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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Retired signallers needed to keep the railway going

26 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To keep the railway running during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Network Rail is appealing for retired signallers, or those who have moved to other careers in the railway industry, to return to roles in the […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Competence and Medical Certification extended during Coronavirus epidemic

25 March 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail and London Underground have addressed the problem of staff having safety certification and competencies that expire during the Coronavirus (COVIS-19) epidemic but who therefore can’t get the assessment and recertification they need. As […]

Events

Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research awarded a Royal prize

22 February 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The University of Huddersfield’s Institute of Railway Research (IRR) has been awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize, for research and development that has brought significant improvements to the railway industry. The award, one of the most […]

Appointments

Management buyout at Ford & Stanley Recruitment

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Ford & Stanley Recruitment, which specialises in professional, operational, executive and commercial recruitment within the rail, mechanical engineering and digital sectors, has been bought-out by its senior management. Owner and entrepreneur Peter Schofield, who remains […]

Business

Southern and Gatwick Express celebrate the progress made by their latest driver trainees

21 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Southern Rail and Gatwick Express celebrated a group of 69 trainee and newly qualified train drivers at an event at Fairfield Halls, East Croydon. The most recent recruits brought in to maintain the pool of […]

News

Tyne and Wear Metro takes on new apprentices

28 October 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Tyne and Wear Metro is as vulnerable to skills shortages as any other railway operating company. Now Nexus, the public body which owns and manages the Metro, has taken a new cohort of trainees, whose […]

Events

ScotRail employee praised on World Suicide Prevention Day

10 September 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

ScotRail customer service team leader Christopher Harvie has been praised for his quick-thinking when he intervened to help a distressed customer in Haymarket station recently. His swift actions to comfort the customer and usher them […]

Business

Hull Trains drivers start training for Class 802 operations using TPE trains

20 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Hull Trains, the open-access operator that runs seven trains a day between Hull and London each weekday and five on a weekend, is progressing well with training drivers for its new train fleet. The company […]

People

Van Elle brings on new apprentices

4 August 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Geotechnical engineering contractor Van Elle, which has worked on many rail projects including the landslip at Eden Brows (on the Settle-Carlisle line), electrifying the Gospel Oak to Barking line and Reading station, has launched a […]

Infrastructure

Rosenqvist automates installation of Pandrol e-clips on major Australian rail renewal project

1 February 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The Adelaide to Tarcoola Rail Upgrade Project (ATRU) is a major rail renewal project in South Australia. It involves the upgrade of approximately 600 kilometres of track on the Interstate network between Adelaide (Islington and […]

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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
British Steel Christmas 2019 Crossrail HS2 London Overground London Underground Network Rail Northern Ireland Northern Powerhouse RAIB Scotland TfL Trako Unipart USA Wales West Midlands
  • 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
  • Sydney Metro extends agreement with Northwest Rapid Transit Consortium for City and Southwest extension
    22 November 2019 0
  • Santa returns to the Watercress Line
    16 October 2020 0
  • Work to stabilise Severn Estuary line recommences in July
    23 June 2023 0
  • Clever Videos – Freeride Skiing at Home
    27 April 2020 0
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