London Bridge station named on shortlist for RIBA Stirling Prize 2019
London Bridge Station was today named in the shortlist for UK architecture’s most prestigious award, the RIBA Stirling Prize 2019. The RIBA Stirling Prize is given to the architect of [...]
Railway Industry Association launches its award-winning Annual Conference – “Building customer-focused rail, at home and abroad”
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has launched its award-winning Annual Conference to be held at Hilton London Bankside on 7-8 November. The Conference will see a number of high profile [...]
England’s Economic Heartland launches Outline Transport Strategy at annual conference
A wide-ranging debate on the future of transport in and around the Oxford to Cambridge Arc has been launched by England’s Economic Heartland (EEH), as it unveiled its Outline Transport [...]
Andy Lord appointed new MD of London Underground
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that Andy Lord will join TfL from 4 November 2019 at its new Managing Director of London Underground and TfL Engineering. Andy was previously [...]
Customers set to reap the benefits of Transport for Wales’ £40 million fleet investment
From this week, customers will start to enjoy the benefits of USB and electric charging points, better seats and brand new on train toilets as part of a huge investment [...]
London Bridge station rebuild earns top CEEQUAL score
The rebuilding of London Bridge station has been awarded top marks in the prestigious CEEQUAL scheme. The £1bn project, delivered as part of the government sponsored Thameslink Programme, received a [...]
Rail awards to recognise innovative projects to protect workers
The global body for health and safety professionals is seeking to reward organisations which have created innovative projects to improve the way employees are protected on the railways. The International [...]
HGI power the innovation hub 2019.
Porterbrook launched its Innovation Hub at RailLive 2019. The train provides a unique platform for over 25 suppliers to display their innovative products covering such areas as: • Improved passenger [...]
Network Rail launches a £70m track worker safety task force
Network Rail has launched a new safety task force, backed with a £70m fund, to target track-worker safety, bringing together multiple strands of work from across the company aimed at [...]
REVEALED: The UK’s best and worst train stations
London Paddington has been named the UK's best train station, according to a new study. The research, which was completed by Novotel, looked at the 100 busiest train stations in the [...]
£20m fund marks one year on from the Inclusive Transport Strategy
Industry invited to nominate stations across Britain that would benefit from improvements to accessibility. Department marks one-year since the publication of the Inclusive Transport Strategy. Move follows wider developments to [...]
Major railway bridge in Manchester city centre to be restored
Passengers, motorists and residents are being informed about work to carefully restore a railway bridge next to Deansgate station in Manchester city centre. The Great North Rail Project work will [...]
Ordsall Chord Wins RIBA National Award
Ordsall Chord in Manchester, designed by BDP, has won a RIBA National Award. The awards celebrate the best buildings in the UK, recognising innovation and a project’s contribution to architecture. [...]
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Innovative changes in Coventry
As Coventry prepares for two high-profile events, we look at the part the Government’s Local Growth Fund has played in [...]
Collaborative Vision
Tim Wood, the Director of Northern Powerhouse Rail talks to us about his hopes and ambitions for the biggest single [...]
Potential domestic supply chain boost from HS2 bids
Six companies have unveiled bids for HS2, each one focussing on how their bid would benefit the UK’s supply chain... [...]
The transport sector gets onboard with social value
Chris Farrell, the Managing Director of Impact Reporting, discusses how the rail sector can prioritise Social Value and improve reporting [...]
Are the brakes on for rail freight?
Alex Veitch, Head of Multimodal Policy at FTA, explores the results of the Freight Transport Association’s Logistics Report... FTA’s Logistics [...]
Interview – Alex Burrows
Alex Burrows, Director of the Birmingham Centre for Rail Research and Education (BCRRE) and the Rail Alliance is interviewed by [...]
Interview – Manel Villalante
Sam Sherwood-Hale spoke to Manel Villalante, Strategy General Manager at Renfe about Spain’s experience with high-speed rail, Renfe’s investment into [...]