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Lifeboat ramp repaired alongside work on Cumbrian Coast line

7 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Rail workers protecting the Cumbrian Coast line from the effects of extreme weather and erosion have rebuilt a section of public slipway used to launch RNLI lifeboats. Every winter, the railway along the Cumbrian coast […]

Infrastructure

Railway closed for renewal at Hither Green

26 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The main line from Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Orpington to Charing Cross and Cannon Street will be closed through the Hither Green area, in the London Borough of Lewisham, southeast London, for nine days from Saturday […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Crossrail delivery of the Elizabeth line goes back due to COVID-19

24 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Crossrail project, to build the Elizabeth line across and under London, looks like it will be delayed again. The Crossrail board has received an update from its leadership team on how COVID-19 has affected […]

Infrastructure

HS2 tunnel vent headhouse will fit into landscape

23 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 4

HS2 is going to great lengths to make its new railway fit into the landscape. Designs for large structures, such as stations and viaducts, are being sourced from world-renowned architects and designers to be both […]

Infrastructure

Network Rail plans £100 million works over August bank holiday

20 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As trains start to get back to something like normal, Network Rail to carry out 520 projects to maintain and upgrade the railway for passengers over August bank holiday. These include: Significant track replacement work […]

Appointments

Three new board members appointed to HS2 to “strengthen oversight and scrutiny”

14 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced the appointment of three non-executive directors to the board of HS2 Ltd, stating that the move is intended to strengthen oversight and scrutiny of the UK’s largest infrastructure […]

Heritage

Important archaeological remains discovered on Edinburgh Trams project

6 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Construction teams that are extending Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven have begun digging again and have shown off some of the artefacts they have uncovered. Many have been discovered around the Constitution Street area and date […]

Business

Costain Skanska ceases to be contractor delivering Crossrail’s Bond Street station

24 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Crossrail and the Costain Skanska joint venture (CSJV) have parted ways at Bond Street station, with Crossrail to oversee completion of the remaining works in-house. Work at Bond Street has been running late, and Crossrail […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Kilsby tunnel work planned in 10 days!

15 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

While many companies were forced to shut down during while Coronavirus (COVID-19) was at its peak, the railways kept on running, transporting freight and key workers around the country. Not only that, engineers also had […]

Infrastructure

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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  • 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
  • 53 more stations to get contactless ticketing
    4 July 2023 0
  • Scottish Government to progress reopening of the Levenmouth Rail Link
    9 August 2019 1
  • Study to consider extending Crossrail to Ebbsfleet
    26 September 2020 2
  • Gosford Metro depot demolition complete
    13 July 2023 0
  • Excavated remains from site of HS2’s Euston station to be reburied in Surrey
    16 September 2020 0
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