At a time when both international travel business meetings are being discouraged, the Railway Industry Association (RIA) and the Department for International Trade are launching the first ever ‘virtual’ UK rail trade mission. The Virtual […]
The Department for Transport aims to accelerate the roll-out of digital signalling and control technologies on three major routes in England. Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has announced £1.2 million of funding for studies into the […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) is considering increasing the maximum laden weight of articulated lorries operating on British roads from 44 tonnes to 48 tonnes to support rail freight operations. Currently, the standard maximum laden […]
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has launched an industry consultation on the application of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 (RSR 99) to Mark 1-type and hinged-door rolling stock when operated on railway infrastructure […]
Network Rail has been given permission to close or modify 16 level crossings across Cambridgeshire. Over 1,250 level crossings have been closed nationally since 2009. Another 250 have been repositioned so as to be safer […]
Thermal-imaging video, shot from a National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter, shows people leaving an illegal rave near Warrington, Cheshire, and spilling onto a live railway line, forcing a passenger train to stop. The footage, […]
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued urgent safety advice to Entities in Charge of Maintenance (ECMs) following the derailment and a fire involving a tanker train at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, on 26 August 2020. […]
The first of Manchester Metrolink’s new trams will arrive in the city in mid-November and should be in service before Christmas. In total, 27 new trams are on order under a £72 million contract with […]
Transport for London (TfL) and the UK Government have reached an agreement that covers further support for the remainder of the financial year, to address its forecast funding shortfall arising from the loss of passenger […]
Plans to build a new station on the Merseyrail network at St James, in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle, are coming to fruition thanks to a £1.5 million investment by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Metro […]
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