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Murphy clears fire debris off Tilbury Loop line

22 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Railway maintenance isn’t always planned. Often, it is totally unexpected and then the maintenance crews have to respond quickly to get the railway up and running as soon as possible. That’s just what happened on […]

Infrastructure

Bridge replacement in Crewe closes Middlewich Road until October

22 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 4

Demolition has begun of ‘Boulderstones Bridge’, which carries the A530 Middlewich Road in Crewe. It is being replaced in a £5.7 million project that will be completed by October 2020. The main structure will be […]

Freight

West Coast main line reopens after two weeks as work in Kilsby tunnel is completed

18 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The West Coast main line has reopened between Milton Keynes and Rugby after a two-week blockade. The line was closed to allow Network Rail and its contractors to work in Kilsby tunnel, near Daventry, which […]

Infrastructure

Cumbrian Coast line, closed since March due to storm damage, to reopen later this month

5 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The Cumbrian Coast line, which has been closed between Whitehaven and Workington since March when high tides, strong winds and heavy rain brought by Storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge caused structural damage to a bridge […]

Infrastructure

West Coast main line to undergo major track and drainage upgrades

30 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The West Coast main line, which runs from London Euston to Scotland via the West Midlands, will undergo major improvement works between Rugby and Milton Keynes from Saturday 2 May until Saturday 16 May. The […]

Infrastructure

East Grinstead line to reopen after extensive repairs

27 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The railway line between East Grinstead and Lingfield, closed since 13 February 2020, is due to reopen on Monday 30 March. The embankment is near Cookspond Viaduct in Dormansland, Surrey. Constructed in the Victorian period […]

Environment

Repairs underway on Cumbrian Coast line

26 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

Recent inspections at Parton, on the Cumbrian coast, after the area had been pounded by storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge, found that the huge waves and gales had caused cracks to appear in a railway […]

Europe

Germany: Man arrested for sabotaging high-speed line

22 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A man has been arrested for an apparent attempt to sabotage a German high-speed railway line. According to reports by German magazine Der Spiegel on Friday 20 March, bolts that hold the track down on […]

Infrastructure

West Midlands: Fallen tree closes line between Lichfield and Birmingham

12 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A fallen tree at Wylde Green has blocked the line and brought down overhead cables between Lichfield Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street. As a result, no trains are running on the Cross City North […]

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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
  • Royal Albert Bridge – blue for the NHS
    17 April 2020 0
  • Knorr-Bremse buys minority stake in Railnova
    2 June 2019 0
  • Mark Langman to leave Network Rail after 34 years
    21 July 2020 0
  • LNER and O2 work together to improve mobile phone coverage between Newcastle and Edinburgh
    4 June 2020 0
  • ScotRail employee praised on World Suicide Prevention Day
    10 September 2019 0
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