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Gospel Oak to Barking line extensively damaged by derailed freight wagon.

24 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

A derailed freight wagon has caused extensive damage to the Gospel Oak to Barking line in northeast London. The damage stretches for two and a half miles and will result in a great deal of […]

Governance

National Audit Office releases ‘High Speed Two: A Progress Update’

24 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The National Audit Office (NAO) issued its report High Speed Two: A Progress Update on Friday 24 January 2020, stating that HS2 is over budget and behind schedule because the Department for Transport (DfT), HS2 […]

Charity

Transform a Pacer competition winners announced

23 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The three winners of a competition to ‘Transform a Pacer’ have been announced by the Department for Transport. They have each won a Pacer carriage for community use after the DfT decided to mark the […]

Governance

New Veterans’ Railcard announced

22 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Veterans will get their own railcard from 11 November 2020, which will extend discounted train travel to the more than 830,000 veterans not covered by existing schemes. Secretary of State Grant Shapps announced that the […]

Appointments

Management buyout at Ford & Stanley Recruitment

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Ford & Stanley Recruitment, which specialises in professional, operational, executive and commercial recruitment within the rail, mechanical engineering and digital sectors, has been bought-out by its senior management. Owner and entrepreneur Peter Schofield, who remains […]

Appointments

Costain names Simon Ellison as Rail Sector Director

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Simon Ellison has been appointed to be Costain’s new rail sector director. A chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Simon joined Costain in 1997 where he has held several senior leadership […]

Business

HS2 ‘Oakervee’ report gets leaked again

20 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Government’s report into HS2 and whether it should go ahead has been leaked for a second time. A draft copy of the report by Douglas Oakervee was seen by The Times newspaper in November […]

Business

Ford Bridgend Taskforce, headed by former NR chairman, makes progress

20 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Former Network Rail chairman Professor Richard Parry-Jones CBE is heading up the Ford Bridgend Taskforce, which is assisting the workforce of Ford’s engine factory and the local community following the company’s decision to close its […]

Infrastructure

Work has begun on the new £100 million South Wales Metro depot at Taff’s Well.

20 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The South Wales Metro will significantly improve connectivity throughout South Wales and provide access to jobs, leisure and other opportunities for the people of Wales, through unifying rail, bus and active travel routes. It has […]

Infrastructure

Mossley Hill footbridge in Liverpool to be replaced

19 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail is about to replace a railway footbridge near Mossley Hill station in Liverpool that is well-used by the local community. The bridge, which connects Elmsley Road and Bridge Road in Mossley Hill, will […]

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  • Tamara Finkelstein to be CEO of Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Battery train sets new world record
  • Paul McNerney to join Severfield from Laing O’Rourke
  • Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
  • Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
  • Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
  • EMR driver training is a family affair
  • Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
  • New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
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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…
  • Dame Tamara Finkelstein will take over as chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering in February 2026.
  • 230001 sets out on its record-breaking run from Reading station.
  • Paul McNerney will leave Laing O'Rourke to take over as CEO of Severfield in the autumn of 2025.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
    Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
    12 August 2025 0
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
    Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
    7 August 2025 0
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
    Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
    7 August 2025 0
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
    EMR driver training is a family affair
    7 August 2025 0
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
    Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
    1 August 2025 0
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
    31 July 2025 0
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
    New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
    31 July 2025 0
  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
    Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
    30 July 2025 0
  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
    Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
    30 July 2025 0
  • Tony Lodge of the Centre for Policy Studies has written a report entitled Rail’s Last Chance: A four-point plan to save the railways
    Warning that Great British Railways risks repeating the mistakes of British Rail
    29 July 2025 0
  • Mace to project manage Brent Cross West station
    19 August 2020 1
  • Southeastern continues until 1 April 2020, then the Government takes over
    18 August 2019 0
  • First train from Newhaven Marine aggregate terminal
    2 July 2020 1
  • CAF reveals the train it is hoping to supply to HS2
    11 June 2019 0
  • Construction shortlist revealed for HS2 Birmingham Curzon Street station
    24 June 2020 0
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