
  • CrossCountry franchise continues until October 2023
    16 October 2020 0
  • What about season tickets?
    6 April 2020 0
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