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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 […]

Infrastructure

Cumbrian Coast line, closed since March due to storm damage, to reopen later this month

5 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

The Cumbrian Coast line, which has been closed between Whitehaven and Workington since March when high tides, strong winds and heavy rain brought by Storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge caused structural damage to a bridge […]

Heritage

Planning application could see new station at Soham by 2022

4 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Plans to build a new railway station at Soham have progressed to the next stage as Network Rail has submitted an application to East Cambridgeshire District Council for permitted development rights to build it. The […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Street artist thanks NHS with mural close to St Thomas’ Hospital

2 May 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Street artist Lionel Stanhope has paid tribute to the nation’s NHS heroes with a mural on a railway arch in Southwark. It is on Cornwall Road, underneath Waterloo East railway station, round the corner from […]

Infrastructure

West Coast main line to undergo major track and drainage upgrades

30 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The West Coast main line, which runs from London Euston to Scotland via the West Midlands, will undergo major improvement works between Rugby and Milton Keynes from Saturday 2 May until Saturday 16 May. The […]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Home-schooling STEM lockdown pack from Network Rail

30 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

To help many parents who are having both to manage their own time while working from home and organise home schooling for their children, Network Rail has created a pack of Science, Technology, Engineering and […]

Business

West Midlands signallers turn to local gin distillery for their hand sanitiser.

27 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Signalling staff in the West Midlands and Chilterns area are keeping safe using a new hand sanitiser made by local distillery Piston Gin. The Worcester-based gin distillery turned hand sanitiser producer is helping Network Rail’s […]

Events

Even the railway needs a MOM

25 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Gary Robinson from Doncaster is the railway’s MOM, at least in South Yorkshire. He works for Network Rail as a mobile operations manager (MOM), playing a key role in keeping the railway running reliably and […]

Blue for NHS

London’s landmark stations turn blue as a famous voice thanks NHS workers

24 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Landmark railway stations across London turned blue on the night of Thursday 23 April as part of Network Rail’s weekly tribute to NHS workers and frontline staff during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. London Waterloo and […]

Blue for NHS

Britannia bridge in North Wales goes ‘Blue for NHS’

24 April 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Following on from the Glenfinnan viaduct in Scotland and the Royal Albert Bridge in England, this week it was the turn of the Britannia bridge, which crosses the Menai Strait between Anglesey and the Welsh […]

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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
  • Quattro lifts Road Rail Cranes
    11 March 2020 0
  • New intermodal freight service between Southampton and East Midlands Gateway
    22 July 2020 0
  • 200 new train drivers wanted in Wales
    18 August 2020 0
  • HydroFLEX hydrogen-powered train takes to the main line
    30 September 2020 1
  • Network Rail and White Ribbon tackle domestic abuse and violence
    25 November 2020 0
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