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Two bridges in Grantham to be repaired

General Interest 6th August 2020

Network Rail is set to undertake repairs to two bridges in Grantham that carry the East Coast main line over roads in...

Longer platforms for four West Midlands stations

General Interest 6th August 2020

Four stations in the West Midlands will be receiving extended platforms in preparation for the introduction of new, longer Class 196 trains...

Detailed design of HS2 Curzon Street station has reduced carbon emissions by 55%

Company News 5th August 2020

Since the first images of the new HS2 station at Birmingham Curzon Street were released in 2018, so that planning applications could...

Government funding for West Midlands Very Light Rail schemes

Company News 5th August 2020

TramForward, the campaign arm of the Light Rail Transit Association, has welcomed the news that the West Midlands Combined Authority has obtained...

New escalators for Marylebone Tube station

General Interest 5th August 2020

Transport for London is about to commence work to improve access to Marylebone Tube station by installing one new escalator and replacing...

West Wickham station footbridge upgraded

General Interest 4th August 2020

Network Rail has been taking advantage of the relative quiet on the railway to catch up with the rebuilding of several station...

Stevenage station’s new fifth platform opened a year early

General Interest 3rd August 2020

A new £40 million platform and track at Stevenage station has been completed more than a year ahead of schedule

Siemens Mobility orders new deep-tube train door systems from Knorr-Bremse IFE

Company News 3rd August 2020

Knorr-Bremse, the international manufacturer of braking and other systems for rail and commercial vehicles, has won a major order to supply entrance...

Alstom purchase of Bombardier Transportation approved by European Commission

Business 31st July 2020

The European Commission has cleared Alstom’s proposed takeover of Bombardier Transportation, subject to four conditions that Alstom had itself suggested:

HS2 Chiltern tunnel headwall ready for tunnel boring machines

Company News 31st July 2020

HS2 is preparing for the arrival of its first giant tunnelling machines by completing the 17-metre-high headwall and ground reinforcement at what...

Special train investigates possibility of reopening disused branch line

General Interest 30th July 2020

South Western Railway has run a special ‘fact-finding’ train on the Fawley branch line in Hampshire, to investigate the potential of re-opening...

Scotland unveils plans to transform Scottish rail network

Environment 30th July 2020

The Scottish government has launched plans to decarbonise Scotland’s rail passenger services by 2035. Transport Secretary Michael Matheson unveiled...

Scotland establishes hydrogen accelerator at University of St Andrews

Environment 29th July 2020

A new hydrogen accelerator will be located at the University of St Andrews in a £300,000 investment by the Scottish government.

Unipart Rail to distribute AB Hoses’ variable-rate sanding system

Company News 29th July 2020

AB Hoses and Fittings has announced that it has appointed Unipart Rail as the exclusive world-wide distributor for its Advanced Automatic Sander...

Mott MacDonald working on improving the railway’s response to signalling failure

Company News 29th July 2020

Engineering and design consultant Mott MacDonald is undertaking its first piece of work for the new Network Rail design services framework, supporting...

Birmingham: University station redevelopment given go ahead

Company News 28th July 2020

Birmingham’s £56 million University station redevelopment has now been confirmed after West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) agreed the full business case.