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Ellie Burrows is new Anglia route director at Network Rail

6 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Ellie Burrows, the former train services director at Southeastern, has taken up her new post as Network Rail’s route director for Anglia. One of four new routes that make up Network Rail’s Eastern region, Anglia […]

Business

Dissenting Report claims HS2 is the wrong and expensive solution

5 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Lord Berkeley, who was formerly deputy chairman of the government-commissioned Oakervee Review into the future of HS2, has published his own report evaluating the project’s status and making suggestions for its future. In his report, […]

Appointments

Paul McMahon is new MD of Network Rail’s System Operator

2 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Paul McMahon has been named as the interim managing director of Network Rail’s System Operator, replacing Jo Kaye. Previously managing director for Freight and National Passenger Operators, Paul has also been head of the Industry […]

Governance

New station for Aldridge is ‘viable’

28 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

A feasibility study conducted for Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has confirmed that proposals to open a new railway station at Aldridge are viable. The new station, replacing one that closed in 1965, could serve […]

Events

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 […]

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  • Campaigners urge PM to support more cross-Channel rail services
  •  Plan launched to improve Yorkshire’s rail network
  • Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”
  • Cambridge South station infrastructure upgrades complete
  • Alstom CEO to step down
  • Passenger assistance can be improved still further, regulator concludes
  • New Academy to offer pre-apprenticeship programme for young people
  • Siemens Mobility to install new mobile battery charging demonstrator at Long Marston
  • East West Rail / HS2 crossing earthworks completed
  • Ticketing specialist Unicard acquires Ecebs from Visa
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…
  • Image of East West Rail overbridge at Calvert Nov 2023.
  • Cambridge South station infrastructure upgrades complete
    16 May 2025 0
  • Alstom CEO to step down
    16 May 2025 0
  • Passenger assistance can be improved still further, regulator concludes
    15 May 2025 0
  • New Academy to offer pre-apprenticeship programme for young people
    15 May 2025 0
  • Siemens Mobility to install new mobile battery charging demonstrator at Long Marston
    27 November 2023 0
  • Image of East West Rail overbridge at Calvert Nov 2023.
    East West Rail / HS2 crossing earthworks completed
    24 November 2023 0
  • The acquisition of Ecebs from Visa will allow Unicard to add EMV solutions to its portfolio
    Ticketing specialist Unicard acquires Ecebs from Visa
    10 August 2023 0
  • Connecticut Department of Transportation has ordered 60 single-level rail cars from Alstom with options for 313 more
    Connecticut orders 60 Alstom railroad cars with options for 313 more
    9 August 2023 0
  • Engineers digging lift shafts at Warwick station have encountered unexpected buried foundations
    Access improvements at Warwick station delayed by unexpected foundations
    4 August 2023 0
  • Collision at Loversall Carr junction caused largely by driver fatigue
    3 August 2023 0
  • Signal box moves 100 metres overnight
    13 November 2020 0
  • HS2 given permission to start construction
    15 April 2020 1
  • Harting sells off Systems business to concentrate on connector technology
    19 July 2023 0
  • MP visits rail industry despite lockdown
    5 June 2020 1
  • Only 60 per cent of passengers wearing face coverings
    16 July 2020 0
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