GWR is realising its ambition to run three trains an hour on North Downs line, between Reading and Redhill. Eight extra weekday trains will now run every weekday – four in each direction – which […]
The long-term ambition of the Welsh Government is to have around 30 per cent of Welsh workers working from home or close to home, even after the threat of Covid-19 is over. The Coronavirus restrictions […]
For the first time, a hydrogen-powered train is running in regular passenger service for ÖBB, the Austrian Federal Railways. The Coradia iLint, built by Alstom in Salzgitter, Germany, uses on-board fuel cells to convert hydrogen […]
For the first time, Avanti West Coast has operated its Pendolino fleet without power under damaged overhead wires to keep to its planned timetable. Following the discovery of a defect with the overhead line equipment […]
Dr Luke Prendergast, assistant professor in civil engineering at the University of Nottingham, considers the problems caused by the railway’s aging infrastructure. The UK has an ageing rail network that is under increasing pressure from […]
Chris Burchell, managing director of Arriva UK trains for the last six years, has announced that he will be leaving the rail industry in mid-October to take up a new challenge in the energy sector. […]
An application by Banks Mining, to open a new coal mine in Northumberland, has been rejected by the government after four years of wrangling. The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Government, Robert Jenrick, […]
The contract to carry out strengthening work to three railway bridges on Network Rail’s Wessex route in the South of England has been awarded to Dyer & Butler. Under the terms of the contract, the […]
Five years to the day since Her Majesty The Queen opened the Borders Railway between Edinburgh, Midlothian, and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders on 9 September 2015, the Campaign for Borders Rail continues to argue […]
Three historic railway bridges in Darlington, Co Durham, are due to be refurbished and restored to their former glory – and colour schemes. As part of a £60,000 project, Network Rail is working in partnership […]
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