Thalys, the high-speed international train operator that carries more than 7.8 million passengers a year to destinations in Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, has renewed its contract for high-speed wireless internet-connectivity with Icomera. Thalys […]
Great Western Railway (GWR) has taken delivery of the first train in the UK able to run on overhead and third-rail electric lines and under its own diesel power. The so-called ‘tri-mode’ train is expected […]
Northern Ireland took a battering from Storm Francis, with the Antrim line flooded. Hard work by the Translink team had the line reopened by lunchtime on 25 August 2020. However, passengers were warned that the […]
While other train operators have brightened up trains with rainbows to celebrate Pride, Avanti West Coast is the first to have completely wrapped a train in Pride colours and had it staffed entirely by an […]
Royal BAM Group has announced that John (Jonathan) Wilkinson has been appointed as the new chief operating officer for the group’s civil engineering business. He will be joining the Netherlands-based group from SNC-Lavalin, where he […]
Following the disastrous accident at Carmont, near Stonehaven, on 12 August 2020, Network Rail has commissioned two taskforces to help its understanding and response to severe weather events and to improve its management of its […]
The Ely area capacity enhancement (EACE) programme is a Network Rail proposal to upgrade the railway and allow more trains to run through Ely. It aims both to improve connectivity and reliability for passenger services […]
Arterio is to be the new name for the new £1 billion train fleet that South Western Railway (SWR) is buying from Bombardier Transportation. Unveiled by SWR’s managing director Mark Hopwood during a special event […]
Boulderstones bridge, which takes the A530 Middlewich Road over the railway between Crewe and Chester, has been renewed by Network Rail in a £5.7 million project and the line reopened to passengers. Middlewich Road will […]
Daniel Pyke has joined Kloeckner Metals UK as business development manager and the company’s resident rail expert. Formerly marketing manager at British Steel, Daniel joined the company when it was Corus back in 2001. He […]
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