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Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
Infrastructure

12-car trains to call at Basildon by December

16 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

In July 2025, work will begin to rebuild Platform 2 at Basildon station, which was closed in September 2022 due to structural defects. As result of the poor condition of Platform 2, train operator C2C […]

Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
Business

Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2

11 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

The Mobility Business of Siemens Limited, the Mumbai-based Indian subsidiary of Siemens AG, has been awarded two separate contracts by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation, which is 50:50 jointly owned by the Government of India and […]

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.
Business

Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling

11 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

Great Northern has run its first train in passenger service using an updated specification of the European Train Control System (ETCS) in-cab digital signalling software. Digital signalling using ETCS is a proven technology already in […]

ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
Business

ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden

26 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) – a popular form of in-cab digital signalling – has been deployed on one of Sweden’s most critical rail lines for freight transport, the Iron Ore Line (known […]

Europe

Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille

25 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

Eurostar services between London and Paris have been delayed and cancelled due to severe problems on the LGV Nord line near Lille. First, two trespassers were hit by trains near Lille on Tuesday 24 June […]

Appointments

Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment

23 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

Multinational engineering and consulting group SYSTRA has appointed Gareth Davies as Market Director for Water & Environment in the UK & Ireland to help the business grow its strength in the market. He will lead […]

Governance

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 […]

Governance

More trains between Bradford and London following government investment

19 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

A new platform at Bradford Forster Square station opened on 19 Mat 2025, facilitating five additional services a day between Bradford and London. Along with improved station infrastructure, the new platform will ease congestion and […]

Digital Railway

Northern City line becomes UK’s first signals-free commuter railway

19 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

The Great Northern ‘Northern City Line’ to the City of London has become the UK rail network’s first commuter railway to operate without conventional signals, heralding a major milestone in the national deployment of cutting-edge […]

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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
  • First Greater Anglia Class 720 arrives at Ilford
    15 January 2020 0
  • Train overspeeding caused passenger injuries due to falling luggage
    10 July 2023 0
  • First structural work completed at Euston in preparation for HS2
    25 June 2020 0
  • Irish Rail – Dublin Pearse station roof replacement underway
    11 May 2019 0
  • Bid for transport devolution for the South East
    24 July 2020 0
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