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Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North

23 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

Transport for the North board members, meeting in Liverpool, have restated their ambition for transport infrastructure needed to unlock economic growth. Ahead of the government’s infrastructure pipeline, expected later this month, TfN board members called […]

Governance

Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North

9 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reveals how the disparity in transport spending between the North and London has ballooned over the last ten years. In the report ‘On track to prosperity: Great Northern […]

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Governance

Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost

4 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

Plans by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority have secured a major funding boost from the government as Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the allocation of £2.1 billion of local transport funding to West Yorkshire. This […]

Governance

 Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network

16 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

Lord Blunkett, the former Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough who held several Cabinet posts between 1997 and 2005, has launched a phased plan to upgrade and improve Yorkshire’s railways that could deliver a […]

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 […]

Governance

Northern Powerhouse Rail plans published

20 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport for the North has issued a recommendation that the government commits to Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), a network of new and significantly upgraded rail lines in the North of England, and has published its […]

Governance

New trams start to arrive in Manchester

5 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

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 […]

Governance

£1.5 million investment in new Merseyrail station

31 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

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 […]

Business

Making London Underground ‘driverless’ is financially unjustifiable, TfL report states

27 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Although Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stated that making London Underground ‘driverless’ should be a condition for government increasing its funding of Transport for London, a leaked internal TfL document has shown that this is […]

Governance

Transport for the South East to help shape government policy

23 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport for the South East (TfSE), the new body created to improve the transport network and grow the economy of the whole South East area, has both been recognised by government as contributing to transport […]

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  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
  • Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
  • Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
  • Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
  • Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
  • ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
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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…
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
    Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
    11 July 2025 0
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
    Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
    2 July 2025 0
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
    Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
    27 June 2025 0
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
    Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
    26 June 2025 0
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
    ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
    26 June 2025 0
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
    25 June 2025 0
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
    23 June 2025 0
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
    23 June 2025 0
  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
    SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
    23 June 2025 0
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
    23 June 2025 0
  • Grand Central suspends services for two months
    3 April 2020 1
  • Cumbrian Coast line, closed since March due to storm damage, to reopen later this month
    5 May 2020 1
  • First services use new fifth platform at Stevenage station – one year ahead of schedule
    3 August 2020 0
  • Five entrants go forward to second phase of
    Re-Imagining Railway Stations design competition
    20 November 2020 0
  • Van Elle brings on new apprentices
    4 August 2019 0
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