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  • [ 20 August 2025 ] Battery train sets new world record Business
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Kloeckner Metals UK has a new rail expert

23 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Daniel Pyke has joined Kloeckner Metals UK as business development manager and the company’s resident rail expert. Formerly marketing manager at British Steel, Daniel joined the company when it was Corus back in 2001. He […]

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Ashley Gierth and Mark Finney join SLC Rail

17 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Two new senior appointments have been made at SLC Rail as Ashley Gierth and Mark Finney join the company. Ashley Gierth joins SLC Rail from Geobear Infrastructure, where he was the UK rail director, to […]

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Railway remembers Euston’s first black guard

15 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Monday 15 August 1966 was a significant day in terms of race relations on Britain’s railways. It was the day that Asquith Xavier started work as a guard at London Euston station. Asquith Xavier was […]

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Knorr-Bremse chief executive steps down

12 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bernd Eulitz, chief executive of Knorr-Bremse, has resigned from the post he only took up in September 2019. The reason given is a profound difference of opinion between Bernd Eulitz and the chairman of the […]

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Stuart Calvert to lead Capital Delivery Centre of Excellence

10 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As Network Rail continues to improve the delivery of major projects and investment on the railway, it has asked Stuart Calvert to take the lead of its new Capital Delivery Centre of Excellence Stuart, who […]

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New UK sales director at Flexicon

8 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Flexicon, the manufacturer of flexible conduit, has appointed Neil Carter as its new UK sales director. He joins Flexicon from Unistrut UK, where he was national electrical wholesale manager for the last four years.  Both […]

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Karen Jackson moves from Porterbrook to Rail Forum Midlands

5 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Karen Jackson has joined the team at Rail Forum Midlands (RFM) as programme delivery executive, leading on events and communications as well as supporting various of the Forum’s wider initiatives. She moves over from train […]

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Oliver Ross swaps planes for trains at Network Rail Anglia

5 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Oliver Ross, formerly head of customer experience and loyalty with regional airline Flybe, has joined Network Rail as head of route stations for the Anglia route.  Out of work for almost five months after the airline […]

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SWGR appoints Raj Sinha as group managing director

3 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Raj Sinha has been appointed group managing director of SWGR, a leading supplier of civil, mechanical, electrical, fabrication services and personnel to a wide range of clients in the rail, construction, bridges, oil and gas, […]

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Mike Brown to be independent member of Mott MacDonald shareholders’ committee

3 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

London’s former Transport Commissioner, Mike Brown, has been appointed to be an independent member of Mott MacDonald’s 20-strong shareholders’ committee, made up of senior Mott MacDonald employee shareholders. As a member of the shareholders’ committee, […]

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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
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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…
  • 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
  • First ‘virtual’ railway trade mission will be to Canada
    19 November 2020 0
  • Comment: British Steel on verge of administration
    21 May 2019 0
  • London Underground Northern line trains reach Battersea Power Station for the first time
    4 January 2021 0
  • Network Rail stations to be upgraded for Crossrail
    9 May 2019 1
  • Mike Brown to step down as London Transport Commissioner
    17 October 2019 0
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