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Rail Wagon Association replaces Private Wagon Federation

16 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Wagon Association (RWA) is the new name for the Private Wagon Federation (PWF) as it rebrands and incorporates in order to improve promotion of the development of the latest freight wagons and provide […]

Business

DfT consults on 48-tonne HGVs for intermodal traffic

16 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) is considering increasing the maximum laden weight of articulated lorries operating on British roads from 44 tonnes to 48 tonnes to support rail freight operations. Currently, the standard maximum laden […]

Freight

Sheffield derailment causes widespread disruption

11 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

A freight train derailed at Sheffield station on Wednesday 11 November, closing part of the station and causing significant damage. It happened at about 02:45, as a train carrying cement came off the tracks while […]

Accident Investigation

Urgent safety advice following Llangennech derailment

6 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued urgent safety advice to Entities in Charge of Maintenance (ECMs) following the derailment and a fire involving a tanker train at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, on 26 August 2020. […]

Business

New rail freight services between London Gateway and East Midlands

27 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Maritime Transport has launched its tenth rail service and is now operating five trains a week between DP World London Gateway (LGP) and its terminal at East Midlands Gateway (EMG). Each of the five weekday […]

Business

£17 million for Southampton freight

13 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that an additional £17 million is to be invested into a major rail upgrade to freight services in Southampton, to support the seamless flow of goods across the […]

Business

DB Cargo to buy up to 400 Vectron dual-mode locomotives from Siemens Mobility

9 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

DB Cargo in Germany has awarded Siemens Mobility a framework agreement for the supply of 400 Vectron dual-mode locomotives in a deal worth well over one billion Euros. The freight operator is renewing its fleet […]

Business

First Traxx MS for Cargounit

4 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has delivered the first of three multi-system Traxx MS locomotives to Polish locomotive and passenger rolling stock leasing company Cargounit and freight operator Lotos Kolej. The locomotives are authorised for operation in seven […]

Business

ÖBB and Voestalpine form company to develop TransANT

3 September 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

ÖBB Rail Cargo Group subsidiary ÖBB-Technische Services and Voestalpine Stahl, part of the Steel Division of the Voestalpine corporation, have signed a 50:50 joint venture agreement for the formation of TransANT GmbH. This move paves […]

Accident Investigation

Freight train derails and catches fire in South Wales

28 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

At around 23:15 on 26 August 2020, the 21:52 DB Cargo service from Robeston Oil Refinery, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, to Theale Oil Terminal, near Reading, derailed on the Up District line near Llangennech in Carmarthenshire. […]

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  • Battery train sets new world record
  • Paul McNerney to join Severfield from Laing O’Rourke
  • Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
  • Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
  • Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
  • EMR driver training is a family affair
  • Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
  • New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
  • Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
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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…
  • 230001 sets out on its record-breaking run from Reading station.
  • Paul McNerney will leave Laing O'Rourke to take over as CEO of Severfield in the autumn of 2025.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
    Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
    7 August 2025 0
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
    Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
    7 August 2025 0
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
    EMR driver training is a family affair
    7 August 2025 0
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
    Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
    1 August 2025 0
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
    31 July 2025 0
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
    New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
    31 July 2025 0
  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
    Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
    30 July 2025 0
  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
    Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
    30 July 2025 0
  • Tony Lodge of the Centre for Policy Studies has written a report entitled Rail’s Last Chance: A four-point plan to save the railways
    Warning that Great British Railways risks repeating the mistakes of British Rail
    29 July 2025 0
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
    BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
    23 July 2025 0
  • Communications upgrade for Singapore’ Downtown line
    3 September 2020 0
  • Aberdeen to Dundee railway line ready to reopen after fatal accident in August
    30 October 2020 0
  • New canopies for St Denys station
    16 November 2020 0
  • Rajeev Joisar to head up Bombardier Transportation in India
    10 July 2020 0
  • The challenges of underwater structures examinations
    11 December 2020 0
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