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Extended platforms ready for longer trains in East and West Sussex

15 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To support the £150 million Gatwick Airport station upgrade, platform extensions have been installed at Cooksbridge, Lancing and Goring-By-Sea. This will allow Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the train company that operates Southern services, to increase […]

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New services and new stations for Walsall to Wolverhampton line

15 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Plans are proceeding for the reopening of the line between Walsall and Wolverhampton, last used for passenger services in 2008 but kept open since then for freight. New stations will be opened at Willenhall and […]

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HS2 site at Chalfont Lane gets ready for tunnelling to start next year

11 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

HS2 has published images of the work at its site at Chalfont Lane, between junctions 16 and 17 on the M25. This is where two giant tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will be ‘launched’ early next […]

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Wi-Fi usage is a measure of how public transport is recovering after COVID-19

10 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

One measure of how public transport is recovering around the world after the lockdown caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is to track how passengers are using Wi-Fi as they travel. Icomera, a global provider […]

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Work resumes on Transport for London construction sites

9 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport for London (TfL) has resumed work on a number of its construction projects, with more restarting in the coming weeks, as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown eases. Work came to a Safe Stop at around […]

Business

Stobart Group to pull out of Rail & Civils – UPDATED

9 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

Stobart Group has announced that it will “withdraw from the Rail & Civils business” by February 2022. The announcement came as the Group published its financial results for the year ending 29 February 2020. The […]

Infrastructure

Kidderminster’s new station building opens for passengers

9 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Kidderminster station’s new glass-fronted station building has opened to passengers, even though not many will be taking advantage of it yet as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) travel restrictions continue. The new station building, which is double […]

Business

VolkerFitzpatrick appoints WSP to deliver design on new Brent Cross West station

8 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Engineering professional services consultancy WSP has been appointed by principal contractor VolkerFitzpatrick to undertake the multidisciplinary design of Brent Cross West, a new Thameslink station located on the Midland main line. The new station in […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

RMT urges Scotland to allow rail enhancement works to recommence

8 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has written to Scotland’s First Minister urging her to permit rail enhancement work to recommence. While essential railway maintenance has continued, enhancement work has been […]

Geotechnical

Railway closes as engineers stabilise cutting at Templecombe on Somerset/Dorset border

8 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The recent warm weather and the reduction in train services due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) has meant that this is an ideal time for Network Rail to sort out some of the more troublesome earthworks around […]

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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
  • Morley station reopened as part of Transpennine Route Upgrade
    26 June 2023 0
  • Bombardier wins service contract in Singapore
    28 September 2020 1
  • Network Rail partners with Connected Places Catapult to create ‘Innovation Factory’
    22 October 2019 0
  • Train operators adopt Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme to assist disabled passengers
    27 June 2020 5
  • New customer information screens on East Midlands Railway
    17 July 2023 0
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