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Update on landslip that closed Kent’s Redhill-Tonbridge line on 22 December

21 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has issued an update on its work to restore services after a major landslip between Godstone and Edenbridge in Kent closed the railway on 22 December 2019. The line is now expected to […]

Infrastructure

Mossley Hill footbridge in Liverpool to be replaced

19 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail is about to replace a railway footbridge near Mossley Hill station in Liverpool that is well-used by the local community. The bridge, which connects Elmsley Road and Bridge Road in Mossley Hill, will […]

Business

Glasgow Queen Street goes for gold

18 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Glasgow Queen Street station is undergoing a £120 million rebuild that will deliver: A contemporary building both internally and externally; An expanded concourse; Improved, fully accessible, entrances on Dundas Street and George Square; New station […]

Infrastructure

River Wriggle bridge to be replaced at Yetminster

17 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Yetminster in Somerset, home to the English folk music group The Yetties (The Yetties of Yetminster was their 10th album, released in 1975), will hit the headlines again this spring as Network Rail replaces the […]

Electrification

Wires down at Hest Bank close West Coast main line

17 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail engineers worked through the night of Thursday 16 January 2020 to reopen the West Coast main line that had been closed earlier in the day when the overhead wires came down at Hest […]

Business

Network Rail spreads Design Services Framework contacts worth £640m between 34 suppliers

10 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Network Rail has announced the organisations that will benefit from its Design Services Framework (DSF) contacts during the current control period (CP6 – from 1 April 2019 until 31 March 2024) with options to extend […]

Infrastructure

Repairs to Old Hill tunnel in Rowley Regis mean no trains for six consecutive Sundays

9 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

A £2 million project to strengthen and repair a 157-year-old tunnel in the West Midlands is underway. Network Rail is working in Old Hill tunnel in Rowley Regis to repair brickwork, strengthen the structure of […]

Business

Loram wins 5-year contract to maintain New Measurement Train

7 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Loram UK has been awarded an £8 million contract over the next five years for the maintenance of Network Rail’s New Measurement Train. Known as the Flying Banana because of its distinctive yellow livery, the […]

News

Ellie Burrows is new Anglia route director at Network Rail

6 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 1

Ellie Burrows, the former train services director at Southeastern, has taken up her new post as Network Rail’s route director for Anglia. One of four new routes that make up Network Rail’s Eastern region, Anglia […]

Appointments

Paul McMahon is new MD of Network Rail’s System Operator

2 January 2020 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Paul McMahon has been named as the interim managing director of Network Rail’s System Operator, replacing Jo Kaye. Previously managing director for Freight and National Passenger Operators, Paul has also been head of the Industry […]

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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
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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…
  • 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
  • Italy: Begamo orders 10 new trams from Škoda
    12 July 2023 0
  • Crossrail remains on track to open Elizabeth line around the end of 2020
    21 August 2019 0
  • TransPennine Express launches new Nova fleet at three-in-one ceremony
    23 November 2019 1
  • World Cup of Stations returns for 2020
    12 October 2020 1
  • Tea room opens in restored Bricket Wood station building
    2 August 2023 0
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