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MBE for TfL’s Natalie Gordon

28 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Natalie Gordon, who works in Transport for London’s (TfL) contact centre resolving customer queries and concerns, has been recognised as a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours for services to […]

Infrastructure

Major track renewals near Grantham completed on time

27 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Over Christmas 2019, Network Rail completed a £2.1 million project to renew almost 4km (2.4 miles) of track just south of Grantham. Network Rail’s Track Renewal System (TRS) began work after the last service on […]

Electrification

Network Rail successfully delivers Christmas work in the North West and Central regions

27 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

In the North West and Central region – which runs from Euston and Marylebone in London to Scotland via the West Midlands and North West – Network Rail teams took advantage of the lack of […]

Infrastructure

Huddersfield Platform 2 extended

27 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Platform 2 at Huddersfield station was successfully extended over the Christmas holiday so that it can accommodate new, longer trains. Network Rail has been working on site at Huddersfield since November. However, the bulk of […]

Infrastructure

Christmas works ready to start

24 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As most people prepare for the Christmas break – almost the one day of the year when everything is closed and everyone has a holiday – some 20,500 Network Rail engineering staff are about to […]

Governance

Manchester Metrolink’s Trafford Park line set to open seven months early

20 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Manchester Metrolink’s new £350 million Trafford Park line (TPL) will start operating from April, subject to final testing and driver training. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham made the announcement to mark the start of […]

Accident Investigation

Investigation into fatal accident at Tyseley depot

20 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has announced that it has launched an investigation into the recent fatal accident at West Midlands Trains’ depot at Tyseley, Birmingham. Rail Inquirer understands that, at about 20:00 on […]

Business

Handbook for International Contingency Management published

19 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Freight Forward coalition has published a contingency management handbook in an effort to avoid major disruption to the European railway network, such as happened at Rastatt in 2017 when a tunnel under construction […]

Accident Investigation

Worrying failure of Cambrian line ETCS signalling system could have led to major accident

19 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

On the morning of 20 October 2017, information on temporary speed restrictions (TSRs) was not sent by the signalling system to four trains running on the Cambrian Coast line in Gwynedd, North Wales. This line […]

Infrastructure

New entrance opens at London’s Finsbury Park station.

17 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A new, larger entrance to Transport for London’s Finsbury Park station has been opened, creating a new step-free route into the station that will ease congestion for passengers. The upgrade has provided lifts to the […]

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  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
  • Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
  • Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
  • 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
British Steel Christmas 2019 Crossrail HS2 London Overground London Underground Network Rail Northern Ireland Northern Powerhouse RAIB Scotland TfL Trako USA Wales West Midlands
  • 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…
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
  • 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.
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
    Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
    11 July 2025 0
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
    Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
    2 July 2025 0
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
    Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
    27 June 2025 0
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
    Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
    26 June 2025 0
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
    ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
    26 June 2025 0
  • 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
  • MBE for TfL’s Natalie Gordon
    28 December 2019 0
  • James Le Couilliard joins development team at Rock Rail
    27 May 2020 0
  • Keolis Group has a new executive chairman
    28 July 2020 1
  • £1.2 million facelift for Burgess Hill station
    26 November 2020 0
  • “Acceptable offer” for British Steel received from Turkey
    16 August 2019 0
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