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New Greater Anglia UK-made trains enter service

27 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Greater Anglia has introduced its new Bombardier Class 720 electric trains into passenger service. Two of the new five-car units were coupled together to form ten carriages for the 16:10 service to London Liverpool Street […]

Heritage

£1.2 million facelift for Burgess Hill station

26 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The platform canopies at Burgess Hill station, on the Brighton main line in West Sussex, have been refurbished as part of a £1.2 million facelift that has also seen improvements made to the station building. […]

Infrastructure

Laser scans help plan Ribblehead viaduct refurbishment

23 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

As part of a major restoration project to secure the future of the Ribblehead viaduct, laser scanners and drones have been used to map every inch of the iconic structure. North Yorkshire’s most recognisable railway […]

Events

Removing swans from the railway

19 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

When hearing about animals on the railway, one tends to think about the occasional escaped cow. Indeed, the Polmont accident in Scotland on 30 July 1984, which killed 13 people and injured another 61, was […]

Governance

ORR consults on the continued operation of Mark 1 coaches and stock without central door locking

14 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has launched an industry consultation on the application of the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 (RSR 99) to Mark 1-type and hinged-door rolling stock when operated on railway infrastructure […]

Infrastructure

Removal of derailed Sheffield freight train continues

13 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The recovery of a derailed freight train that came off the rails in Sheffield station on Wednesday 11 November will continue over the weekend, as will work to fix track and signalling equipment which was […]

Buildings

Signal box moves 100 metres overnight

13 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The signal box at Lowdham in Nottinghamshire recently crossed the tracks to a new location just 100 metres away from where it has stood for over 120 years. It controlled train movements on the busy […]

Charity

Glenfinnan viaduct turns red on Armistice Day

11 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

On Wednesday 11 November 2020, the 102nd anniversary of Armistice Day, the iconic Glenfinnan viaduct lit up in ‘poppy’ as a tribute to all those who have lost their lives in defence of the country. […]

Heritage

Repairs underway to historic railway footbridge

5 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A unique footbridge, that is normally suspended from the piers of the Roxburgh railway viaduct in the Scottish Borders, has been removed for refurbishment. The Roxburgh viaduct formerly carried the St Boswells to Kelso railway […]

Europe

Runaway metro train caught by whale!

2 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

In a bizarre accident, a metro train crashed through buffers at De Akkers station in Spijkenisse, on the outskirts of Rotterdam. The station is at a high level but, rather than plunging eight metres down […]

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  • 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
  • Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
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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…
  • 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.
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
  • 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
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
    BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
    23 July 2025 0
  • TfL orders 11 additional trains for DLR
    30 June 2023 0
  • Belgian railways hit by cable theft
    31 August 2019 1
  • Minister speaks on HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail
    27 February 2020 0
  • Derailed freight train at Eastleigh causes ongoing disruption
    1 February 2020 1
  • MD appointed for Keolis Downer’s Adelaide Metro
    6 November 2020 0
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