Stadler and Rail Operations (UK) Limited sign a contract for the new Class 93 tri-mode locomotives
Pic Credit: Stadler Stadler and Rail Operations (UK) Limited have signed a framework agreement for the supply of thirty Class 93 tri-mode locomotives, which will support rail decarbonisation requirements in [...]
11,000 tonne tunnel to be installed on the railway in first for UK engineering
Massive concrete structure to be pushed under the East Coast Main Line as part of £1.2bn upgrade Major works to occur over nine days between 16 and 24 January Hundreds [...]
HS2 to implement UKs first ever project wide health and safety passport
Midlands based company Biosite is working with HS2 developing the new initiative to boost health and safety and competency insight across the supply chain HS2 and its contractors have taken [...]
HS2 set to reach 730,000 planted trees landmark by Spring 2021
HS2’s specialist ecology teams will plant over 300,000 trees across the Phase One route during the winter months This will take the total number of trees planted between London and [...]
Network Rail reaches major milestone on £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade as all tracks into King’s Cross are lifted to allow sewer reconstruction
Network Rail reaches major milestone on £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade as all four tracks into King’s Cross are lifted for the first time in decades to allow sewer reconstruction. Major [...]
Birmingham’s rail history revived as agreement reached to integrate Old Curzon Street Station into new HS2 terminus
One of the world’s oldest surviving pieces of monumental railway architecture to be preserved and enhanced in new HS2 Curzon Street Station. Leader of Birmingham City Council: "This is an [...]
Bombardier signs landmark deal to fit digital signalling to ELECTROSTAR trains
Ground-breaking agreement signed with Porterbrook, the UK rolling stock company Major step forward in delivering Digital Railway initiative in the UK, to increase capacity, reduce delays, enhance safety and drive [...]
HS2’s world-first emissions retrofit solution cuts emissions and carbon and will save millions of pounds
Successful pilot of world’s first retrofit on large construction equipment will have massive impact across the HS2 project, saving millions of pounds Reduced emissions will benefit communities, the environment and [...]
Network Rail workers give up Christmas with their families to work on major East Yorkshire bridge upgrade
Network Rail teams are spending their Christmases working on a £3.3million project to upgrade a road bridge near Gilberdyke station, instead of enjoying the festivities with their families. From [...]
Multi-million-pound platform access improvements for Euston passengers
Passenger access is being improved to four of London Euston station’s busiest platforms as part of a multi-million-pound improvement programme. The current layout of the ramp to platforms 8-11 acts [...]
The Polar Express Gauging Challenge
Sean Symons, Principal Gauging Engineer at DGauge Limited We do get asked some unusual questions sometimes and last week was no exception. “Would The Polar Express run on the UK railway?” doubtful, was my [...]
Scott Parnell Rail
Scott Parnell, a leading Civils Merchant in the UK has a dedicated Rail Team. Our Rail specialists are committed to providing the very best service. Alongside our standard merchant range, [...]
Castleford Railway Station £2.8 million Transformation Now Complete
New station building offers better connections and improved facilities to passengers A project to significantly improve Castleford railway station and provide a more attractive and welcoming gateway to the town [...]
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Can Covid-19 relieve an employer from its contract obligations?
Caroline Hooton and Darren Fodey explore all the potential scenarios that Covid-19 might bring about Readers will be all-too-aware that [...]
Building Back Better Greener
‘Governments everywhere are currently designing their economic recovery packages, they can stick with the status quo, bailing out high carbon, [...]
A greener shade of green for the railway
Eli Rees-King, Director of marketing communications business at ERK Connected, offers her thoughts on recent developments in the rail sector [...]
The Across Rail Property Group
Accounting for around 60 per cent of all mainstream assets and representing more than 3.5 times total global GDP, real [...]
Partnership aims to improve ground engineering accuracy
Koohyar Faizi PhD is on a three-year research project with Nottingham Trent University to look at improving the accuracy of [...]
Cost efficient electrification: research, innovation and a rolling programme
Rail electrification has been rarely out of the news for the past few years, ever since Chris Grayling’s cancellation of [...]
Why the West Midlands is on a roll in rail
The region is on track to solve the challenges facing rolling stock, writes David Fisken, rail sector specialist at the [...]
Siemens Mobility’s innovation station
Finbarr Dowling, Project Director for Siemens Mobility’s new £200 million rail facility in Goole explains how and why the company [...]
Interview with Philippe Vappereau, Chairman at Calypso Networks Association
Sam Sherwood-Hale, spoke to Philippe Vappereau, Chairman at Calypso Networks Association about developments in ticketing across the industry Philippe [...]