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Heritage

Planning application could see new station at Soham by 2022

4 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Plans to build a new railway station at Soham have progressed to the next stage as Network Rail has submitted an application to East Cambridgeshire District Council for permitted development rights to build it. The […]

Business

HS2 station wins world-first ‘Outstanding’ certificate for sustainable design

3 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

HS2’s Interchange station, which will be built near Solihull and the NEC in the West Midlands and will both serve Birmingham Airport and act as the junction for the spur to Birmingham Curzon Street from […]

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 […]

Blue for NHS

Bristol Temple Meads turns blue to celebrate NHS

23 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As the national ‘Clap for the NHS’ took place for the fifth time during this Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, it was Bristol Temple Meads station that was lit up in blue to show solidarity with front-line […]

Blue for NHS

Glasgow Central station gets the ‘Blue’ treatment

17 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

This week, it was the turn of Glasgow Central station to get the blue light as Network Rail and Scotrail – Scotland’s Railway – honoured the work of NHS frontline staff, and other key workers. […]

Blue for NHS

Glasgow Queen Street station goes blue to salute NHS heroes

10 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

It was the turn of the new glass frontage of Glasgow Queen Street Station to be lit-up in blue on 9 April to show solidarity with key workers and frontline NHS staff all across the […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

NHS clinic opens at Birmingham New Street station

24 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The NHS is using an empty shop at Birmingham New Street station as an outpatient clinic, so that patients may have routine blood tests away from hospital. Network Rail is making a former retail unit […]

Business

Balfour Beatty to redevelop Motherwell station

18 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Infrastructure contractor Balfour Beatty has been chosen to develop a new integrated regional transport hub at Motherwell station. Work on the £14.5 million redevelopment scheme, which will create a gateway to the Glasgow City Region, […]

Charity

New mural honours Cricklewood’s aviation heritage

7 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Thameslink’s station at Cricklewood has been brightened up with a 24-metre mural that looks back to a time when the town was a centre of world aviation. Sir Frederick Handley Page went down in history […]

Heritage

Restored clocktower at Cleethorpes station wins a heritage award

20 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The clock tower at Cleethorpes station, a Grade II listed landmark, has been restored thanks to a £410,000 restoration project. Network Rail worked with the Railway Heritage Trust (RHT), TransPennine Express and Colt to dismantle […]

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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
  • Elizabeth line now fully open as timetable changes
    22 May 2023 0
  • John Sabbas is new Bombardier head of engineering and technology
    5 September 2019 0
  • Evelyn gets her bear for Christmas, thanks to LNER
    24 December 2020 0
  • Southern train crew thank key workers in music video
    15 May 2020 0
  • Updated details of HS2 Independent Design Panel released
    28 April 2020 0
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