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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.

New information screens for Thameslink passengers at St Pancras

Company News 27th July 2020

Seven new passenger information screens at St Pancras, which can display 128 departures at one time, are now giving clearer, more comprehensive...

Drones search out Skylarks on HS2’s route

Environment 27th July 2020

The HS2 route passes through some lovely countryside. That’s been one are of complaint from naturalists and ecologists,...

Tyne & Wear Metro secures additional government funding to prolong its maintenance programme

Company News 24th July 2020

Tyne and Wear Metro has secured additional government funding to keep its programme of essential infrastructure renewal works going after March 2021.

New British-made face coverings kill bacteria

Company News 24th July 2020

At a time when the British public is being asked to wear a face covering when on...

Crossrail delayed yet again

Company News 24th July 2020

Crossrail’s board has met to consider the latest update from its leadership team concerning the impact of COVID-19 on progress to complete...