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New station car park improves Mytholmroyd’s flood defences

15 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The West Yorkshire village of Mytholmroyd has been hard-hit by flooding in the past five years, but a new facility at the town’s station will help protect the area. Rail operator Northern has carried out […]

Business

Hull Trains suspends services once again

5 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of a new national lockdown in England, Hull Trains will temporarily suspend all of its services from Saturday 9 January. The train operator has now suspended services three times […]

Infrastructure

Why there were no trains at King’s Cross over Christmas

4 January 2021 Nigel Wordsworth 0

No trains were able to access King’s Cross station over Christmas 2020 for one simple reason – there was no track for them to run on. The Camden Sewer runs under the tracks in the […]

Business

Chiltern cuts 42 trains to maintain vital services

31 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Chiltern Railway will reduce its timetable by 42 trains each weekday from Monday 4 January to ensure that vital train services for those needing to travel can keep running. The move follows an increase in […]

Depots

Ilford depot prepares for Greater Anglia’s new trains

31 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Greater Anglia’s Ilford depot, built in the late 1940s, is undergoing a series of modifications and upgrades to prepare for the arrival of more new, longer trains. As the new trains have more components on […]

Charity

Railway workers bring food to stranded lorry drivers

25 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

With an estimated 6,000 lorry drivers stuck trying to leave the UK due border restrictions, of which roughly 2,000 are waiting on the motorways approaching Dover, Southeastern and Network Rail worked late into the night […]

Business

New Eurotunnel Border Pass to simplify movement of cross-Channel freight

24 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

With agreement on cross-border travel between the UK and European Union having finally been reached, Channel Tunnel operator Getlink has launched the Eurotunnel Border Pass. This is a virtual wallet into which customers can upload […]

Accident Investigation

RAIB reports on freight wagon derailment at Clitheroe

24 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has issued its report into the runaway and derailment of a loaded cement wagon at Clitheroe, Lancashire, on 9 March 2020. The incident took place at about 08:16 on 9 […]

Business

Greater Anglia continues new train rollout

24 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Greater Anglia has introduced its new Class 720 trains to the Southminster branch. The 18:02 service from London Liverpool Street to Southminster on Wednesday 23 December was operated by two brand new trains, coupled together […]

Business

Bombardier to maintain light rail in Toronto, Canada.

23 December 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with Mosaic Transit Partners Maintenance GP (MTM) to provide 30 years of maintenance services for the Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Toronto, Canada. Under the agreement, […]

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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
British Steel Christmas 2019 Crossrail HS2 London Overground London Underground Network Rail Northern Ireland Northern Powerhouse RAIB Scotland TfL Trako Unipart USA Wales West Midlands
  • 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
  • Tyne and Wear Metro takes on new apprentices
    28 October 2019 0
  • Clever videos – Alternative Face Mask
    23 April 2020 0
  • First structural work completed at Euston in preparation for HS2
    25 June 2020 0
  • £1.8bn additional funding for Transport for London
    1 November 2020 1
  • Railway bottleneck at East Croydon could be removed by 2024
    21 August 2020 0
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