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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

LNER produces regional face masks designs

16 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

Now that face coverings must be worn when passengers travel by train, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has produced three designs on a regional theme for its customers to order. The three designs – a […]

Diversity

LNER celebrates a year of sunflowers

4 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As more train operators join the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is marking its first year in the programme. Since it became the first UK train company to introduce Sunflower lanyards, […]

Business

Safer Travel Pledge from train operators as train schedules increase

3 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As the lockdown eases, and more people travel to work, train companies respond by increasing their schedules, which were drastically cut back during the worst of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. As part of planning to […]

Accident Investigation

Track worker has narrow escape near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

1 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is investigating a near miss in which a track worker narrowly missed being hit by a train near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. The details are that, at around 16:28 on […]

Diversity

Train operators adopt Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme to assist disabled passengers

27 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 5

Avanti West Coast has become the latest train operator to adopt the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme – an initiative for customers to discreetly indicate they have a hidden disability while travelling. Under the scheme, customers […]

Governance

More level crossing madness – Altrincham, Manchester.

26 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To drive home its message that everyone should treat level crossings with respect and obey the safety rules, Network Rail has released a video of a scooter crashing into both barriers at Navigation Road crossing […]

Accident Investigation

Near miss at a crossing in Suffolk

26 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A train travelling between Lowestoft and Ipswich was involved in a near miss with cars at Worlingham user-worked crossing. The incident occurred at around 13:42 on 8 June 2020, The signaller had given a permission […]

Business

Face coverings mandatory on trains and other forms of public transport

14 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As train operators start to increase the number of services they are running, and the government’s requirement that face coverings be worn on public transport came into force on 15 June, passengers have been encouraged […]

Events

Trespassers using dangerous route to cross River Esk in North Yorkshire

5 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Walkers in the area of Sleights, near Whitby in North Yorkshire, are being warned of the dangers of trespassing on the railway, following multiple incidents of people using the railway to cross the River Esk. […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

New helmet-mounted cough guard protects workers who can’t keep their distance

3 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Although many companies and industries are only now getting back to work after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, the railway has continued to run, and be maintained, throughout. Even so, railway companies are still developing their […]

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  • Tamara Finkelstein to be CEO of Royal Academy of Engineering
  • 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
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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…
  • Dame Tamara Finkelstein will take over as chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering in February 2026.
  • 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.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
    Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
    12 August 2025 0
  • 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
  • 2020’s Rising Stars announced
    26 May 2020 1
  • Santa returns to the Watercress Line
    16 October 2020 0
  • £89.4 million compensation paid to train passengers in England and Wales in 2019/20
    22 October 2020 0
  • Competence and Medical Certification extended during Coronavirus epidemic
    25 March 2020 0
  • Jonathan Willcock to head up Skanska’s UK infrastructure business
    15 July 2020 1
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