Hitachi Rail’s has been awarded an eight-year contract by TransPennine Trains Limited and Angel Trains to maintain their 19 ‘Nova 1’ intercity Class 802 trains. Worth £240 million, the new contract will help retain over […]
Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight has reopened to railway traffic after having been closed for nine months. In that time, contractors have strengthened the 143-year-old, 686-metre-long Victorian structure to return it to its […]
The first train service to call at the new £16 million Marsh Baton station between Paignton and Exmouth was the 05:38 on 4 July 2023. Built by Graham for Devon County Council, the project, which […]
AmcoGiffen has been named as the main contractor for the rebuild of the fire-damaged Troon station. Following the fire, which destroyed the station’s platform one building in July 2021, Network Rail has worked with partners, […]
As part of the Railway Industry Association (RIA) Rail Fellowship Programme, Miriam Cates, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, recently visited Linbrooke Rail, a leading contractor providing advanced signalling, power, and communications solutions across the UK […]
TransPennine Express (TPE), the train operator recently taking under government control after First Group’s contract was not renewed, has added 13 new languages to its state-of-the-art digital information screens to improve communications with its diverse […]
Currently the customer services director for East Midlands Railway, Neil Grabham will take up the post of managing director of Merseyrail from mid-August. Neil, who has a wealth of experience both from the rail sector […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that Anit Chandarana will be the interim director general of its new Rail Infrastructure Group. Anit will join on secondment from Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) where […]
For the first time in the UK, Blockchain will now be used to improve rail possession planning thanks to a recent partnership between infrastructure consultancy Amey and technology company Finboot. Amey will pioneer the new […]
The Department for Transport has announced that passengers across the South East from Shepperton to Shoeburyness will benefit from simpler, more flexible and better value train travel as the next 53 stations set to introduce […]
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