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HQ move for BakerHicks

Design and engineering expert BakerHicks has opened its new headquarters in Warwick. The company said its move from Stratford-upon-Avon to Warwick was prompted by the...

New rail ombudsman to handle passenger complaints

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) will soon require all train operators to sign up to a mandatory rail ombudsman scheme. Expected to be...

Arriva Trains Wales completes £500,000 makeover of Class 142 and 143 fleet

Arriva Trains Wales has completed a £500,000 refurbishment of its fleet of Class 142 and 143 Pacer DMUs. The 30 two-carriage trains, which operate on the...

New operations director at Siemens Rail Automation

Siemens Rail Automation has appointed Matt Kent as its operations director. Managing director Rob Morris said that Matt's career path - which started when he...

Siemens to open £8m bogie service centre in Lincoln

Siemens has announced it is opening a bogie service centre in Lincoln. The £8 million investment will see up to 40 skilled rail technician roles created...

Atkins appoints new CEO for UK and Europe

Philip Hoare has been appointed Atkins' CEO for the UK and Europe, replacing Nick Roberts who became president of SNC-Lavalin's engineering, design and project...

Call Confidential: A new approach

Confidential reporting and analysis was adopted by the mainline railway companies shortly after the catastrophic rail incident that was Ladbroke Grove in 1999 to...

Who’s Hoo: A new home for Amtrain

Built at the turn of the millennium, the Hoo Junction training facility in Kent has seen some of the industry’s best and brightest come...

Cleshar to take over Carillion’s maintenance work on London Overground line

Transport for London (TfL) is set to award Cleshar Contract Services a contract previously held by Carillion for maintenance on the London Overground's East...

Carillion staff working on Network Rail projects to be paid until mid-April

Network Rail said it had reached an agreement with the firm supporting the liquidation of Carillion that will guarantee that staff working on Network...

Ban the box: helping ex-offenders into employment

Rehabilitating offenders into society is a crucial part of the UK’s justice system. Without the opportunity to put spent criminal offences behind them, a...

Heathrow Express flying high

Heathrow Express comes into its 20th year off the back of a strong 2017. Record passenger numbers and increasing customer satisfaction would suggest that...

Why leasing back old trains to buy new isn’t such a strange idea

Reports emerged last week that Transport for London (TfL) plans to sell some of its fleet and lease them back to help raise £875...

Highways England director moves to HS2

HS2 Ltd has appointed David Poole, Highways England's former executive director for commercial and procurement, as its own procurement and supply chain director. David will...

Eurostar appoints new CEO

Current Yodel CEO Mike Cooper has been appointed the new CEO of Eurostar. Mike will succeed Nicolas Petrovic, who leaves to become CEO of Siemens France,...

How Siemens’ equality, diversity and inclusion team is helping mind the gap

Companies across the rail sector are each finding their own way to ensure that the railway’s workforce is reflective of society at large. At...

Richard Branson returns fire over so-called bailout of Virgin Trains East Coast franchise

Virgin Trains founder Richard Branson has defended the so-called government bailout of its East Coast franchise. Critics, including former Labour transport secretary Lord Andrew Adonis,...

HST train cab struck by tree in Plymouth

Mark Hopwood, Great Western Railway’s managing director, took to LinkedIn to deliver a cautionary new year message after the cab of one of the...