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Stuart Calvert to lead Capital Delivery Centre of Excellence

10 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As Network Rail continues to improve the delivery of major projects and investment on the railway, it has asked Stuart Calvert to take the lead of its new Capital Delivery Centre of Excellence Stuart, who […]

Infrastructure

Lifeboat ramp repaired alongside work on Cumbrian Coast line

7 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Rail workers protecting the Cumbrian Coast line from the effects of extreme weather and erosion have rebuilt a section of public slipway used to launch RNLI lifeboats. Every winter, the railway along the Cumbrian coast […]

Heritage

Grade II listed Gauxholme viaduct in Lancashire to be refurbished

7 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Gauxholme viaduct in Lancashire, designed by George Stephenson, built in 1840 and Grade II listed, is to receive a makeover as part of a £3.7 million Network Rail project. The 180-year-old bridge spans the Rochdale […]

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 […]

Infrastructure

New signalling at Hither Green as £81m project completes on time

4 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

New signalling in the Hither Green area of Lewisham, south-east London, is now in operation after Network Rail completed its two-year project with a nine-day closure of routes across South East London. The old system, […]

Business

First services use new fifth platform at Stevenage station – one year ahead of schedule

3 August 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

At the end of a £40 million project, a new, fifth platform has been opened at Stevenage station – a year early. Construction work began, early in 2019, to build a dedicated fifth platform where […]

Infrastructure

Tring station receives multi-million-pound accessibility upgrade

30 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Tring station in Hertfordshire, which is on the busy West Coast main line with important commuter links to London, Birmingham and Crewe, has undergone a multi-million-pound transformation, making it more accessible for passengers. The £5.8 […]

Infrastructure

Railway closed for renewal at Hither Green

26 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The main line from Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Orpington to Charing Cross and Cannon Street will be closed through the Hither Green area, in the London Borough of Lewisham, southeast London, for nine days from Saturday […]

Infrastructure

Longer platforms at three Sussex stations

22 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Platforms have been extended at three stations in Sussex, so they can accommodate longer trains. The new platforms at Cooksbridge, Lancing and Goring-by-Sea will improve accessibility and reduce overcrowding for commuters and leisure travellers and […]

Infrastructure

Emergency work on four bridges will close the line between Ely and Peterborough for 28 days

21 July 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The line between March and Peterborough will be closed for several weekends later this summer and early autumn so that Network Rail can replace 87 pairs of wheel timbers on four bridges at Manea, Cambridgeshire. […]

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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
  • Work has begun on the new £100 million South Wales Metro depot at Taff’s Well.
    20 January 2020 0
  • Dealing with ageing infrastructure
    10 September 2020 0
  • Rail industry writes to PM urging him to press on with rail reform legislation
    9 May 2023 0
  • Dutch tests show Alstom hydrogen train is
    “a fully viable alternative to diesel”
    2 October 2020 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
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