All aboard the Elizabeth line!
London’s newest railway - the Elizabeth line – opened today, and Mott MacDonald is part of this historic moment in the UK capital’s history. It’s fantastic to see the fruition [...]
People across UK encouraged to ‘give the train a try’ for a healthier, greener future
Image credit: Charlotte Graham. Community groups and volunteers across Britain are coming together for this year's Community Rail Week to encourage people to 'give the train a try'. They are [...]
The PWI’s ‘Tomorrow’s rail safety today’ seminar explores the future of rail safety
Join the discussion at ‘Tomorrow’s rail safety today’ on Thursday 26 May. On our railway, the safety of those who work on the infrastructure and of the infrastructure itself are [...]
Baldwin Boxall celebrates 40 years at Firex and Announces Seven Year Warranty Gift!
Since its formation in 1982, the Baldwin Boxall brand has become a steadfast symbol of reliability and quality. Celebrating 40 years the company has announced the introduction of a seven-year [...]
Rolling Stock Maintenance & Depot Optimisation Europe Congress 2022
Rolling Stock Maintenance - 28-29 June Depot Optimisation - 30 June As passenger rail operators seek to realise cost reductions through smarter, combined approaches to maintenance strategies and through new [...]
Keeping tags on freight to improve safety across the railway
A new safety scheme has launched which will fit more than 15,000 of Britain’s freight locomotives and wagons with technology that enables the condition of wheelsets – a pair of [...]
Supporting veterans into employment on HS2
Veterans and service leavers are being supported into jobs on HS2, thanks to a partnership between HS2’s construction partners and Community Interest Company, BuildForce. BuildForce was established and is run [...]
Major green milestone for HS2 as project announces first diesel-free construction site
Canterbury Road Vent Shaft site in South Kilburn becomes HS2 Ltd’s first completely diesel-free construction site Major moment for the project in its journey towards net-zero carbon emissions from 2035 [...]
EXPO: Innovation creates real opportunities for rail
Innovations such as the Revolution VLR vehicle could transform the rail environment// Image credits: PHILIP SHERRATT/MODERN RAILWAYS Britain’s rail network is on the cusp of immense change organisationally and [...]
Camira celebrates 200-year anniversary in transport textiles with film on its founding company, Holdsworth
With roots stretching back to 1822, this year marks the global textile manufacturer’s 200-year anniversary in the transport industry, and the company is telling the story of its rich heritage [...]
PWI training courses in track and electrification (OLE)
Join the PWI Electrification Engineering Diploma or PWI Track Engineering Diploma taking place in Derby in May. Taught by rail industry professionals, these courses have been developed for both newly [...]
Lab by Transport for Wales at The Depot
Transport for Wales’ innovation accelerator programme is set to host its first in-person technology industry event later this month. Lab by TfW, developed with Alt Labs, and launched in July [...]
TransPennine Express shortlisted for Women in Rail Social Inclusion Award
TransPennine Express (TPE) has been recognised for its work with local communities in promoting rail as a great career choice for women. The train operator has been shortlisted for the [...]
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Dual fuel locomotive concepts unveiled
G-volution and SBL-Rail present dual fuel evolution concepts of the Class 37, Class 59 and Class 66 locomotives, representative of [...]
London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce
copyright TFL from London Transport Museum's collection Historian Sam Mullins OBE takes us on a tour of a new exhibition [...]
River level monitoring lowers bridge scour risk
Engineers at Transport Scotland have investigated the potential for water level monitoring systems to help mitigate risks where transport infrastructure [...]
Remembering to remember
In delivering the RAIB report into the Stonehaven rail tragedy, Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents Simon French, said ‘we owe [...]
Cyber resilience for rail during heighted threat levels
As cyber-attacks become more sophisticated, Minesh Pandya, Principal – Cybersecurity & Risk at HKA explains why it is more important [...]
Putting the pride back into Sunderland station
Sunderland station’s new southern entrance will be a gateway to the city that rail’s greats would be proud of says [...]
Interview: Steve Barnes Business Development Manager at Gramm Barrier Systems
Sam Sherwood-Hale, Editor of Rail Professional spoke to Steve Barnes Business Development Manager at Gramm Barrier Systems about improving air [...]
Butts Bridge Enhancement
Anchor Systems’ Vulcan anchors were used to stabilise bridge abutments on the A339 Anchor Systems (International) Ltd were called in [...]