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The acquisition of Ecebs from Visa will allow Unicard to add EMV solutions to its portfolio
Business

Ticketing specialist Unicard acquires Ecebs from Visa

10 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

Unicard, which provides of smart ticketing and payment solutions to transport sector, has announced that is has purchased smart ticketing specialist Ecebs from Visa. The acquisition will allow Unicard to add contactless EMV, which allows […]

Connecticut Department of Transportation has ordered 60 single-level rail cars from Alstom with options for 313 more
Business

Connecticut orders 60 Alstom railroad cars with options for 313 more

9 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

The USA’s Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has awarded Alstom an order for 60 single-level rail cars valued at approximately US$315 million (approximately £246 million) as part of CTDOT’s coach renewal program for its statewide […]

Engineers digging lift shafts at Warwick station have encountered unexpected buried foundations
Health & Safety

Access improvements at Warwick station delayed by unexpected foundations

4 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

The discovery of unknown foundations below Warwick station has forced Network Rail engineers to rethink a project that is intended to provide step-free access to both platforms for the first time. As part of that […]

Accident Investigation

Collision at Loversall Carr junction caused largely by driver fatigue

3 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into a collision between two freight trains that took place at Loversall Carr Junction near Doncaster on 5 July 2022. On that day, at around […]

Associations

Tea room opens in restored Bricket Wood station building

2 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

The 1903 station building at Bricket Wood, on the Watford to St Albans Abbey branch line, has opened to the public as a tea room, having been closed and bricked up in the 1960s. Taken […]

Two young men were arrested inside a mail train and charged with theft
Governance

Police thwart attempt to steal mail from train

2 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

British Transport Police (BTP) officers were called to the line in Lockerbie at 01:42 on the morning f 1 August 2023) following reports that two young men had gained access to a Royal Mail train, […]

Jason McCartney MP (third left) visited the University of Huddersfield's Institute of Railway Research with the team from RIA North
Associations

West Yorkshire MP visits University of Huddersfield Institute of Railway Research

2 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

As part of the Railway Industry Association’s Rail Fellowship Programme, Jason McCartney, Conservative MP for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, visited the Institute of Railway Research (IRR), a leading centre for railway engineering research linked […]

ORR has issued guidance on Safety Management Systems for minor and heritage railways
Governance

Rail regulator issues safety guidance for minor and heritage railways

1 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

Rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released guidance that will help minor and heritage railways to interpret and apply the specific requirements of the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) […]

Two teenage boys were electrocuted over the same weekend in separate incidents in Scotland
Electrification

Two teenagers electrocuted over one weekend

1 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

Two teenagers were electrocuted in separate incidents on the railway in Scotland over the weekend of 29/30 July 2023, prompting urgent safety warnings from British Transport Police (BTP). On Saturday 29 July, shortly after 21:00, […]

Repairing the culvert at Aylesbury will close the railway for 12 days
Infrastructure

Major work to close railway in Aylesbury area

31 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

Three important pieces of work will disrupt rail travel in the Aylesbury, Princes Risborough and Amersham area for three months. Firstly, Network Rail will close the line between Aylesbury, Princes Risborough and Amersham for 12 […]

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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
  • Northern Powerhouse Rail depends on HS2
    18 June 2019 0
  • LNER reinstates Hull services
    31 March 2020 0
  • British Steel to exhibit at Trako in September
    21 August 2019 0
  • Dissenting Report claims HS2 is the wrong and expensive solution
    5 January 2020 0
  • Repairs underway on Cumbrian Coast line
    26 March 2020 2
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