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ScotRail apprentices graduate

A second tranche of hard-working ScotRail Modern Apprentices in Customer Service has graduated under a pioneering initiative to develop young talent. Around 70 guests — including Angela Constance,...

Expanded constellation for Eurostar

Eurostar celebrates 20 years in the business this November. Celebrations got off to a good start with the news that 10.1 million passengers used...

Creative for Eurostar

Christopher Jenner takes up the newly created role of Creative Director at Eurostar. The job will emphasise the importance of creative design in new...

Shops on stations defy recession

According to the British Retail Consortium high street sales have increased by a meager 0.4% between April and June this year. However on the railway...

Chiltern collaboration

Network Rail and Chiltern Railways have announced they will be working closer together to progress the upgrading of the railway between Oxford and Bicester. This...

Reshuffle at Virgin Trains

Virgin Rail Group was keen to stress continuity at the top as Phil Whittingham, Director Finance, stepped up to become the Lead executive and...

Bridgeway acquires KJB Consulting

Bridgeway Consulting Ltd has completed its acquisition of KJB Consulting (UK) Ltd. Ken Buttle, the previous owner of KJB Consulting, has been retained by Bridgeway...

Tram boost for local economy

Expanding Nottingham’s tram system is already benefitting the local economy creating jobs and opportunities for local businesses. Using local firms and skilled people from across...

Adelantes for Grand Central

If Grand Central receives approval to operate services beyond 2016 it plans to replace its HSTs with Class 180 Adelantes. As an open-access train operator,...

Colas team wins BS11000

Colas Rail’s jointly delivered Track Renewals business has achieved BS 11000 certification for Collaborative Business Relationships. Says Richard Watts, Operations Manager, Colas Rail, ‘Track Renewals...

Knorr-Bremse completes Railcare sale

Kim Rayment, Bryan Jackson and Ian Gould, Joint Administrators of Railcare Limited (“the Company”), completed the sale of the business and assets of the...

McLoughlin hails Stewarts Lane star

Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin visited Stewarts Lane depot on 30 July to view the first Southern class 377/6 to be delivered. The visit coincided with...

Four square rail arithmetic

Rail operators are generating more than four times as much money for Government to reinvest in rail than 15 years earlier, according to a...

Transport for London to take over commuter services

The DfT has approved Transport for London plans to take over commuter services that run from Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, Cheshunt via Seven...

Tram man on the run

A man dressed as a tram has completed a SPAD-free 21 mile romp around Hebden Bridge parish boundary in West Yorkshire. Neil Harrison, Communications Manager...

Desiro fleet for Thameslink

Siemens is to build a new fleet of Desiro City trains for Thameslink which reduces overall energy consumption and track wear by up to...

Hollingsworth heads Eurostar

Eurostar International has appointed Clare Hollingsworth as chairman. Clare will succeed Richard Brown who steps down at the end of June. Clare Hollingsworth joined the...

A flock of seagulls

Seagulls at Newcastle Central Station have ruffled a few feathers among motorists. Two seagulls built a nest in a vacant bay in the station’s car...