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Poor showing by rail in DfT’s list of Nationally Significant Transport Infrastructure Projects

21 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has released both a definition of what a ‘nationally significant infrastructure project’ actually is and a list transport projects where application decisions are available. The definition of a nationally significant […]

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Poor showing by rail in DfT’s list of Nationally Significant Transport Infrastructure Projects

21 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has released both a definition of what a ‘nationally significant infrastructure project’ actually is and a list transport projects where application decisions are available. The definition of a nationally significant […]

Business

HS2 given permission to start construction

15 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

HS2 has formally begun the construction phase of the project as it has issued Notices to Proceed to the four main works civils contractors working on the project – SCS Railways, Align JV, EKFB JV, […]

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Coronavirus stops work on Crossrail

24 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that it has temporarily suspended work at all TfL and Crossrail construction sites to help limit the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Announcing the move, London’s Transport Commissioner Mike Brown […]

Electrification

Grant Shapps addresses rail industry concerns in letter to Transport Select Committee

6 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published a letter from Secretary of State Grant Shapps to the Transport Select Committee in which he answers a number of questions about the future of the rail network. […]

Business

Minister speaks on HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail

27 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The government’s plans for both HS2 and the Northern Powerhouse became a little clearer following a speech by Andrew Stephenson MP, Minister of State at the Department for Transport with special responsibility for HS2, Northern […]

Business

Government developing High Speed North – an integrated rail plan for the Midlands and the North

21 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it is working on an integrated rail plan for the Midlands and the North – High Speed North. The Oakervee Review into HS2, published on 11 February […]

Infrastructure

First iconic London Underground roundel signs fitted to new Northern Line extension stations

20 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The new extension to London Underground’s Northern line has come one step closer to completion with the installation of the first iconic ‘roundel’ station name signs. A total of 113 new roundels will be required […]

Business

HS2 gets the go-ahead – and so does Northern Powerhouse Rail

11 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

On the same day that government released the report of the Oakervee Review into HS2, Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood in the House of Commons and announced: “The Cabinet has given high speed rail the […]

Business

Oakervee report recommends HS2 goes ahead

11 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The Oakervee Review into HS2 has finally been published by the Department for Transport after it was delayed by the general election. It recommends that, on balance, Ministers should proceed with the HS2 project, subject […]

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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
British Steel Christmas 2019 Crossrail HS2 London Overground London Underground Network Rail Northern Ireland Northern Powerhouse RAIB Scotland TfL Trako Unipart USA Wales West Midlands
  • 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
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
    12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
    16 July 2025 0
  • Michael Peter to be sole CEO of Siemens Mobility as Sabrina Soussan moves on
    10 July 2020 0
  • Swedish data communications specialist Westermo acquires Switzerland’s Neratec Solutions
    8 July 2019 0
  • Wales' first tram trains are now at their new depot at Taff's Well
    First Tram Trains for South Wales Metro unveiled
    31 July 2023 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
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