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Edinburgh-Glasgow line closed for two months after canal breaches its banks, severely damaging railway

18 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

When Scotland’s Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, which runs between Falkirk and Edinburgh, breached its bank at Muiravonside on the morning of Wednesday 12 August, thousands of gallons of water poured onto the surrounding area, […]

Community

Northern celebrates its gardens, allotments and a nursery

16 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Volunteer station adopters and gardeners around the country spend their own time to make their local stations look bright and cheery. Across the Northern network, stations are home to displays of flowers, herbs and vegetables, […]

Appointments

Railway remembers Euston’s first black guard

15 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Monday 15 August 1966 was a significant day in terms of race relations on Britain’s railways. It was the day that Asquith Xavier started work as a guard at London Euston station. Asquith Xavier was […]

Associations

Community Rail Awards shortlist is published

13 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The shortlist for the 2020 Community Rail Awards has been announced. Organised every year by the Community Rail Network (formerly known as the Association of Community Rail Partnerships – ACoRP), awards are presented in 13 […]

Europe

First two tunnel boring machines for HS2 near completion

11 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will excavate the twin-bore Chiltern tunnel for HS2 are almost complete at the factory in Germany, . They will be operated by HS2’s main works contractor, Align […]

Infrastructure

First major bridge installed for HS2 project

9 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

HS2 has completed its first major piece of infrastructure with the installation of a large bridge over the M42 in the West Midlands. Work to install a 65-metre bridge, weighing 2,750 tonnes and spanning the […]

Infrastructure

Lifeboat ramp repaired alongside work on Cumbrian Coast line

7 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Rail workers protecting the Cumbrian Coast line from the effects of extreme weather and erosion have rebuilt a section of public slipway used to launch RNLI lifeboats. Every winter, the railway along the Cumbrian coast […]

Heritage

Grade II listed Gauxholme viaduct in Lancashire to be refurbished

7 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Gauxholme viaduct in Lancashire, designed by George Stephenson, built in 1840 and Grade II listed, is to receive a makeover as part of a £3.7 million Network Rail project. The 180-year-old bridge spans the Rochdale […]

Infrastructure

New signalling at Hither Green as £81m project completes on time

4 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

New signalling in the Hither Green area of Lewisham, south-east London, is now in operation after Network Rail completed its two-year project with a nine-day closure of routes across South East London. The old system, […]

Business

SVR is back in business

2 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Severn Valley Railway is back in business after being closed since mid-March due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. Hauled by GWR 2857, the first service left Kidderminster town station at 10:15 on Saturday 1 […]

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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
  • River Wriggle bridge to be replaced at Yetminster
    17 January 2020 1
  • Liam Day promoted to GBRf commercial director
    4 March 2020 0
  • New HS2 site access relieves pressure on local roads
    19 August 2020 0
  • VolkerFitzpatrick appoints WSP to deliver design on new Brent Cross West station
    8 June 2020 1
  • Japan’s latest bullet train relies on NSK bearings
    30 November 2020 0
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