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VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing

23 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

The UK’s largest private rail freight wagon hire company, VTG Rail, has appointed Matt Hannant as its new Head of Sales and Marketing. Matt is 43 and joins VTG from the water and lighting sectors. […]

Appointments

Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment

23 June 2025 Rail Insider 0

Multinational engineering and consulting group SYSTRA has appointed Gareth Davies as Market Director for Water & Environment in the UK & Ireland to help the business grow its strength in the market. He will lead […]

Appointments

Two new trustees for Railway Benefit Fund

19 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

The Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) has announced the appointment of two new trustees to its board – Fiona Irvine and Stuart Mackcracken, both of whom bring with them a wealth of experience from within the […]

Appointments

Emma Haddow appointed Operations Director at Cementation Skanska

19 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

Emma Haddow, who has worked in the piling and ground engineering sector for over 20 years and has significant experience in design, project delivery and commercial management, will lead Cementation’s operations in Scotland, the north […]

Health & Safety

Level crossing closed following “shocking misuse”

16 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

Network Rail has been granted an Emergency Closure Order for a level crossing in South Yorkshire following repeated incidents of dangerous misuse. Wilthorpe footpath crossing in Barnsley will be closed for three weeks, after which […]

Governance

Passenger assistance can be improved still further, regulator concludes

15 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

A study by rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road into how train operators at busy rail stations communicate and record requests by passengers for assistance has found that a dedicated staff app has […]

Business

New Academy to offer pre-apprenticeship programme for young people

15 May 2025 Rail Insider 0

To help young people gain skills and take their first steps towards a career in rail, Network Rail has, in partnership with Capital City College in Enfield, launched a new learning academy that offers a […]

Engineers digging lift shafts at Warwick station have encountered unexpected buried foundations
Health & Safety

Access improvements at Warwick station delayed by unexpected foundations

4 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

The discovery of unknown foundations below Warwick station has forced Network Rail engineers to rethink a project that is intended to provide step-free access to both platforms for the first time. As part of that […]

Associations

Tea room opens in restored Bricket Wood station building

2 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

The 1903 station building at Bricket Wood, on the Watford to St Albans Abbey branch line, has opened to the public as a tea room, having been closed and bricked up in the 1960s. Taken […]

Two young men were arrested inside a mail train and charged with theft
Governance

Police thwart attempt to steal mail from train

2 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

British Transport Police (BTP) officers were called to the line in Lockerbie at 01:42 on the morning f 1 August 2023) following reports that two young men had gained access to a Royal Mail train, […]

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  • First bodyshell for Santiago Metro Line 7 completed
  • 12-car trains to call at Basildon by December
  • Siemens India wins major contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Project Phase 2
  • Great Northern runs first passenger services using the latest version of ETCS digital signalling
  • Škoda Group wins new tram contract for Mainz and strengthens its position in Germany
  • Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
  • Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
  • ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
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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…
  • 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.
  • Siemens India has won major signalling and telecommunications contracts for Nagpur Metro Rail Phase 2.
  • 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.
  • The German city of Mainz has ordered 22 new trams from Škoda Group with an option for eight more.
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
  • 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
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
    Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
    27 June 2025 0
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
    Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
    26 June 2025 0
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
    ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
    26 June 2025 0
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
    25 June 2025 0
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
    23 June 2025 0
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
    23 June 2025 0
  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
    SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
    23 June 2025 0
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
    23 June 2025 0
  • GTR protects passengers and staff with a Coronavirus-killer that lasts for 30 days
    26 May 2020 0
  • First train from Newhaven Marine aggregate terminal
    2 July 2020 1
  • London Underground Northern line trains reach Battersea Power Station for the first time
    4 January 2021 0
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
    25 June 2025 0
  • HS2 contractors launch Empowering Communities scheme to tackle homelessness and improve skills
    17 July 2020 0
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