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Appointments

Hill & Smith appoints Paul Simmons to be its new chief executive

2 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Hill & Smith Holdings, the Solihull-based international manufacturing group, has announced that Paul Simmons will be its new chief executive, replacing Derek Muir, who is retiring at the end of the year. Paul, who has […]

Appointments

Darren James joins Keltbray as group CEO

1 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Darren James has taken over as group chief executive officer of the Keltbray Group, taking over from Brendan Kerr who has moved to the role of executive chairman. Darren is no stranger to the rail […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Rail travel drops still further

31 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has announced that rail travel, in the second week of the Coronavirus (CORVID-19) epidemic, has dropped still further. The figures, which he shared with followers in a tweet, […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

LNER reinstates Hull services

31 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has stepped into the gap left by the suspension of Hull Trains services and has reinstated its own service from Hull to London and back. The LNER services had been […]

Business

LNER diverts food to charities and NHS frontline staff

30 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The charity FareShare Yorkshire’s is benefitting from the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic as London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is diverting sandwiches, normally used for on-board catering, to this worthy cause. Onboard catering has been temporarily […]

Business

Southeastern contracted until 2021

30 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

With the Coronavirus (COVID-19) affecting everything, and train operators running under an emergency measures agreement for at least the next six months, the Department for Transport is understandably not prepared to make major short-term changes […]

Business

GWR signs agreement to operate until 2023

30 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

First Group, which yesterday suspended all services by its open-access train operator Hull Trains, has signed a new direct-award agreement to ensure continuity of Great Western Railway (GWR) services from London to the West and […]

Business

Hull Trains suspends all services

29 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 4

Hull Trains, the open-access operator that normally runs 92 services a week from Hull to London, is suspending operations after the last train on Sunday 29 March 2020 “to safeguard the future of the business”. […]

Appointments

Neil Hannah is new chairman of Network Certification Body

27 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Neil Hannah has been appointed as chairman of Network Certification Body (NCB), succeeding Tim Dugher. NCB is the Network Rail subsidiary that provides a system-wide approach to railway assurance and certification on infrastructure, vehicle and […]

Charity

Network Rail and the Army work together to make urgent NHS delivery

27 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has responded to a request by the army for assistance in delivering two lorry loads of protective medical face masks for frontline workers in the NHS. Railway workers uses Network Rail vehicles for […]

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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
  • Government to invest extra £350 million on digital signalling for East Coast main line
    22 June 2020 1
  • Northern highlights assistance available to passengers
    1 October 2020 0
  • First new Merseyrail Class 777 train arrives
    15 January 2020 0
  • HS2 station wins world-first ‘Outstanding’ certificate for sustainable design
    3 May 2020 1
  • Emergency repairs to bridge in Warwickshire
    23 October 2020 0
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