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Heritage

Historic parcel bridge at Worcester Shrub Hill station set for restoration

5 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has announced that a Grade II listed bridge at Worcester Shrub Hill station will be restored over the winter. The former luggage bridge is a feature of the Georgian-style station that was built […]

Governance

New £15 million programme to develop options for Edinburgh’s Waverley Western Approaches

5 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Transport Scotland will fund a £15 million programme to develop options to improve the western approaches to Edinburgh Waverley station. This is a critical location on the Scottish rail network. The four-track railway approaching Edinburgh […]

Heritage

Keolis Amey Metrolink and Pod-Trak help Heaton Park Tramway recover from theft of overhead wires

5 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Friends and supporters of Manchester’s Heaton Park Tramway, which is run by the Manchester Transport Museum Society, were devastated to find that it was targeted by thieves. During the night of Monday 23 September 2019, […]

Events

C2C City to Coast photo competition winner announced

3 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Train operator C2C has announced the winners of its City to Coast Views photography competition. Local people were asked to share photos of their favourite view along the C2C line. The shortlist was released in […]

Charity

Network Rail signaller Manny Kang raises £40,000 for Dementia UK

3 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Manny (Manjinder) Kang, a Network Rail signaller, has been nominated for a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award after raising more than £40,000 for Dementia UK. A life-long Wolverhampton Wanderers supporter, Manny originally set out […]

Accident Investigation

Network Rail releases interim report into Margam track worker fatalities

30 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Network Rail has released its interim report into the accident at Margam on 3 July 2019 that resulted in the death of two track workers. The full report, which will be released in a couple […]

Business

Rail regulator ORR proposes steep increase in HS1 access charges

30 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Train operators using High Speed 1 (HS1 – the former Channel Tunnel Rail Link) could soon face track access charges that have more than doubled. This is because the rail regulator, the Office of Rail […]

Infrastructure

Glasgow Queen Street station glazed concourse wall completed

29 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The £120 million redevelopment of Glasgow Queens Street station has taken another step towards completion with the glazing of its 734-square-metre concourse wall. 21 metres high, it contains 310 glass panels and will bring to […]

Infrastructure

New footbridge for Northern Ireland’s City Hospital halt

27 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Work has started on a new pedestrian footbridge at City Hospital halt, south Belfast. The existing bridge and steel supports will be replaced with a single-span Warren truss-type girder structure with reinforced concrete piers. So […]

Business

GB Railfreight Class 66 reaches Oban with Royal Scotsman train

26 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A Class 66 locomotive has run the full length of the Oban branch in Scotland for the first time. Previously, only lighter locomotives, such as Class 37s, had been permitted to use the single-track line […]

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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
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  • 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
  • Siemens Lincoln bogie service centre completes 500th overhaul
    14 October 2020 0
  • Tyne and Wear Metro takes on new apprentices
    28 October 2019 0
  • Track worker fatality on WCML near Roade, Northants.
    9 April 2020 1
  • Three GTR volunteers look out for the vulnerable on the railway
    3 June 2020 0
  • Vast increase in Sunday rail services in Wales announced
    20 November 2019 0
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