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Suppliers prepare to welcome Railtex visitors

As Railtex 2013 gets closer, we have more details of what visitors to the exhibition can expect to see. In the rolling stock sector, Bombardier...

Rail Safety Summit: Big character leadership

Mature receptive leadership from the top by individuals with a presence and credibility is what our industry needs. Writes Colin Wheeler Following the failed General...

Railtex visitor registration now open

The countdown to Railtex 2013 is well underway, with just weeks to go before the show opens its doors at London’s Earls Court exhibition...

Olympic railways for Sochi

Sochi’s 2014 Winter Olympic Games are the first to be held in Russia since the Soviet Union’s controversial 1980 Moscow Olympics. Russia is keen to...

Grand Central Terminal celebrates centenary

One of America’s iconic railway stations, New York’s Grand Central Terminal - colloquially known as Grand Central Station - celebrates its 100th anniversary this...

Prince visits King’s Cross

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have visited the redeveloped King’s Cross station, seeing at first hand the restored train shed and...

Musical run for Hamburg Koln Express

The Hamburg Koln Express has celebrated its first six months of operations with an on-board concert. On January 23 the ‘Fastest Musical Festival in Germany’...

Headboard tradition revived

Two of First Great Western’s specially named trains serving Carmarthen and Plymouth have been fitted with their original 1930s headboards. The Mayflower operates Monday to...

Network Rail team complete 80-mile charity bike ride

A group of cyclists from Network Rail Infrastructure Projects’ Supplier Engagement/Assurance Team donned cycling shorts, wigs and comedy moustaches to complete an 80-mile bike...

Colleagues remember Ged Mahon

Big-hearted London Midland staff held a fund raiser for Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice just before Christmas. Former colleague Ged Mahon was looked after at the...

Rail heroes honoured

British Transport Police has paid tribute to its brave officers, rail staff, members of the public and a police dog in a special commendation...

New platform for Railtex

New Year 2013 means another confidence-boosting rail industry exhibition to look forward to. Railtex takes centre stage at Earls Court in London from 30...

Chocolate Express

A group of Belgian chocolate makers headed by Andrew Farrugia, originally from Malta, has created the world’s longest chocolate train. Next call will be the...

Honours for rail heroes

A welcome host at Warwick Parkway station, the man who designed the InterCity 125 nose cone and a legendary rail manager in the west...

Indietracks Rocks Buterley

Dates have been confirmed for one of the rail industry’s most successful festivals. Indietracks 2013 tunes up for its seventh festival at the Midland Railway...

Prize winning presentations in Glasgow

Writes David Shirres In Glasgow on 21st November six young railway professionals captivated their large audience at a presentation competition run by the Railway Engineers...

Cubitt returns to Square

With the old green canopy gone, the historic frontage of King’s Cross station has been revealed for the first time in 150 years. Lewis Cubitt’s...

Sheffield honours for railway graduates

Network Rail has seen 18 of its former apprentices graduate from Sheffield Hallam University with higher national certificates (HNC) in railway engineering this November. In...