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People are very open-minded about new things, as long as they’re exactly like the old ones,’ said American engineer and inventor Charles Kettering. Kettering is...

Cork – Dublin yes vote

Passengers in Ireland have given a big thumbs up to Irish Rail as it clipped a neat 15 minutes off the journey time from...

Cork line upgrade to cut journey times

During 2015 Iarnród Éireann (IE) plans to invest €10 million on track improvements on the main Dublin to Cork line with most work concentrated on...

ROC and Role

Over the next few years, Network Rail is replacing the traditional signal box with 12 Rail Operating Centres (ROCs) and an advanced traffic management...

The role of open access

Britain’s rail network is full. Well that’s what we’re often told. The justification for major rail projects, like HS2, is that it will free...

Virgin East Coast – The song remains the same

With its customary razzamatazz, the Virgin/Stagecoach operation took over East Coast on 1 March. An Intercity 225 in full Virgin East Coast livery arrived...

Bigger role for conductors at Northern

Northern Rail has unveiled a spruced-up fleet of Class 319 EMUs for use on the newly electrified railway on the Liverpool Lime Street-Manchester Airport...

Talent trawl for railways

Solihull College and Virgin Trains have joined forces to find unemployed young people, aged between 18 and 24, to join the company’s training scheme. The...

From Wildenrath to Waterloo

Despite controversy over the retention of ageing Pacer units in the north, new fleets now on order, will substantially boost capacity on South West...

Over Anglia

London Overground Rail Operations Ltd is to take over several suburban services out of Liverpool Street Station to north east London from 31st May...

Rail pioneers remembered

Local staff at Derby dressed up in Victorian costume to toast off ‘Midland Counties Railways’ - the special train run in commemoration of the...

Iarnród Éireann – A crisis to be overcome

With the Minister of Transport talking hard ball about the cost of running Iarnród Éireann, Tim Casterton asked David Franks, the company’s CEO, how...

Eurotunnel cuts freight rate

As pioneers of cross channel freight services celebrated the 20th anniversary of the opening of the international railway tunnel Eurotunnel announced a further series...

Assaults down says Northern

Figures released by Northern Rail show a large reduction in the number of assaults on staff. Physical assaults against railway staff were down 38% year-on-year...

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...

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...