The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) has awarded the University of Birmingham, supported by Siemens Mobility, £15 million to establish a new railway research and innovation centre at Goole in the East Riding of […]
HS2 has commenced its procurement process for the Automated People Mover (APM) that will move passengers and visitors between Interchange station, the NEC, Birmingham International rail station and Birmingham Airport. The APM will provide an […]
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued its report into a train overspeeding at Spital Junction, Peterborough, 17 April 2022. The incident took place at around 10:20 on 17 April 2022 when the 08:20 […]
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 […]
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