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  • [ 20 August 2025 ] Battery train sets new world record Business
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Colin Wood becomes CEO of AECOM in the UK

1 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Colin Wood is to take over as chief executive officer of AECOM in the UK, following the resignation of both current CEO David Barwell and chief operating officer Bill Quarterman. Both Barwell and Quarterman posted […]

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Keolis Group has a new executive chairman

28 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Marie-Ange Debon has been appointed Keolis Group executive chairman by a meeting of the Group’s Supervisory Board. She will take up her post on 24 August 2020. The post of executive chairman became vacant when […]

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Mark Langman to leave Network Rail after 34 years

21 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Mark Langman, Network Rail’s director for its Wales and Western region, has announced his decision to retire in December after 34 years with the company. Mark joined Network Rail in 1986 as an apprentice on […]

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Department for Transport names its special representatives to Transport for London’s board

21 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

In a written statement to Parliament, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has named the two Department for Transport (DfT) special representatives that have been appointed to the Transport for London (TfL) board. Andrew […]

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Alstom names Jason Baldock as new MD for signalling systems & infrastructure

15 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Jason Baldock has been appointed as managing director of Alstom’s signalling systems & infrastructure business in the UK.  He will take up his new position on 7 September 2020.  This announcement follows the news that […]

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Jonathan Willcock to head up Skanska’s UK infrastructure business

15 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Jonathan Willcock, who has led Alstom’s systems, signalling and infrastructure business for the last seven years, is to move to Skanska UK in October to head up its infrastructure business. Skanska is currently working on […]

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Three new board members appointed to HS2 to “strengthen oversight and scrutiny”

14 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced the appointment of three non-executive directors to the board of HS2 Ltd, stating that the move is intended to strengthen oversight and scrutiny of the UK’s largest infrastructure […]

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Michael Peter to be sole CEO of Siemens Mobility as Sabrina Soussan moves on

10 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Siemens Mobility has announced that Michael Peter will be its sole chief executive officer with immediate effect as his co-CEO Sabrina Soussan leaves the company. Until her contract ends on 31 December 2020, Sabrina will […]

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Rajeev Joisar to head up Bombardier Transportation in India

10 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Bombardier Transportation has announced the appointment of Rajeev Joisar as managing director for India. In his new role, Rajeev will be responsible for the end-to-end process of business development and sales through to project execution […]

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Dyan Crowther to chair NSAR

9 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Dyan Crowther, the chief executive of High Speed One (the Channel Tunnel Rail Link between St Pancras and the tunnel near Folkestone), has been named as the new chairman of NSAR – the National Skills […]

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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
  • New face covering helps with lipreading
    22 December 2020 0
  • Scottish Government to progress reopening of the Levenmouth Rail Link
    9 August 2019 1
  • Northern celebrates its gardens, allotments and a nursery
    16 August 2020 0
  • When uniforms aren’t standard
    12 August 2019 0
  • Plans for new Perry Barr station go for approval
    28 September 2020 1
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