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A new report from the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) has evaluated the benefits of the community rail movement to individuals, local areas...

Historian Dr Mike Esbester touches on illiteracy and the sad death of two track workers from 1914 Today we might take the ability to read...

‘High speed rail’ could be dropped from the National College for High Speed Rail’s name as it seeks to extend its reach. Instead, the engineering...

LNER staff marked the end of an era on March 20 when train manager Osman Khatri, 69, bowed out after 43 years on the...

Former and present-day chairs reflect on the organisation’s success as it celebrates a milestone year  2019 marks the tenth anniversary of four young leaders coming...

Transport officials have chosen Abellio to run the next East Midlands franchise.  Beginning on August 18 under the name ‘East Midlands Railway’, the new operator...

Tuesday, March 5 is a day postmaster Kevin Beechey is unlikely ever to forget.  What began as a normal morning for the Network Rail worker...

Four amateur football teams are battling it out for the inaugural GTR Railway Football League title. Brighton Train Crews and South Western Railway Train Crews...

The rail industry has announced the "Million Hour Challenge", which aims to encourage staff to donate their time, energy and skills to help the...

A retired train driver has described the introduction of Great Northern's new Class 717 trains as Rolls-Royces replacing Mini Metro cars. Ian Twells (Left), 74,...

Andrew Davies, construction group Wates' former chief executive, has been appointed as the new CEO of Kier. He will take up the post from...

Shirts, dresses and ties that were once used by rail staff in the West Midlands are finding a new lease of life as carpets,...

Although some routes will experience significant disruption, Network Rail said its Easter engineering work is "the quietest for many years" and will leave the...

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In the months up until 2021, around 7,000 new vehicles are set to be introduced by train companies across the country. Drivers will swap...

Passenger, worker and community safety is paramount to the operation of the country’s railways. Such is the close relationship between the two that Mark...

Industry colleague Clive Kessell looks back at the career of the talented project engineer The impending retirement of David Waboso, who currently heads up the Digital...

“Basically, it’s Weight Watchers with your mates at work,” explained Steve Featherstone, Network Rail’s track programme director, who is putting his weight behind a new health challenge launched in February.  His description of the project might be brief, but its potential impact is anything but.  A different type of enhancement programme Titled the Track Safety…