Rail Business

GB Railfreight, together with its industry partner Porterbrook, has unveiled a specially repainted freight locomotive in the blue and white colours of the National Health Service.  The new livery was unveiled to coincide with the weekly celebrations to thank...

Network Rail has been working since February both to repair a major freight route and to keep supplies going into Drax power station. The line into Drax Power Station was inundated with flood water in February when the nearby River...

Tyne and Wear Metro’s depot workers paid a touching tribute to the NHS during ‘Clap for Carers’, held at 20:00 on Thursday 16 April, as maintenance teams at Metro’s Gosforth Depot in Newcastle lined up in front of the...

Three key Network Rail stations have turned blue to show their support for the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic. To coincide with the weekly tribute to NHS, care staff, health professionals and other key workers, the Network Rail managed stations...

Network Rail recently appealed for retired signallers, or those who have moved to other careers in the railway industry, to volunteer to provide cover at signal boxes and control centres if some current signallers fall ill or need to...

With fewer trains running due to coronavirus, and even fewer passengers taking the train, train operator GWR has donated almost £10,000 worth of on-board catering to a host of good causes across the Great Western network, including hospitals and...

Network Rail has completed the installation of a new overhead wiring system on the Southend Victoria branch line in a £46 million upgrade to improve reliability for key workers currently using the line and in the long term when...

Northern Ireland’s Translink has given two trains very special makeovers in support of the #ChaseTheRainbow movement sweeping the nation. The two ‘Trainbows’ will be moving symbols of hope and solidarity for people as they see them travelling across the network....

Transfesa Logistics, the DB Cargo partner in Spain (owned 70.29% by Deutsche Bahn Iberica Holding and 20.35% by Spanish state operator Renfe), has recently started a new express 72-hour rail service for essential hygiene and medical products from terminals...

QTS Group, the national rail infrastructure maintenance firm, is helping NHS workers stay safe during the Coronavirus outbreak. Together with Network Rail Scotland’s works delivery team, the group has donated 40 pairs of Bollé safety glasses, plus additional boxes of...