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Repairs to Gospel Oak-Barking line continue

7 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has issued an update on its repair work on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, brought about by a derailed freight wagon damaging two and a half miles of track just after 06:00 […]

Business

Four companies to share £2.4 billion in new railway signalling contracts

7 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has announced the companies that will be its partners in railway signalling for the next five years. Dividing Great Britain into five regions, it has placed framework contracts worth an estimated £2.4 billion […]

Infrastructure

Repairs to damaged Gospel Oak-Barking line continue

27 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Work to repair the Gospel Oak to Barking line is continuing after a derailed freight wagon caused extensive damage on Thursday 23 January. The damage stretched over two and a half miles of the route, […]

Infrastructure

Gospel Oak to Barking line extensively damaged by derailed freight wagon.

24 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

A derailed freight wagon has caused extensive damage to the Gospel Oak to Barking line in northeast London. The damage stretches for two and a half miles and will result in a great deal of […]

Electrification

Network Rail successfully delivers Christmas work in the North West and Central regions

27 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

In the North West and Central region – which runs from Euston and Marylebone in London to Scotland via the West Midlands and North West – Network Rail teams took advantage of the lack of […]

Infrastructure

Christmas works ready to start

24 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As most people prepare for the Christmas break – almost the one day of the year when everything is closed and everyone has a holiday – some 20,500 Network Rail engineering staff are about to […]

Accident Investigation

Worrying failure of Cambrian line ETCS signalling system could have led to major accident

19 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

On the morning of 20 October 2017, information on temporary speed restrictions (TSRs) was not sent by the signalling system to four trains running on the Cambrian Coast line in Gwynedd, North Wales. This line […]

Business

Successful milestone for Danish signalling programme

17 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first line in Denmark to be equipped with both ERTMS (European Railway Traffic Management System) trackside and on-board signalling solutions and to be fully integrated with the Alstom’s traffic management system (TMS) has opened. […]

Infrastructure

Major resignalling work in East Sussex completed

3 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Trains running in East Sussex on the route from Lewes to Seaford, via Newhaven, on Monday 2 December marked the completion of major piece of work to resignal the line, replacing a system controlled from […]

Governance

Lorry smashes through level crossing barriers at Hartlebury, Worcestershire

23 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has released CCTV footage of a lorry smashing through closing level-crossing barriers at Hartlebury, Worcestershire. The vehicle, a white, unbranded small lorry, failed to stop at flashing red lights, completely severing one barrier […]

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  • 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
  • Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
  • Warning that Great British Railways risks repeating the mistakes of British Rail
  • BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • New Mark V trains enter service on Vancouver’s SkyTrain
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…
  • 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.
  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
  • 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
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
  • 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
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
    First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
    16 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
  • The new SkyTrain Mark V entered service on 10 July 2025.
    New Mark V trains enter service on Vancouver’s SkyTrain
    11 July 2025 0
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
    Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
    11 July 2025 0
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
    Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
    11 July 2025 0
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
    Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
    2 July 2025 0
  • Eurostar uniform picks up design of the decade award
    3 July 2019 0
  • Buckingham to build temporary Tyne and Wear Metro depot in North Tyneside
    12 July 2019 1
  • Northern trains rebranded to honour NHS heroes
    25 April 2020 0
  • Sunbelt Rentals Rail (née A-Plant Rail) invests £400K in new solar lighting towers.
    21 May 2020 0
  • HS2 successfully drives heaviest bridge under West Coast main line
    19 July 2023 0
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