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Harsco Corporation releases Environmental, Social & Governance Report for 2019-2020

30 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Harsco Corporation, the parent company of Harsco Rail, the global supplier of railway track maintenance products and services, has released its Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Report, highlighting the company’s corporate sustainability accomplishments throughout the […]

Business

Fact-finding service runs on the Fawley branch – closed since 1966

28 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

South Western Railway has run a special Class 159 train, carrying invited guests, on the Fawley branch, otherwise known as the Waterside line. The ‘Fawley Explorer’ was a ‘fact-finding’ service, to investigate the potential re-opening […]

Appointments

Keolis Group has a new executive chairman

28 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Marie-Ange Debon has been appointed Keolis Group executive chairman by a meeting of the Group’s Supervisory Board. She will take up her post on 24 August 2020. The post of executive chairman became vacant when […]

Environment

Scottish Government plans to decarbonise Scotland’s rail passenger services by 2035

28 July 2020 Rail Insider 0

Speaking during a visit to ScotRail’s Shields Road electric fleet Depot, Transport Secretary Michael Matheson unveiled Transport Scotland’s ‘Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan’. This reflects the Scottish Government’s determination to deliver on its Programme for […]

Business

Management buyout at BCM Construction

27 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

BCM Construction has effectively changed hands as three of the management team have acquired the majority of the company’s shares. Shane O’Halloran, Stuart Jackson and Dan Wiscombe, who have a combined record of more than […]

Business

Hungarian Railways orders its first Harsco 20-stone rail grinder

27 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Harsco Rail, the global supplier of innovative railway track maintenance products and services, has signed a $10.3 million (£8 million) contract with Hungarian infrastructure manager MÁV FKG Kft-t to provide it with an EU 20-stone […]

Infrastructure

Railway closed for renewal at Hither Green

26 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The main line from Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Orpington to Charing Cross and Cannon Street will be closed through the Hither Green area, in the London Borough of Lewisham, southeast London, for nine days from Saturday […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Crossrail delivery of the Elizabeth line goes back due to COVID-19

24 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Crossrail project, to build the Elizabeth line across and under London, looks like it will be delayed again. The Crossrail board has received an update from its leadership team on how COVID-19 has affected […]

Charity

LNER will auction off historic nameplates for charity

24 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Enthusiasts and collectors are being offered the chance to own a piece of London North Eastern Railway (LNER) history as the train operator auctions off nameplates in aid of charity partner, the Campaign Against Living […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

ScotRail covers train faces to encourage passengers to do the same

24 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As worrying reports continue to come in of train passengers not wearing face coverings for all or part of their journey, two of ScotRail’s iconic high-speed Inter7City trains have covered their faces to help raise […]

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  • 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
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
  • SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
  • Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North
  • Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection
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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…
  • 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.
  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
  • 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
  • Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North
    9 June 2025 0
  • The ORR has reported on its review of revenue protection practices on the railway.
    Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection
    4 June 2025 0
  • Artist's impression of a West Yorkshire tram.
    Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost
    4 June 2025 0
  • Visualisation of a Lumo Class 222 train.
    Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom
    4 June 2025 0
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
    First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
    3 June 2025 0
  • PORR consortium to supply HS2 slab track
    5 October 2020 0
  • Richard Robinson joins Atkins as CEO
    21 October 2019 0
  • HS2 Interchange station has planning approval
    27 August 2020 0
  • Overturned lorry damages bridge and stops trains at Castle Cary
    13 August 2019 0
  • Communications upgrade for Singapore’ Downtown line
    3 September 2020 0
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