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Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection

4 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

After concerns were raised about how rules on fare evasion are enforced, rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has published a report on its review of how the rail industry handles revenue […]

The acquisition of Ecebs from Visa will allow Unicard to add EMV solutions to its portfolio
Business

Ticketing specialist Unicard acquires Ecebs from Visa

10 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

Unicard, which provides of smart ticketing and payment solutions to transport sector, has announced that is has purchased smart ticketing specialist Ecebs from Visa. The acquisition will allow Unicard to add contactless EMV, which allows […]

Governance

53 more stations to get contactless ticketing

4 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Department for Transport has announced that passengers across the South East from Shepperton to Shoeburyness will benefit from simpler, more flexible and better value train travel as the next 53 stations set to introduce […]

Business

No rail services on the Isle of Wight from 4 January to 31 March 2021

20 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

All rail services on the Isle of Wight’s ‘Island Line’ will be suspended between 4 January 2021 and 31 March 2021. This is because South Western Railway has announced the dates of the engineering works […]

News

LNER eases ticket restrictions on Fridays

15 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To help train passengers maintain their distance, and to reduce the effect of high numbers of passengers using just a few peak-time trains, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is easing ticket restrictions on Fridays to […]

Business

More contactless ticketing options for Northern Ireland

13 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Norther Ireland’s Translink has introduced an extended range of new ‘mLink’ app ticket options as part of its drive towards contactless ticketing.  The move reflects a huge growth in demand for contactless payments, particularly during […]

Business

What about season tickets?

6 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Many regular rail travellers are currently not using their season tickets – which could have cost them thousands of pounds. Naturally, they will want a refund, but what do they do? Passengers need to know. […]

Business

Fare rebate for TransPennine Express season-ticket holders

7 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Train operator TransPennine Express (TPE), which introduced a fleet of three classes of new trains last year, has now admitted that issues connected with the launch had affected its service to passengers. In compensation, the […]

Business

Metrolink introduces contactless ticketing

15 July 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Manchester’s Metrolink – the UK’s largest light rail network – has launched contactless payment in a bid to simplify the way passengers pay for their travel. The new, easy-to-use system cuts out the need to […]

  • 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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  • 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
  • Platform 7 at Gatwick Airport reopens, two more close
    2 November 2020 0
  • Taziker named as contractor to restore Bristol Temple Meads station roof
    27 June 2020 1
  • GB Railfreight Class 66 reaches Oban with Royal Scotsman train
    26 September 2019 0
  • LNER and O2 work together to improve mobile phone coverage between Newcastle and Edinburgh
    4 June 2020 0
  • Tring station receives multi-million-pound accessibility upgrade
    30 July 2020 0
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