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New timetable as Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern reintroduce some services

13 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Govia Thameslink Railway has now published details of its revised timetable for Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern services from Sunday 17 May as the railways start to increase services now that the government is urging […]

Appointments

Jeremy Long, CEO of MTR’s European Business, announces retirement

13 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Jeremy Long has announced that he will retire as CEO of MTR’s European business on 30 September 2020 after 15 years. He joined MTR in May 2005 to establish its business in Europe, and has […]

Business

Ticket office worker dies of Coronavirus after man spat at her

12 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 2

A railway worker has died after she and a colleague were spat at on London Victoria station’s concourse by a man claiming to have Coronavirus (COVID-19). She was 47 years old and leaves an 11-year-old […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

What links Florence Nightingale and Isambard Kingdom Brunel?

12 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

When the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic looked as though it could overwhelm the NHS, the government’s response was to build temporary hospitals in empty exhibition centres around the country. Dubbed ‘Nightingale’ hospitals, they were erected in […]

Appointments

John Hickling takes up new role of client partnership director at 3Squared

11 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Sheffield-based 3Squared, the award-winning software company working across the rail industry, has announced that John Hickling has joined as client partnership director. In his newly created part-time role, John will support 3Squared’s clients, which include […]

Business

RMT expresses concern over plans to reopen railway network

8 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Following earlier comments from Manuel Cortes of rail union TSSA that “increasing rail services at this point is both impractical and unsafe for our members and the travelling public”, the RMT has now added its […]

Blue for NHS

Blaenau Ffestiniog tunnel turns ‘Blue for NHS’

8 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Blaenau Ffestiniog tunnel in North Wales has joined the list of Network Rail structures to be illuminated with blue light in honour and gratitude to all NHS staff and other workers who are battling […]

Clever Videos

Clever Videos – Nessun Dorma

8 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

While the world is locked down due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), some clever people with too much time on their hands have come up with novel ways to keep themselves, and others, entertained. Rail Insider has shamelessly […]

Business

Selecting face masks

7 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As calls increase on the government to relax its current lockdown that it has imposed due the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, so that businesses can get back to work and the economy can get moving again, […]

Business

Passengers will need reassurance after lockdown

7 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

People who normally use public transport to commute to work are nervous about doing so when the lockdown ends unless social distancing is in place. That’s the result of a survey carried out by independent […]

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  • New Academy to offer pre-apprenticeship programme for young people
  • Siemens Mobility to install new mobile battery charging demonstrator at Long Marston
  • East West Rail / HS2 crossing earthworks completed
  • Ticketing specialist Unicard acquires Ecebs from Visa
  • Connecticut orders 60 Alstom railroad cars with options for 313 more
  • Access improvements at Warwick station delayed by unexpected foundations
  • Collision at Loversall Carr junction caused largely by driver fatigue
  • Tea room opens in restored Bricket Wood station building
  • Police thwart attempt to steal mail from train
  • West Yorkshire MP visits University of Huddersfield Institute of Railway Research
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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…
  • Image of East West Rail overbridge at Calvert Nov 2023.
  • The acquisition of Ecebs from Visa will allow Unicard to add EMV solutions to its portfolio
  • Connecticut Department of Transportation has ordered 60 single-level rail cars from Alstom with options for 313 more
  • Engineers digging lift shafts at Warwick station have encountered unexpected buried foundations
  • Two young men were arrested inside a mail train and charged with theft
  • The acquisition of Ecebs from Visa will allow Unicard to add EMV solutions to its portfolio
    Ticketing specialist Unicard acquires Ecebs from Visa
    10 August 2023 0
  • Connecticut Department of Transportation has ordered 60 single-level rail cars from Alstom with options for 313 more
    Connecticut orders 60 Alstom railroad cars with options for 313 more
    9 August 2023 0
  • Engineers digging lift shafts at Warwick station have encountered unexpected buried foundations
    Access improvements at Warwick station delayed by unexpected foundations
    4 August 2023 0
  • Collision at Loversall Carr junction caused largely by driver fatigue
    3 August 2023 0
  • Tea room opens in restored Bricket Wood station building
    2 August 2023 0
  • Two young men were arrested inside a mail train and charged with theft
    Police thwart attempt to steal mail from train
    2 August 2023 0
  • Jason McCartney MP (third left) visited the University of Huddersfield's Institute of Railway Research with the team from RIA North
    West Yorkshire MP visits University of Huddersfield Institute of Railway Research
    2 August 2023 0
  • ORR has issued guidance on Safety Management Systems for minor and heritage railways
    Rail regulator issues safety guidance for minor and heritage railways
    1 August 2023 0
  • Two teenage boys were electrocuted over the same weekend in separate incidents in Scotland
    Two teenagers electrocuted over one weekend
    1 August 2023 0
  • Repairing the culvert at Aylesbury will close the railway for 12 days
    Major work to close railway in Aylesbury area
    31 July 2023 0
  • Beeston Castle & Tarporley Station
    Funding for 15 more schemes to reopen railways and stations closed under Beeching
    27 November 2020 0
  • MP visits rail industry despite lockdown
    5 June 2020 1
  • Former depot in Kent demolished to make room for new sidings
    28 August 2020 0
  • Siemens launches COVID-19 aid fund with CEO personally pledging €1 million
    14 April 2020 0
  • Ontario’s Metrolinx chooses Icomera for GO Transit fleet Wi-Fi
    5 September 2019 0
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