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Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
Infrastructure

12-car trains to call at Basildon by December

16 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

In July 2025, work will begin to rebuild Platform 2 at Basildon station, which was closed in September 2022 due to structural defects. As result of the poor condition of Platform 2, train operator C2C […]

Governance

More trains between Bradford and London following government investment

19 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

A new platform at Bradford Forster Square station opened on 19 Mat 2025, facilitating five additional services a day between Bradford and London. Along with improved station infrastructure, the new platform will ease congestion and […]

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 […]

Engineers digging lift shafts at Warwick station have encountered unexpected buried foundations
Health & Safety

Access improvements at Warwick station delayed by unexpected foundations

4 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

The discovery of unknown foundations below Warwick station has forced Network Rail engineers to rethink a project that is intended to provide step-free access to both platforms for the first time. As part of that […]

Associations

Tea room opens in restored Bricket Wood station building

2 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

The 1903 station building at Bricket Wood, on the Watford to St Albans Abbey branch line, has opened to the public as a tea room, having been closed and bricked up in the 1960s. Taken […]

Business

New customer information screens on East Midlands Railway

17 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

East Midlands Railway (EMR) has launched a £1 million project to install 191 new customer information screens across stations in the East Midlands, including 25 with interactive functions that will offer accessibility and local information […]

Business

Procurement starts for HS2’s people mover at Interchange station

11 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

HS2 has commenced its procurement process for the Automated People Mover (APM) that will move passengers and visitors between Interchange station, the NEC, Birmingham International rail station and Birmingham Airport. The APM will provide an […]

Marsh Barton station opened to passengers on 4 July 2023.
Infrastructure

First services call at new Marsh Barton station

9 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The first train service to call at the new £16 million Marsh Baton station between Paignton and Exmouth was the 05:38 on 4 July 2023. Built by Graham for Devon County Council, the project, which […]

Buildings

Fire-damaged Troon station to be rebuilt by AmcoGiffen

9 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

AmcoGiffen has been named as the main contractor for the rebuild of the fire-damaged Troon station. Following the fire, which destroyed the station’s platform one building in July 2021, Network Rail has worked with partners, […]

Infrastructure

Morley station reopened as part of Transpennine Route Upgrade

26 June 2023 Rail Insider 0

Network Rail has completed a number of major upgrades at Morley station which included the construction of new platforms, the initiation of old platform demolition, a full signalling recontrol to Network Rail’s York Rail Operating […]

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  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
  • Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
  • Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
  • Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
  • Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
  • ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
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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…
  • 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.
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
  • 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.
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
  • 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
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
    Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
    27 June 2025 0
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
    Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
    26 June 2025 0
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
    ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
    26 June 2025 0
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
    25 June 2025 0
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
    23 June 2025 0
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
    23 June 2025 0
  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
    SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
    23 June 2025 0
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
    23 June 2025 0
  • PORR consortium to supply HS2 slab track
    5 October 2020 0
  • Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North
    9 June 2025 0
  • East Midlands Railway takes over as the operator of the East Midlands franchise
    19 August 2019 0
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