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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 […]

Business

Alstom transfers tram power supply technology to buses

26 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Technology that Alstom originally developed for trams in historic cities has now crossed over and is being used to recharge electric buses. First used in 2003 on trams in Bordeaux, APS (Alimentation par Sol – […]

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 […]

Business

GB Railfreight changes hands – acquired by Infracapital

24 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

GB Railfreight (GBRf), the UK’s third-largest rail freight operator that provides essential freight and non-freight haulage services to customers in a number of the country’s critical industries, has been sold by current owner Hector Rail […]

Accident Investigation

Increase in signals passed at danger – RSSB asks: “Is enough being done?”

23 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A signal passed at danger, or SPAD, is a cause of real concern to the railway industry. It’s how accidents happen. When a train passes a red signal it can run into the back of […]

Infrastructure

Tackling the autumn leaf fall problem

21 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Autumn is approaching – or may even already be here.  And with that come leaves on the line, slippery conditions, train delays and cancellations. Every autumn, the trees that grow along the railway drop thousands […]

Governance

New measure of train punctuality reveals two-thirds of trains arrive on time

20 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Everyone wants their train to arrive in time. Countless passenger surveys have revealed it, and it just makes sense. Now the rail industry is changing the way it measures lateness, to make the statistics more […]

Events

C2C reveals stunning shortlisted entries in City to Coast Views photography competition

17 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Train operator C2C has released the shortlisted images entered for its City to Coast Views photography competition. South Essex and London locals have submitted photos of their favourite views from Southend and London, in an […]

Heritage

Vivarail to supply new train fleet for the Island Line

17 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Island Line – the rail route that links Ryde Pier Head with Shanklin on the Isle of Wight – is set to receive a new fleet of trains as part of a £26 million […]

Infrastructure

Improvements planned for all 247 stations in Wales

16 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Welsh railway stations are due for a major makeover under plans released by Transport for Wales. A £194 million investment plan has been agreed that will improve all 247 railway stations across Wales. It is […]

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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
  • DB Netz to buy fleet of overhead line maintenance vehicles from Harsco Rail
    17 September 2019 0
  • 53 more stations to get contactless ticketing
    4 July 2023 0
  • Clever Videos – Nessun Dorma
    8 May 2020 0
  • First iconic London Underground roundel signs fitted to new Northern Line extension stations
    20 February 2020 0
  • TransPennine Express launches new Nova fleet at three-in-one ceremony
    23 November 2019 1
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