Work to stabilise a cutting at Templecombe on the Somerset/Dorset border is progressing well as Network Rail aims to have the work complete, and the railway reopen, on Monday 22 June 2020. The project has […]
Two new lifts at Lichfield Trent Valley station will make life easier for passengers, providing step-free transfers between the West Coast main line platforms used by London Northwestern Railway trains (Platforms 1 and 2) and […]
Wabtec has announced that it is looking to shed 450 people from its workforce in Doncaster. That is nearly half the company’s workforce at that site. It would be easy to put this move down […]
Claire Martin has been named as the new executive director of Keolis’ Industrial Department, which includes the company’s operations and maintenance activities, centres of expertise (including infrastructure, energy and transition, industrial asset management, on-board systems, […]
Severfield, the structural steel group that has made a number of major bridges for the rail network, including the Ordsall Chord in Manchester, has announced the appointment of Kevin Whiteman as non-executive chairman with effect […]
HS2 has launched its ‘Innovation Accelerator’ – a search for entrepreneurial ideas that can help drive project efficiencies and create wider long-term economic benefits around the scheme. The Innovation Accelerator is a call-to-arms for individuals […]
HydroFLEX, the UK’s first hydrogen-powered train, which is being developed by the University of Birmingham and industry partner Porterbrook, will benefit from a £400,000 grant from the Department for Transport. The grant, which is part […]
VolkerFitzpatrick has been contracted to build the new Tyne and Wear Metro depot at Gosforth, near Regent Centre Metro station and within walking distance of Newcastle Freeman Hospital. The contract was placed by Swiss train […]
Leading specialist engineering and construction services company Keltbray has announced a programme of redundancies due to the economic impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking on 10 June, chief operating officer Vince Corrigan looked back to the […]
Network Certification Body, the Network Rail subsidiary that provides a system-wide approach to railway assurance and certification on infrastructure, vehicle and plant projects, has appointed Dr George Bearfield to its board as a non-executive director. […]
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