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Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
Business

Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia

26 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

The Czech Ministry of Transport has awarded a 15-year contract worth €750 million (£640 million) to Sunderland-based Arriva to operate long-distance electric rail services from December 2028, serving cities west of Prague on routes to […]

ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
Business

ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden

26 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) – a popular form of in-cab digital signalling – has been deployed on one of Sweden’s most critical rail lines for freight transport, the Iron Ore Line (known […]

Europe

Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille

25 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

Eurostar services between London and Paris have been delayed and cancelled due to severe problems on the LGV Nord line near Lille. First, two trespassers were hit by trains near Lille on Tuesday 24 June […]

Appointments

VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing

23 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

The UK’s largest private rail freight wagon hire company, VTG Rail, has appointed Matt Hannant as its new Head of Sales and Marketing. Matt is 43 and joins VTG from the water and lighting sectors. […]

Appointments

Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment

23 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

Multinational engineering and consulting group SYSTRA has appointed Gareth Davies as Market Director for Water & Environment in the UK & Ireland to help the business grow its strength in the market. He will lead […]

Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
Business

SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom

23 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

French state-owned train operator SNCF Voyageurs has placed an order with Alstom for an additional 96 additional RER NG trainsets for the RER D line in order to complete and renew the fleet on this […]

Governance

Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North

23 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

Transport for the North board members, meeting in Liverpool, have restated their ambition for transport infrastructure needed to unlock economic growth. Ahead of the government’s infrastructure pipeline, expected later this month, TfN board members called […]

Governance

Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North

9 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reveals how the disparity in transport spending between the North and London has ballooned over the last ten years. In the report ‘On track to prosperity: Great Northern […]

The ORR has reported on its review of revenue protection practices on the railway.
Governance

Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection

4 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

After concerns were raised about how rules on fare evasion are enforced, rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published a report on its review of how the rail industry handles revenue […]

Artist's impression of a West Yorkshire tram.
Governance

Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost

4 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

Plans by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority have secured a major funding boost from the government as Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the allocation of £2.1 billion of local transport funding to West Yorkshire. This […]

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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
  • £150 million project to remodel Gatwick Airport station announced
    13 July 2019 0
  • Government developing High Speed North – an integrated rail plan for the Midlands and the North
    21 February 2020 0
  • Lizzie Power is Avanti West Coast’s employee director
    22 June 2020 0
  • CAF reveals the train it is hoping to supply to HS2
    11 June 2019 0
  • West Midlands Mayor presses PM to bring forward promised transport funding
    2 May 2020 0
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