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Appointments

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 […]

Appointments

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 […]

Appointments

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 […]

Appointments

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, […]

Appointments

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, […]

Appointments

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 […]

Business

LNER adds Yorkshire Rose face covering to its collection

1 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has released a fourth design in its series of regionally inspired face masks – a striking blue and white Yorkshire Rose pattern. The train operator has already released three regional […]

Charity

Rising Stars Awards a huge success, despite (or because of) being online

31 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

WeAreTheCity’s 2020 Rising Star Awards had to be presented a little differently this year, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) edpidemic. The winners were announced back in May, five in each category from a shortlist of […]

Business

Derek Twigg MP ‘visits’ Alstom under RIA Fellowship Programme

31 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Derek Twigg MP, Labour Member of Parliament for Halton, has taken part in the Railway Industry Association’s Rail Fellowship Programme, an initiative established in 2018 which brings politicians onto rail sites to help them develop […]

Business

Harsco Corporation releases Environmental, Social & Governance Report for 2019-2020

30 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Harsco Corporation, the parent company of Harsco Rail, the global supplier of railway track maintenance products and services, has released its Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Report, highlighting the company’s corporate sustainability accomplishments throughout the […]

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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
  • Network Rail successfully delivers Christmas work in the North West and Central regions
    27 December 2019 0
  • InnoTrans now 27-30 April 2021
    27 April 2020 0
  • First demonstration of using drones to inspect the railway ‘beyond visual line of sight’ of the operator
    15 May 2020 0
  • GTR’s Great Sock Appeal collects over 4,000 pairs of socks for homeless charities
    11 December 2019 0
  • Does Cricklewood have an identity crisis?
    29 June 2020 1
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