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Appointments

Stephanie Evans joins Greater Anglia as environment and energy manager

22 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Stephanie Evans has joined the train operator as its new environment and energy manager. She has previously worked for two universities and facilities management firm NORSE in environment management roles. She joins just as Greater […]

Blue for NHS

Wemyss Bay station gets the ‘blue light’ treatment for NHS

22 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The beautifully restored Wemyss Bay station looked superb in blue as it was illuminated in NHS colours to salute the dedication and efforts of healthcare workers in the battle against the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Wemyss Bay […]

Accident Investigation

Freight train passes two signals at danger in West Yorkshire

21 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is investigating how a freight train passed through two signals at danger, some distance apart, then crossed a junction and damaged a set of points. The incident happened at […]

Charity

Bristol signallers help with food deliveries to hospitals and the vulnerable

21 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A team of signallers in Bristol has helped deliver more than 500 meals a week to hospitals and vulnerable people across the city during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The signallers teamed up with Bristol Food […]

Accident Investigation

RAIB annual report makes sombre reading

21 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch, which investigates accidents to discover why and how they occurred so as to learn from them and make the railways safer, has issued its annual report for 2019. It wasn’t […]

Business

TransPennine Express and Rail Gourmet donate on-board catering supplies to charity

21 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Since catering services have been suspended on train services due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, TransPennine Express (TPE) and its catering partner Rail Gourmet have been donating the stock that would normally be used for […]

Business

ETCS testing goes ahead despite COVID-19

21 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Despite the restrictions imposed by Coronavirus (COVID-19) social distancing requirements, Porterbrook, PCMS, Great Western Railway, Bombardier and DB Cargo (supported by ROG) successfully complete a programme of tests of the European Train Control System (ETCS) […]

Infrastructure

Northern City line deep-clean complete

21 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The tunnels on an underground railway are easy to overlook.  To passengers, they are just black holes that their trains emerge from, stop at the platform, then disappear into the tunnel portal at the other […]

Charity

Senior railway engineer helps vulnerable people and the NHS during Coronavirus epidemic

21 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

One of Network Rail’s senior engineer has been ‘doing his bit’ during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic by helping with an NHS Volunteer Responder Scheme that supports vulnerable people and by helping to donate personal protective […]

Business

Sunbelt Rentals Rail (née A-Plant Rail) invests £400K in new solar lighting towers.

21 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A new fleet of 25 Prolectric ProLight solar lighting towers has been purchased by Sunbelt Rental Rail – the new name for A-Plant Rail – to provide a silent, clean, carbon-free off-grid solution to temporary […]

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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
  • New railway centre of excellence to be established in East Yorkshire
    11 July 2023 0
  • Signal box moves 100 metres overnight
    13 November 2020 0
  • Richard Robinson joins Atkins as CEO
    21 October 2019 0
  • James McGowan is new public affairs director at Porterbrook
    18 February 2020 0
  • Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens remembered in mural
    12 July 2020 0
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