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Stadler buys VIPCO – now Stadler Mannheim

19 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Train manufacturer Stadler has taken over VIPCO, based in Manheim, Germany, where a team of 50 engineers has, for over 20 years, pioneered the use of electronics in harsh conditions, particularly in the field of […]

Business

HS2 launches Innovation Accelerator

17 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

HS2 has launched its ‘Innovation Accelerator’ – a search for entrepreneurial ideas that can help drive project efficiencies and create wider long-term economic benefits around the scheme. The Innovation Accelerator is a call-to-arms for individuals […]

Governance

HydroFLEX attracts government grant to continue development

17 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

HydroFLEX, the UK’s first hydrogen-powered train, which is being developed by the University of Birmingham and industry partner Porterbrook, will benefit from a £400,000 grant from the Department for Transport. The grant, which is part […]

Business

Network Rail signs three-year deal with 3Squared

15 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has signed a three-year contract with Sheffield-based digital technology consultancy 3Squared, with an option to extend for 10 years, for the supply of its RailSmart Competency Management Solution. One of 3Squared’s largest partnerships […]

Innovation

Greater Anglia unveils innovative features of new Class 720 train

8 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Greater Anglia has revealed details of some of the innovative features its new electric commuter trains, which are currently being tested on the network. Bombardier is supplying 111 new Class 720 trains, with the first […]

Infrastructure

Managing lineside vegetation remotely and safely

4 June 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Lineside vegetation, and its control, is always the subject of debate between those interested in the safe operation of the railway and those who value nature’s beauty and diversity. Trees growing close to the line […]

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 […]

Business

Sunbelt Rentals Rail (née A-Plant Rail) invests £400K in new solar lighting towers.

21 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A new fleet of 25 Prolectric ProLight solar lighting towers has been purchased by Sunbelt Rental Rail – the new name for A-Plant Rail – to provide a silent, clean, carbon-free off-grid solution to temporary […]

Europe

First hydrogen-train trials end successfully

19 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The world’s first hydrogen-powered trains in passenger service have successfully concluded their trial programme after 530 days and more than 180,000 kilometres of service. A pair of Alstom Coradia iLint trains that have been running […]

Asset Management

First demonstration of using drones to inspect the railway ‘beyond visual line of sight’ of the operator

15 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

For the first time on UK infrastructure, AmeyVTOL has demonstrated the use of a drone to inspect the railway out of sight of its operator. Up until now, Civil Aviation Authority regulations have required all […]

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  • Derailed train causes delays and cancellations to services to and from London Euston
  • Arriva wins £640 million contract to run main-line train services in Czechia
  • ERTMS digital signalling deployed in northern Sweden
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
  • SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
  • Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North
  • Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection
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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…
  • The front bogie on a London Northwestern Railway train derailed near Bletchley on the West Coast main line.
  • Arriva has won a contract to operate long-distance electric rail services in Czechia from December 2028.
  • ERTMS has been deployed on Sweden's Iron Ore line.
  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
  • Eurostar services disrupted after problems near Lille
    25 June 2025 0
  • VTG Rail appoints Matt Hannant as Head of Sales and Marketing
    23 June 2025 0
  • Gareth Davies named as SYSTRA’s Market Director for Water & Environment
    23 June 2025 0
  • Alstom’s RER NG has been running on the RER D line since December 2024.
    SNCF Voyageurs orders 96 additional RER NG trainsets from Alstom
    23 June 2025 0
  • Infrastructure and increased investment needed to unlock economic growth – Transport for the North
    23 June 2025 0
  • Report highlights disparity in transport investment between London and the North
    9 June 2025 0
  • The ORR has reported on its review of revenue protection practices on the railway.
    Rail regulator recommends improvements in revenue protection
    4 June 2025 0
  • Artist's impression of a West Yorkshire tram.
    Plans for West Yorkshire trams receive major funding boost
    4 June 2025 0
  • Visualisation of a Lumo Class 222 train.
    Lumo awards £50 million contract to enhance and service its Class 222 trains to Alstom
    4 June 2025 0
  • The first of six Siemens Mobility Vectron MS locomotive has been handed over to RTC at at the Transport Logistic exhibition 2025 in Munich.
    First Siemens Vectron MS loco handed over to Italian operator RTC
    3 June 2025 0
  • Government announces additional funding to “keep passengers safe now and level up for the future”
    23 May 2020 0
  • Public-access defibrillators installed at GTR stations
    11 December 2019 0
  • Welsh and Scottish stations are lit ‘Blue for NHS’
    15 May 2020 0
  • Paul Wilson moves to DB ESG
    14 October 2020 0
  • Repairs to iconic Eskmeals viaduct on Cumbrian Coast line will improve linespeed
    5 June 2020 1
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