In the months up until 2021, around 7,000 new vehicles are set to be introduced by train companies across the country. Drivers will swap some of the oldest rolling stock on the...

Safestart: Wellingtons, wellbeing and an end to whistles, horns and detonators?

Business 13th March 2019

Passenger, worker and community safety is paramount to the operation of the country’s railways. Such is the close relationship between the two that Mark Carne often said that safety goes “hand in...

Farewell to David Waboso

Digital Railway 13th March 2019

Industry colleague Clive Kessell looks back at the career of the talented project engineer The impending retirement of David Waboso, who currently heads up the Digital...

RailStaff March 2019: Turning point

Editor's View 13th March 2019

Events of 2018 have proven to be the final straw for Network Rail in its current shape. After seven years of consecutive bad performance, with poor punctuality, timetabling...

Health, High Output and the new community Challenge

Featured 13th March 2019

“Basically, it’s Weight Watchers with your mates at work,” explained Steve Featherstone, Network Rail’s track programme director, who is putting his weight behind a new health challenge launched in February. His description of the project might be brief, but its potential impact is anything but. A different type of enhancement programme Titled the Track Safety…

RSSB’s Annual Health and Wellbeing Conference

Featured 12th March 2019

Topics included the effectiveness of mental health first aid, establishing credible benchmarks and rail’s occupational health struggle RSSB’s chief operating officer Johnny Schute began proceedings at its Annual Health...

West Midlands Rail Executive director confirmed

Rail News 11th March 2019

Malcolm Holmes has been appointed as the executive director of the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) on a permanent basis. Malcolm previously worked as a senior retail and customer...

Midland main line electrification extended

Rail News 11th March 2019

Network Rail has been instructed to design an extension of the Midland main line electrification programme from Kettering to Market Harborough station, rail minister Andrew Jones has confirmed.

Hero officer aims to raise £10k for PTSD charity

BTP 5th March 2019

BTP officer Leon McLeod is running his first marathon to raise money for servicemen and women who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). On April 28, PC McLeod...

IMechE adds new safety test to Railway Challenge

Events 5th March 2019

A new safety test has been added to the IMechE Railway Challenge for 2019. Teams will have to design their locomotive to stop automatically as close as possible to...

All sectors covered at Railtex as last few exhibitor spaces remain

Events 5th March 2019

With the exhibition now less than three months away, Railtex is taking final reservations for the last remaining stand spaces, as the industry prepares to come together for three days of insight...

Last steam train ride through LU’s central section

Featured 5th March 2019

Plans are in place for one final steam train to travel through the central section of the London Underground. Details are currently limited, but the steam train will travel...

Patrick Parsons’ appointment

People 5th March 2019

Engineering consultancy Patrick Parsons has recruited a new director for rail. Sen Jay Dookayka was most recently interim head of scheme design at East West Railway Company and joins...

Execs depart Orange Army

Featured 5th March 2019

Francis Paonessa, the managing director of Infrastructure Projects (IP), and Alison Rumsey, group human resources director, are both set to leave Network Rail. Francis joined IP from Bombardier in...

Amey promotes ex-Carillion MD

Featured 5th March 2019

Andy Joy has been promoted to rail sector director at Amey. The former business director joined the company in 2018 following the acquisition of the majority of Carillion’s rail...

Nottingham Trams boss joins RFM

People 5th March 2019

Paul Robinson, the managing director of Nottingham Trams, has replaced outgoing chair Paul Francis at Rail Forum Midlands (RFM). Nottingham Trams is a joint venture between Keolis (80 per...

Shepherd to tend to safety at Hull Trains

Featured 5th March 2019

Hull Trains has appointed Mark Shepherd as its head of safety and environment. Mark will tackle issues surrounding the operator’s existing fleet, its new Class 802s and also address...

Building strong foundations

Rail News 4th March 2019

With heavy expectations for 2019, piling specialists All Foundations has reinforced its senior team. Ian Brook has joined as senior contracts manager from Roger Bullivant, while Tom Milton joins...

Success Story

People 4th March 2019

A trio of senior promotions have been made at Story Contracting after what it describes as an "exceptional start" to 2019. The infrastructure company grew by 36 per cent...

Stuart Calvert to be new Digital Railway head

Business 14th February 2019

Stuart Calvert, director of programme technical services and supply chain at Network Rail’s Group Digital Railway (GDR), has been announced as its new managing director following the retirement of David Waboso. When...

Royal Military Police to join BTP on patrol

BTP 13th February 2019

Officers from the Royal Military Police (RMP) will join BTP on patrol at Liverpool Street and Waterloo stations as part of a new partnership. By shadowing transport police at...

New head of apprenticeships at Network Rail

People 13th February 2019

Network Rail has hired its first dedicated head of apprenticeships. Newstarter Richard Turner joins from Virgin Trains where he was responsible for the company’s training and development as well...

Andrew Haines’ 100-day review: “The need for radical change is clear”

Featured 12th February 2019

Chief executive Andrew Haines has concluded that "the need for radical change is clear“ at Network Rail after completing his 100-day review. Under his direction, Network Rail is set...

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