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Network Rail cancels rent payments to support retailers and tenants

20 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To support station retailers, as well as its commercial tenants, Network Rail has announced that it will waive rent payments for the next quarter. As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic begins to severely impact trading, with […]

Business

Balfour Beatty to redevelop Motherwell station

18 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Infrastructure contractor Balfour Beatty has been chosen to develop a new integrated regional transport hub at Motherwell station. Work on the £14.5 million redevelopment scheme, which will create a gateway to the Glasgow City Region, […]

Infrastructure

West Midlands: Fallen tree closes line between Lichfield and Birmingham

12 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A fallen tree at Wylde Green has blocked the line and brought down overhead cables between Lichfield Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street. As a result, no trains are running on the Cross City North […]

Business

2020 Budget – coronavirus, infrastructure and potholes

11 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The measures announced in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s first budget were naturally overshadowed by the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.  He announced a series of measures to protect workers, jobs, employers and the general […]

Business

Quattro lifts Road Rail Cranes

11 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Rail plant-hire specialist Quattro Group has acquired the assets of Wrexham-based Road Rail Cranes. The acquisition includes the fleet of road rail cranes – unique to the British and European markets – along with all […]

Business

New service improves RRV safety

9 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A new service that improves rail plant safety and productivity has been launched at a conference in Glasgow. James Fisher Prolec, an industry-leader in machine productivity and safety systems, has worked together with civil engineering […]

Business

Record number of female train drivers in Scotland

8 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

According to figures released on International Women’s Day (8 March 2020), there are now more female train drivers on Scotland’s Railway than ever before.  The number of female train drivers has increased by 39 per […]

News

Station retail sales increase while high streets struggle

6 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As retail sales on the high street continue to fall due to the increasing popularity of online shopping, railway station retailers are continuing to buck the trend. Network Rail reported a 4.48 per cent increase […]

Business

Rail industry rescues stranded Flybe passengers and crew

6 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

When regional airline Flybe collapsed on Thursday 5 March 2020, the rail industry was quick to rally round and support stranded passengers and crew. The airline, which used the slogan “Faster than road or rail”, […]

Electrification

Grant Shapps addresses rail industry concerns in letter to Transport Select Committee

6 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published a letter from Secretary of State Grant Shapps to the Transport Select Committee in which he answers a number of questions about the future of the rail network. […]

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  • Tamara Finkelstein to be CEO of Royal Academy of Engineering
  • 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
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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…
  • Dame Tamara Finkelstein will take over as chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering in February 2026.
  • 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.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
    Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
    12 August 2025 0
  • 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
  • Management buyout at BCM Construction
    27 July 2020 0
  • Beeston Castle & Tarporley Station
    Funding for 15 more schemes to reopen railways and stations closed under Beeching
    27 November 2020 0
  • C2C City to Coast photo competition winner announced
    3 October 2019 0
  • 2020 Budget – coronavirus, infrastructure and potholes
    11 March 2020 0
  • Swedish data communications specialist Westermo acquires Switzerland’s Neratec Solutions
    8 July 2019 0
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