Mike Brown CBE MVO appointed RSSB chair
The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has appointed Mike Brown CBE MVO as the new Chair of the Board. The appointment took effect from 23 June 2022. Mike Brown, [...]
XEIAD Opens New Regional Office
XEIAD have officially opened their new Swindon Office which provides a central location to deliver services to their clients in the South and West of England. XEIAD are a specialist [...]
Businesses in Crewe step forward to play their part in HS2’s construction
A business event hosted in partnership with Crewe and Nantwich MP, Dr Kieran Mullan, has attracted interest from more than 40 companies in the local area who are all keen [...]
HS2 welcomes planning approval for major Birmingham viaducts
HS2 Ltd has been granted Schedule 17 consent by Birmingham City Council for two viaducts which will take the new high speed railway into Curzon Street Station in the city [...]
D/Gauge launch Dynamic Vehicle Modelling Service
D/Gauge have expanded their services to include dynamic vehicle modelling. Dynamic modelling utilises detailed bogie and vehicle data to ascertain accurate vehicle dynamics. These dynamics are used to assess safety, [...]
Reading station’s green credentials given boost thanks to ‘digital twin’
An innovative project to improve carbon emissions and energy performance at Reading station is underway which has the potential to improve the station’s energy performance by around 20%. Sensors are [...]
Railway Benefit Fund’s Royal Charter Steams Ahead as Flagship Fundraiser
On Friday 3rd June The Railway Benefit Fund’s most exciting fundraiser to date, The Royal Charter, took 250 passengers from Crewe to Windsor to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. 70000 [...]
HS2 starts work on first pioneering ‘Green Tunnel’
First of five HS2 ‘green tunnels’ that, when complete, will be covered by earth and host trees and shrubs to fit in with the surrounding countryside View and embed a [...]
All Network Rail features confirmed!
Rail Live is now less than 2 weeks away, and it's set to be our most packed event yet - this is the most exhibitor's to ever sign up for Rail [...]
Stunning Timelapse video of railway subway being built as Hassocks underpass officially opens to the public
People in Sussex will be able to cross the railway much more easily and safely following the opening of a new subway at Hassocks. The new structure replaces the old [...]
Publication of key report vital step in creation of 30-year rail strategy
Long-term strategy for our railways reaches important milestone with publication of key report Organisations and rail users across the nation have shared their insights and evidence to support creation of [...]
Work continues apace on project to build state-of-the-art £70m depot for new Tyne and Wear Metro
Ahead of the delivery of the first new train this year, good progress is being made on the construction of the new £70m Gosforth Metro depot, which will accommodate the [...]
Zonegreen updates safety at historic rail depot
Rail safety specialists at Sheffield-based Zonegreen have installed the latest version of their flagship depot protection system at one of the first facilities to ever invest in the technology. Staff [...]
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Pandrol advances the game for welding
Pandrol AutoSeal creating a heat proof seal without the need for luting paste As a standard-setting rail technology company, Pandrol [...]
Digitalising the rail supply chain
Chris Billinge, Business Development Director of supply chain specialist TFC, explains the capabilities of digital inventory management technology in the [...]
Keeping the rail industry on track with remote environmental noise monitoring
Since the pandemic, people’s sensitivity to noise has increased. This is due to the rise in home working and the [...]
What is stopping us being seamless?
Charlotte Pearce, Head of UK Rail at Zipabout looks at the Whole Industry Strategic Plan (WISP) which is due to [...]
Rail Cluster – theory and practice
Michael Hird, Director at Hird Rail Development brings us up to date on the South Yorkshire rail cluster In recent [...]
Disconnected data
New Intoware survey reveals that 68 per cent of rail companies are being held back by disconnected data Decision making [...]
Full steam ahead
Alex Pond, Managing Director at Intertrain, a City & Guilds business explains how diversifying the rail industry can tackle skills [...]
The HSR Group
Deb Carson, Head of Operations at the High Speed Rail Group explains how they represent the industry The High Speed [...]
HS1 Ltd: starting a green transport revolution
Dyan Crowther, HS1 Ltd Chief Executive looks at the dual goals of decarbonising transport and achieving modal shift Like other [...]
What’s holding you back from upgrading your CIRO membership?
Do you want to inspire and shape the next generation of rail? As a member of the Chartered Institution of [...]