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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...

Network Rail manages more stations

Newcastle and York are to become Network Rail-managed stations from the start of the new East Coast franchise in 2015. The main line stations will...

Jacques Gounon: Imaginative, clever guy

Eurotunnel’s 20th anniversary marks a personal triumph for Jacques Gounon, the quietly spoken headmaster’s son from Créteil in south-east Paris. Writes Andy Milne The civil...

Higgins seeks speedier delivery of high-speed rail

In his first public turn as HS2 chairman, Sir David Higgins has said he wants to see HS2 taken to Crewe six years earlier...

Return to the Settle and Carlisle: 25th Anniversary of the reprieve

The Settle and Carlisle line stands today as an enduring testimony to railway engineering and perseverance, ingenuity and determination. Writes Andy Milne This April marks...

Local praise for orange army

Local people in Dawlish have taken rail’s Orange Army to heart – it’s official. As rail leaders and politicians headed west to Dawlish, local people congratulated...

Railway return for Curzon Street

A huge new station on a 350 acre site in central Birmingham has been proposed for HS2. Birmingham City Council aims to make Birmingham...

Lenten fast for Dawlish teams

Upwards of 300 rail engineers and railway staff are working round the clock to rebuild the storm-hit coastal railway between Dawlish and Teignmouth. Engineers believe...

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...

Aventra – Faith in the Future

In the near future, Londoners travelling on Crossrail will have the satisfaction of knowing their train was conceived, designed and built in Great Britain. Under...

A little bit of Jessica

Tunnel Boring Machines Jessica, Ada and Sophia delivered an unprecedented month of burrowing progress in January. Says Andrew Wolstenholme OBE, ‘The tunnelling teams deserve...

Scotland’s new railway

Amongst many other improvements, the next ScotRail franchise is to have faster more comfortable trains connecting its seven cities with scenic trains on tourist...

Railway staff beat storms in festive upgrade

Despite the additional work of clearing up after yet another winter flood-and-storm scenario, railway staff delivered an ambitious and record-breaking programme of upgrades across...

Night rider

New plans for the London Underground will see services extended to run all night – first at weekends and then during the week. From 2015,...

Contract extension for GBRf

GB Railfreight is celebrating a Crossrail contract extension. The Crossrail work includes running services from Willesden Euro-terminal to Crossrail’s waste facility in Northfleet. The...

Winter cheer for railways

Central to the government’s National Infrastructure Plan is its continued support for railways. The NIP lists achievements made by the industry and acknowledges that passenger...

Return of the Good Shepherd

After a launch ceremony on site, work is expected to start shortly on Hitachi Rail Europe’s new Intercity Express Trains factory at Newton Aycliffe...

History Channel for High Speed Two

The debate over High Speed Two goes right to the heart of the quandary the UK finds herself in 13 years in to the...