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Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
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New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales

31 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

Transport for Wales has brought five more new Class 756 trains into service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth, improving the passenger experience on this route. The tri-mode trains (diesel/25kV overhead/battery) are variants of the Flirt […]

Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
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Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland

30 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

Passenger services will be restored on two Polish lines in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026, thanks to a new agreement between Arriva and the regional government. Under the agreement, valued at nearly €5 million […]

Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
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First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed

16 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for a series of trains it is building at its factory in Taubaté, Brazil, for Santiago Metro’s Line 7. In total, 37 trains five-car trains will be manufactured as […]

The new SkyTrain Mark V entered service on 10 July 2025.
Business

New Mark V trains enter service on Vancouver’s SkyTrain

11 July 2025 Rail Insider 0

The first of 47 new SkyTrain Mark V trains has begun operating on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver in Canada. By the end of 2025, several of these five-car trains will be running on […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

More government support for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams

23 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government is to provide a further £8 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams. This will bring the government’s emergency support up to £21 […]

Business

Stadler and Newcastle University to collaborate on technology

26 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Rolling stock manufacturer Stadler has formally agreed to work together with Newcastle University on a broad range of initiatives, signing a ‘memorandum of understanding’ to endorse the partnership. The Swiss train-builder has a contract to […]

Business

First new train arrives on Isle of Wight

20 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The first of Island Line’s new Vivarail Class 484 trains has arrived on the Isle of Wight, crossing over from the mainland on the 14:45 ferry to Fishbourne. Vivarail has converted former London Underground D78 […]

Appointments

MD appointed for Keolis Downer’s Adelaide Metro

6 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Robert Tatton-Jones has been appointed as managing director for Keolis Downer Adelaide, the company that will run Adelaide Metro train services from 31 January 2021. He brings a wealth of rail experience to Adelaide having […]

Europe

Runaway metro train caught by whale!

2 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

In a bizarre accident, a metro train crashed through buffers at De Akkers station in Spijkenisse, on the outskirts of Rotterdam. The station is at a high level but, rather than plunging eight metres down […]

Business

£1.8bn additional funding for Transport for London

1 November 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Transport for London (TfL) and the UK Government have reached an agreement that covers further support for the remainder of the financial year, to address its forecast funding shortfall arising from the loss of passenger […]

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  • 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
  • Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
  • Warning that Great British Railways risks repeating the mistakes of British Rail
  • BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • New Mark V trains enter service on Vancouver’s SkyTrain
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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…
  • 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.
  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
  • 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
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
  • 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
  • Alstom has completed the first bodyshell for one of the 37 trains it is building for Santiago Metro Line 7.
    First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
    16 July 2025 0
  • Platform 2 at Basildon station is to be rebuilt, allowing 12-car trains to call.
    12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
    16 July 2025 0
  • The new SkyTrain Mark V entered service on 10 July 2025.
    New Mark V trains enter service on Vancouver’s SkyTrain
    11 July 2025 0
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
    Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
    11 July 2025 0
  • First Great Northern Class 717 in passenger service using 3.6.0 - the 17.17 service to Moorgate at Finsbury Park on 8 July 2025.
    Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
    11 July 2025 0
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
    Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
    2 July 2025 0
  • Shropshire woman guilty of damaging level crossing barriers
    24 March 2020 0
  • Near miss with track workers at Sundon, Bedfordshire
    14 May 2019 0
  • Scottish MP with COVID-19 travels home by train
    1 October 2020 0
  • Crewe-Chester line reopens after bridge replacement
    24 August 2020 0
  • New Harting component carrier replaces flexible PCBs
    29 April 2020 0
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