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SAVE THE DATE – RailStaff Awards 28.11.24

It’s that time again – the countdown to the RailStaff Awards has begun, and although 2023’s event set the bar impossibly high, this year it will be bigger and better than ever! Last year’s extravaganza wowed everyone in attendance. From rail managers to customer service assistants, apprentices to training managers,...

Rail Project News

Infrastructure

North West rail improvements planned this early May bank holiday

April 24, 2024

Passengers travelling on the West Coast main line and North West rail routes are being advised to check before...

Heritage

Great Central Railway reveals new design for next phase of ‘reunification’ project

April 22, 2024

The Great Central Railway is preparing to submit a planning application for it’s ambitious Reunification scheme. A new image...

Rail Safety News

HSEQApril 22, 2024

Nexus unveils new training tool for Metro level crossing safety awareness

A new and interactive training tool is being used to promote level crossing safety on the Tyne and Wear...

Rail People News

Accessibility

Major milestone reached in improving accessibility at Llanelli station

May 1, 2024

Accessibility

Great Northern and Thameslink help SEND teens navigate railway

May 1, 2024

People Moves

Anjuli Ramburuth appointed as Arriva Rail London finance director

April 29, 2024

Company News

QTS Group hires fresh training talent

April 25, 2024

Company News

John Whitehurst appointed GTR’s chief operating officer

April 24, 2024

People

GWR and Network Rail Director Ruth Busby receives OBE

April 23, 2024

Latest Rail News

AccessibilityMay 1, 2024

Major milestone reached in improving accessibility at Llanelli station

Network Rail has successfully installed the main span for the footbridge which will provide step-free access between the two platforms at Llanelli station. Contractors AmcoGiffen...

Infrastructure

Knottingley line reopens following landslip disruption

May 1, 2024

Rail passengers in Knottingley are being thanked by Network Rail for their patience and understanding...

Infrastructure

Passengers warned of bank holiday disruption between London and Birmingham

May 1, 2024

Passengers travelling on the West Coast main line between Birmingham and London over the early...

Rail News

Start selling tickets further in advance say passengers

May 1, 2024

With less than three months until the start of the summer holidays, Campaign for Better...

Accessibility

Great Northern and Thameslink help SEND teens navigate railway

May 1, 2024

Cambridge and Peterborough-based teenagers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have been shown the...

Electrification

Porterbrook to electrify Long Marston test track

April 30, 2024

Having secured the purchase of the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre in Warwickshire last month,...

Events

SAVE THE DATE – RailStaff Awards 28.11.24

April 30, 2024

It’s that time again – the countdown to the RailStaff Awards has begun, and although...

Heritage

Memorial to WW2 railway hero set at York station

April 30, 2024

LNER, the British Transport Police (BTP) History Group, ‘Raids Over York’ heritage project, and Normandy...

Contract News

West Midlands Trains and CrossCountry sign new long-term maintenance contract

April 30, 2024

West Midlands Trains (WMT) has signed a new long-term maintenance contract with CrossCountry to continue...

Trenitalia c2c’s Electrostar trains clock up 150 million miles

East London and South Essex rail firm Trenitalia c2c Ltd (c2c) is celebrating a...

Network Rail warns of delays after overhead lines damaged on West Coast Main Line

Passengers travelling between Wigan North Western and Preston stations on the West Coast Main...

Anjuli Ramburuth appointed as Arriva Rail London finance director

Arriva Rail London (ARL) has announced the appointment of Anjuli Ramburuth as the company’s...

Derbyshire train driver donates thousands to Samaritans

Don Coffey, a train driver from TransPennine Express (TPE) based at Manchester Piccadilly and...

William Cook Rail acquires CWE to strengthen UK rail supply chain

In a major development for the UK rail supply chain, William Cook Rail Ltd...

New trains named after Wrexham Football Hollywood stars

Transport for Wales has named two new trains after the home cities of Wrexham...

First train fitted for digital signalling in Britain’s main freight fleet moves to dynamic testing

Today the first locomotive in Britain’s principal freight fleet (Class 66s) to be fitted...

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