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Freight

Sheffield derailment causes widespread disruption

11 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

A freight train derailed at Sheffield station on Wednesday 11 November, closing part of the station and causing significant damage. It happened at about 02:45, as a train carrying cement came off the tracks while […]

Business

New techniques to improve accuracy, efficiency and safety of tunnel examinations

7 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

International consulting group COWI has won a contract worth approximately £500,000 to combine machine learning and novel subsurface defect detection with existing virtual inspection tools used for bridges so as to reduce the time spent […]

Heritage

Repairs underway to historic railway footbridge

5 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A unique footbridge, that is normally suspended from the piers of the Roxburgh railway viaduct in the Scottish Borders, has been removed for refurbishment. The Roxburgh viaduct formerly carried the St Boswells to Kelso railway […]

Infrastructure

Tamworth station lifts back in service

5 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The lifts at Tamworth station have been refurbished as part of Network Rail’s West Coast South route enhancements programme. Tamworth is a split-level station. Platforms 1 and 2, on the West Coast Main Line between […]

Infrastructure

New bridge for Postwick

5 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A railway bridge at Postwick in Norfolk is to be replaced as the old structure has come to the end of its life and a full replacement is the only way to ensure the safe […]

Business

Comms Design acquired by Unipart

4 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Harrogate-based Comms Design, which designs and manufactures electronic products, primarily for rail industry, has been acquired by the Unipart Group. Comms Design has a proven track record for innovation and delivery. Its flexible approach means […]

Business

HS2 ‘Meet the Contractor’ event includes 1,100 one-to-one meetings with main contractors

3 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the lockdown imposed over the UK, HS2’s third annual ‘Meet the Contractor’ event, which takes place between 23 and 26 November, will be held entirely online. At the […]

Infrastructure

Platform 7 at Gatwick Airport reopens, two more close

2 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Construction work has started on the huge new concourse for Gatwick Airport station, which will sit over Platforms 5, 6 and 7 and act as a new link for passengers changing trains at the station. […]

Infrastructure

HS2 tunnel vent headhouse for Little Missenden

1 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The design of the vent shaft headhouse that HS2 plans to build at Little Missenden, to provide ventilation and emergency access to the 10-mile-long Chilterns tunnel, is similar in style to the HS2 headhouse at […]

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 […]

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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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  • 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…
  • 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.
    Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
    12 August 2025 0
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
    Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
    7 August 2025 0
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
    Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
    7 August 2025 0
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
    EMR driver training is a family affair
    7 August 2025 0
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
    Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
    1 August 2025 0
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
    31 July 2025 0
  • 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
    31 July 2025 0
  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
    Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
    30 July 2025 0
  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
    Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
    30 July 2025 0
  • 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
    Warning that Great British Railways risks repeating the mistakes of British Rail
    29 July 2025 0
  • Footbridge Design Ideas Competition winner announced
    14 December 2018 1
  • New trains on Merseyside
    28 January 2020 0
  • Platform 7 at Gatwick Airport reopens, two more close
    2 November 2020 0
  • Network Rail’s plans for Christmas and New Year
    22 December 2020 0
  • Pupils from 15 schools get involved in Leeds Station Safety Week
    28 October 2019 0
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