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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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 […]

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 […]

Business

Mace to lead Programme Support Office for Northern Powerhouse Rail

1 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

International consultancy and construction company Mace has been appointed by Transport for the North (TfN) to lead the Programme Support Office for the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) programme. Mace will be responsible for project controls, […]

Environment

HS2 adopts CESAR ECV emissions identification on worksites

22 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As the main civil engineering works to build the Britain’s new high-speed line get underway, HS2 has announced that it will be creating ‘greener’ construction sites –  reducing emissions and controlling air quality – by […]

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 […]

Business

West Midland Interchange receives Development Consent Order approval

6 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The proposed West Midlands strategic rail freight interchange, which developers wish to build at Four Ashes in Staffordshire, close to the M6/M54/M6 Toll junctions north of Wolverhampton, is likely to go ahead after the Secretary […]

Appointments

Michael Dyke is new MD of HS2 contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci JV

6 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture, which has two civil engineering contracts from HS2 for work between the Long Itchington Wood Green tunnel and the connection with the West Coast main line, worth a combined […]

Business

HS2 opts for slab track and begins search for suppliers

4 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

Now that the government has finally approved the construction of HS2 phase 1 (to Birmingham), the procurement process has started to find the specialist contractors that will deliver around 280km of state-of-the-art track for the […]

Appointments

Interim WMRE programme director to oversee new station developments

29 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Amanda White, a former head of rail with Transport for Greater Manchester, has joined the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) as interim programme director to work on the development of five new stations in Birmingham […]

Business

Updated details of HS2 Independent Design Panel released

28 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport has released updated details of the HS2 Independent Design Panel, created in 2015 to use the framework of the Design Vision to advise and hold to account HS2’s leadership, project teams […]

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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
  • Newark community café receives welcome support from East Midlands Railway
    6 May 2020 0
  • Rail 2050 manifesto sets out RIA’s vision for the rail industry.
    13 November 2019 0
  • Alstom reveals proposal for HS2 high-speed train
    6 June 2019 0
  • Scottish Government to progress reopening of the Levenmouth Rail Link
    9 August 2019 1
  • Wi-Fi reaches all 187 SWR railway stations
    24 September 2020 0
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