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More body-worn cameras for Virgin Trains staff will reduce physical assaults and provide evidence for British Transport Police

7 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Having issued its front-line staff with body-worn cameras last year – the first UK train operator to do so – Virgin Trains is acquiring a further 250 cameras with which to equip further staff working […]

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Trespasser who stopped trains to France jailed for a year

17 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Terry Maher, a trespasser who climbed on top of a tunnel in London, causing mass rail disruption, has been jailed for one year. Blackfriars Crown Court was told that Maher, 44, of Cubitt Street in […]

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Nottingham station arsonist jailed for 25 months

13 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Gemma Peat, the woman who started the fire which caused more than £5 million worth of damage to Nottingham station, has been jailed for two years and one month. Peat, of Wilford Crescent, Nottingham, had […]

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‘Vulnerable trespasser’ who closed Leeds station jailed for 6 months.

22 June 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

A trespasser who closed Leeds station for four hours and caused over £1 million of train delays has been sentenced to six months in jail at Leeds Crown Court. On Thursday 30 May 2019, Network […]

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Four new board members for British Transport Police Authority

21 May 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Sir Craig Mackey, the former deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, is one of four new board members appointed to the British Transport Police Authority. Established in 2004 to improve the public accountability of […]

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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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  • 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.
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  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
    Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
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  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
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  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
    EMR driver training is a family affair
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  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
    Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
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  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
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  • 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
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  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
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  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
    Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
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  • 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
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  • Dame Tamara Finkelstein will take over as chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering in February 2026.

    Tamara Finkelstein to be CEO of Royal Academy of Engineering

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    The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced that Dame Tamara Finkelstein DCB will take over as chief executive officer in February 2026, once Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE steps down after 21 years of service to [...]
  • 230001 sets out on its record-breaking run from Reading station.

    Battery train sets new world record

    20 August 2025 0
    A Great Western Railway (GWR) battery-powered train has set a world record, travelling 200 miles without needing a recharge. The new record was set by a Class 230 train, a former London Underground D78 stock [...]
  • Paul McNerney will leave Laing O'Rourke to take over as CEO of Severfield in the autumn of 2025.

    Paul McNerney to join Severfield from Laing O’Rourke

    13 August 2025 0
    Paul McNerney, currently director of clients and government at Laing O’Rourke, has been named as the new chief executive officer of structural steel group Severfield. A Chartered Surveyor by profession, Paul will take up this [...]
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
    BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
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  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
    First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
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  • Derek Twigg MP ‘visits’ Alstom under RIA Fellowship Programme
    31 July 2020 0
  • LNER and O2 work together to improve mobile phone coverage between Newcastle and Edinburgh
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  • Silviya Barrett joins Campaign for Better Transport
    25 February 2020 0
  • Wales’ Cambrian line declared one of the world’s most scenic railways
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  • Trespassers using dangerous route to cross River Esk in North Yorkshire
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