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International platforms at Waterloo – vacated by Eurostar five years ago – should be back in use next April thanks to moves by the Network Rail and South West Trains Alliance. On the anniversary of the alliance‘s first year in action a special train from Woking pulled into platform 20. Says Tim Shoveller, managing director [...]

Network Rail is once again supporting this year’s RailStaff Awards at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. The RailStaff Awards 2013 reflects the industry-wide dynamics of co-operation, openness and transparency evidenced by the success of Network Rail in building a bigger, better railway for Britain. Men and women from all areas of the industry will [...]

Rail freight has been experiencing a marked renaissance over the past 15 years, growing in popularity as consistently as its steady decline in the 1960s and 70s, Marc Johnson reports. More and more businesses continue to shift from road to rail, but motorways and HGVs are still moving most of the UK’s goods, with rail [...]

As our roads become more congested and the green agenda encourages us out of cars and onto public transport, rail is becoming more important as a means of travel. Writes Dave Darnell, UK rail sector director, WSP Group With the average Brit making over 140 trips per year on a train, and all of them [...]

Westgate has a shabby chic vibe influenced by a Sixties redevelop-ment that no doubt felt fresh and innovative in its day. It’s no longer up to the job expected of it. Writes Graeme Bickerdike Cut through the gloom though and a success story emerges: passenger numbers there have risen by 500,000 in seven years, reaching [...]

Among the best ways of seeing New Zealand – a landscape made famous by the Lord of the Rings film – is by rail. David Shirres reports after a journey by the TranzAlpine train across the Southern Alps, one of KiwiRail’s scenic trains. KiwiRail offers three scenic rail journeys On the South Island are the [...]

On the eve of his departure for a new life in Australia, Howard Collins, Chief Operating Officer of London Underground, speaks to Nigel Wordsworth. Howard has been at the heart of London Underground but is now taking his skills and experience down-under as Chief Executive Officer of Sydney Trains. Just before he goes, he relives [...]

We are all familiar with the concept of exporting goods from the UK, but what about exporting skills overseas? Writes Lawrence Dobie, education and training director at Vital Services Group In recent years Britain has seen a dramatic increase in skilled and experienced engineers migrating abroad to facilitate the development of projects across the world. [...]

CEI Collins Engineers Ltd is opening a new office in Manchester. The new office will be run by Gary Hastie, a career railwayman with 35 years experience in railways and the wider construction industry. Gary comes to Collins after 10 years with Network Rail and is undertaking the role of Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) in [...]

Monday 4th March was a big day for Iarnród Éireann and Port of Waterford when DFDS Logistics re-launched a container train reconnecting County Mayo with Rotterdam and the rest of Europe. Writes Tim Casterton DFDS operates the sea route from Rotterdam to Waterford helping Ireland move containers to and from mainland Europe. The new train [...]