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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 […]

Jason McCartney MP (third left) visited the University of Huddersfield's Institute of Railway Research with the team from RIA North
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West Yorkshire MP visits University of Huddersfield Institute of Railway Research

2 August 2023 Rail Insider 0

As part of the Railway Industry Association’s Rail Fellowship Programme, Jason McCartney, Conservative MP for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, visited the Institute of Railway Research (IRR), a leading centre for railway engineering research linked […]

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Report urges government to place orders for new trains and save the British rolling stock industry

20 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has published a report in which it claims that, unless urgent action is taken to upgrade or replace the oldest trains on the British network thousands, of jobs will be […]

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Parliament rises and there are still no answers

20 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The UK Parliament rose for its summer recess on Thursday 20 July leaving the rail industry still in the dark on a variety of topics, including Great British Railways, rail reform and the Rail Network […]

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RIA presses for Ely Area Capacity Enhancements to go ahead

14 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) is calling on the government to press on with the Ely Area Capacity Enhancements (EACE), stating that is will unlock economic growth, not just for the Midlands & Eastern local […]

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MP visits Sheffield rail company as part of Rail Fellowship Programme

7 July 2023 Rail Insider 0

As part of the Railway Industry Association (RIA) Rail Fellowship Programme, Miriam Cates, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, recently visited Linbrooke Rail, a leading contractor providing advanced signalling, power, and communications solutions across the UK […]

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Rail industry writes to PM urging him to press on with rail reform legislation

9 May 2023 Rail Insider 0

In a move organised by the Railway Industry Association (RIA), more than 60 rail business leaders have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urging him not to delay in bringing forward legislation to enact the […]

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Santa returns to the Watercress Line

16 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Watercress Line has announced that Father Christmas will be visiting the heritage line on selected dates in November and December. Heritage railways have had a bad time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Always short of […]

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Railway Industry wants clarity on industry structure and investment plans

13 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the national trade body for rail suppliers, has published its submission to the Spending Review in which it urges government for greater clarity in order to support the sector in […]

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Rail Sector Deal UK Exports Survey Report published

2 October 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Supply Group has published the Rail Sector Deal UK Exports Survey Report, setting out the key views of rail suppliers on the UK exports market. Anna Ince, vice chairman of the Rail Supply […]

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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
  • SVR’s Hagley Hall rebuild progresses as boiler work is completed
    5 January 2021 0
  • Heritage railways reopen for business
    12 July 2020 1
  • All Northern City line trains between Moorgate and Finsbury Park are now controlled using ETCS digital in-cab signalling.
    Northern City line trains now using digital in-cab signalling
    13 November 2024 0
  • New GWR train livery says ‘thank you’ – 116 times!
    3 July 2020 0
  • Government consideration of how best to run HS2 to Leeds to take at least two years
    17 July 2023 0
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