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Paul McNerney will leave Laing O'Rourke to take over as CEO of Severfield in the autumn of 2025.
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Paul McNerney to join Severfield from Laing O’Rourke

13 August 2025 Rail Insider 0

Paul McNerney, currently director of clients and government at Laing O’Rourke, has been named as the new chief executive officer of structural steel group Severfield. A Chartered Surveyor by profession, Paul will take up this […]

Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
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Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty

1 August 2025 Rail Insider 0

Hitachi Rail has completed the acquisition of digital rail monitoring business Omnicom from international infrastructure group Balfour Beatty, as first announced in January. The strategic acquisition supports the growth of Hitachi Rail’s HMAX digital asset […]

Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
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First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed

16 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for a series of trains it is building at its factory in Taubaté, Brazil, for Santiago Metro’s Line 7. In total, 37 trains five-car trains will be manufactured as […]

The new SkyTrain Mark V entered service on 10 July 2025.
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New Mark V trains enter service on Vancouver’s SkyTrain

11 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

The first of 47 new SkyTrain Mark V trains has begun operating on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver in Canada. By the end of 2025, several of these five-car trains will be running on […]

Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
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Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2

11 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

The Mobility Business of Siemens Limited, the Mumbai-based Indian subsidiary of Siemens AG, has been awarded two separate contracts by Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation, which is 50:50 jointly owned by the Government of India and […]

Business

Alstom CEO to step down

16 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Chief Executive Officer of Alstom, has announced that he will not to seek a fourth term as CEO at the end of his current term, which expires at the General Meeting called to […]

Business

Harting opens technology centre in India to meet growing requirements of Asian market

15 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

Harting Technology Group is a leading global provider of industrial connectivity with around 6,000 employees across the world in 42 sales companies, 14 production facilities and seven development sites. The company has now opened a […]

Dellner Couplers, manufacturer of coupling systems and gangways, is being acquired by Wabtec Corporation for US$960 million (£723 million) in cash
Business

Dellner Couplers acquired by Wabtec

19 March 2025 Rail Insider 0

Swedish-based Dellner Couplers, the global manufacturer of coupling systems and gangways, is to be acquired by US conglomerate Wabtec Corporation, under the terms of a definitive agreement announced on 18 March 2025. Founded in 1941 […]

Omnicom, which provides software and hardware for surveying, inspecting and monitoring rail infrastructure assets, will change hands, from Balfour Beatty to Hitachi Rail, later in 2025.
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Balfour Beatty to sell Omnicom to Hitachi Rail

17 January 2025 Rail Insider 0

Infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has announced that it has reached agreement for the sale of Omnicom, its specialist rail measurement hardware and intelligent software business, to Hitachi Rail. Omnicom provides software and hardware for surveying, […]

Unipart Rail and Racine Railroad Products UK announced a new strategic partnership at InnoTrans 2024.
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Unipart Rail and Racine Railroad Products announce strategic partnership

3 October 2024 Rail Insider 0

Unipart Rail and Racine Railroad Products UK have announced a new strategic partnership at InnoTrans 2024. Racine Railroad Products, a pioneer in innovative rail maintenance products, is a division of Racine Railroad Products Inc., which […]

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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
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…
  • 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
  • Cumbrian riverbank strengthened to protect West Coast main line
    21 October 2019 1
  • England’s stations turn purple
    3 December 2020 0
  • When uniforms aren’t standard
    12 August 2019 0
  • John Sabbas is new Bombardier head of engineering and technology
    5 September 2019 0
  • Urgent safety advice following Llangennech derailment
    6 November 2020 1
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