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Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
Business

Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21

7 August 2025 Rail Insider 0

Deutsche Bahn (DB), the German state railway operator, has lost a court case that will see it having to pay around €6.5 billion (£5.6 billion) to cover overruns on its Stuttgart 21 project. Stuttgart 21, […]

Infrastructure

Cambridge South station infrastructure upgrades complete

16 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

Infrastructure upgrades on the West Anglia main line that will support future rail services for Cambridge South station have been completed by the South Rail Systems Alliance (SRSA). SRSA – an alliance of Colas Rail […]

Image of East West Rail overbridge at Calvert Nov 2023.
Infrastructure

East West Rail / HS2 crossing earthworks completed

24 November 2023 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The last section of earthworks that will carry East West Rail (EWR) services between Oxford and Cambridge over the new HS2 high-speed line near the village of Calvert in Buckinghamshire have been completed by HS2 […]

Wales' first tram trains are now at their new depot at Taff's Well
Buildings

First Tram Trains for South Wales Metro unveiled

31 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The first of a fleet of electric tram trains that are destined to revolutionise transport across the South Wales valleys have been unveiled at their new £100 million depot at Taff’s Well.  The light rail […]

The draft report for the All-Island Strategic Rail Review makes 30 recommendations
Electrification

Irish all-island rail review proposes new lines and electrification

25 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Irish Department of Transport and Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) published a joint draft report for the All-Island Strategic Rail Review (AISRR) and associated Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) reports for consultation on 25 July […]

Europe

UK to provide export finance for Turkish rail project

24 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The UK government’s export credit agency has agreed to underwrite €781 million (£675 million) of financing to support construction of a 286km high-speed electric railway in southern Turkey. REC International, a subsidiary of Rönesans Holding, […]

Associations

Parliament rises and there are still no answers

20 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The UK Parliament rose for its summer recess on Thursday 20 July leaving the rail industry still in the dark on a variety of topics, including Great British Railways, rail reform and the Rail Network […]

Infrastructure

HS2 successfully drives heaviest bridge under West Coast main line

19 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

A giant concrete bridge – 56 metres long, 19 metres wide and weighing 6,200 tonnes – has been driven into place at Fulfen Wood near Lichfield to carry the West Coast main line (WCML) over […]

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 […]

Business

British and Australian Ministers visit HS2’s Curzon Street site

17 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

Transport Secretary Mark Harper visited the site of HS2’s new Curzon Street station on 17 July, accompanied by Australian Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Catherine King. The two ministers took a walk on […]

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  • 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
  • Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
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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…
  • 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.
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
  • 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
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
    BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
    23 July 2025 0
  • Emergency work on four bridges will close the line between Ely and Peterborough for 28 days
    21 July 2020 0
  • Government again rejects inspector’s recommendation over coal mining
    9 September 2020 3
  • Network Rail submits planning application for Bescot concrete sleeper factory
    4 August 2019 0
  • Derek Twigg MP ‘visits’ Alstom under RIA Fellowship Programme
    31 July 2020 0
  • River Wriggle bridge to be replaced at Yetminster
    17 January 2020 1
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