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  • [ 16 July 2025 ] First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed Business
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London’s Lost Property Office to move after 86 years at Baker Street

10 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

After 86 years, Transport for London’s Lost Property Office will be moving out of the premises at 200 Baker Street it has occupied since 1933 to a new home in South Kensington. Its new facility […]

Business

New mobile antennas ready for 5G revolution

10 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The latest mobile phone technology, 5G, will bring data transmission that is up to 100 times faster than with LTE (4G), reaching wireless data transmission speeds of up to 20 Gbit/s. It will provide rail […]

Events

ScotRail employee praised on World Suicide Prevention Day

10 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

ScotRail customer service team leader Christopher Harvie has been praised for his quick-thinking when he intervened to help a distressed customer in Haymarket station recently. His swift actions to comfort the customer and usher them […]

Business

First Class 230 diesel/battery hybrid train runs on the national network

10 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As the UK’s rail decarbonisation programme is getting into full swing, the UK’s first ever passenger-carrying diesel/battery hybrid train has run on the national network. Class 230 train number 230002 ran between Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh […]

Europe

New Class 777 train for Merseyrail commences factory testing

8 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The first of 52 new trains for the Merseyrail network is taking shape at Stadler’s factories in Altenrhein, Switzerland, and Siedlce in Poland. To coincide with its release of a video showing the new trains’ […]

Heritage

Rocket to be displayed at National Railway Museum as part of Brass, Steel and Fire exhibition

8 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Legendary steam locomotive Rocket, designed by George and Robert Stephenson and built in 1829 for the Rainhill Trials, will be on display at the National Railway Museum, York, for at least ten years from 26 […]

Asset Management

Danish infrastructure manager Banedanmark chooses Fugro’s RILA system to survey its rail network

7 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Denmark’s infrastructure manager Banedanmark has awarded Fugro a four-year framework agreement for train-borne LiDAR (Light Detecting And Ranging) scanning of its infrastructure using its award-winning RILA system for quick and accurate digital surveys. Banedanmark manages […]

Community

Transform a Pacer competition to recycle Class 144 carriages for the community

6 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a competition to find the best community use for a recycled ‘Pacer’ train. Under the title ‘Transform a Pacer’, community groups across the North have been invited to […]

Infrastructure

Work on Dawlish sea wall continues after the summer break

5 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

After a break for the summer tourist season, Network Rail is restarting its upgrade of the sea wall at Dawlish, Devon, so as to provide greater protection to the railway and town from rising sea […]

Events

New Art on the Underground planned for the Northern line extension.

5 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Art on the Underground, the organisation funded by Transport for London that invites artists to create projects for London Underground, has commissioned two pieces of original art for the Northern line extension. Samara Scott, who […]

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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
  • Germany: Man arrested for sabotaging high-speed line
    22 March 2020 0
  • Northern City line deep-clean complete
    21 May 2020 0
  • European Commission grants conditional approval for Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier Transportation
    1 August 2020 0
  • Public-access defibrillators installed at GTR stations
    11 December 2019 0
  • Paul Wilson moves to DB ESG
    14 October 2020 0
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