HomeGeneral Interest

General Interest

New commercial director for Story Scotland

Story Contracting has appointed Bobby Forbes to be Commercial Director of its Story Scotland division. Bobby, who brings with him over 30 years of experience,...

Northampton university wins award for its railway heritage

The University of Northampton has won a coveted heritage award for keeping one foot firmly in the past. Opened in 2018, the £330 million Waterside...

New look planned for Stoke-on-Trent station

Stoke-on-Trent railway station is to have a new look as part of a £29 million grant from the government’s Transforming Cities Fund, helping to...

Heritage station bench restored

The heritage of a Grade II listed bench at Scarborough railway station has been protected by a Network Rail project that will make sure...

New Chief Constable for BTP

Lucy D’Orsi has been appointed as Chief Constable of the British Transport Police (BTP) and will take up her appointment early in the New...

Historic well uncovered during West Midlands Metro construction

An old and forgotten fountain, 8.5 metres deep, has been uncovered during excavation works in Flood Street car park, Dudley, during preparatory works prior...

Hydrogen-powered train now approved and tested in Austria

The world's first hydrogen fuel cell train, Alstom's Coradia iLint, has just completed three months of successful test operation on ÖBB’s (Austrian Federal Railways)...

Alstom to take over Bombardier on 29 January 2021

The takeover of Bombardier Transportation by Alstom has come a step closer after both companies have confirmed that all necessary regulatory approvals required to...

Fatal accident at Network Rail’s Eastleigh facility

A Network Rail worker has died in an accident at the Eastleigh Long Welded Rail Depot near Southampton on the afternoon of Monday 30...

Hull Trains back on track for Christmas

Hull Trains will resume services from 3 December as the open access operator reintroduces a limited timetable in time for the Christmas period and...

Funding approved to finish Crossrail

The Mayor of London, Transport for London (TfL), the Department for Transport (DfT) and HM Treasury have confirmed an agreed Funding and financing for the...

Upgrades and improvements to Gospel Oak Barking line completed

Track upgrades and bridge strengthening work has been completed on London Overground’s Gospel Oak to Barking line. Two miles of track has been replaced since...

Rail industry reacts to claims that Christmas works will cause chaos

Recent newspaper reports in the ‘popular’ press, predicting ‘travel chaos over Christmas’, have prompted a response from the Railway Industry Association (RIA), the trade...

LNER releases new face mask design for St Andrew’s Day

To celebrate St Andrew’s Day, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has released a new design of face mask, this one featuring a unique hand-illustrated...

Footbridge repaired and refurbished at Elmers End

Elmers End station footbridge, which links Platforms 2 and 3, has been refurbished at a cost of £600,000. Extensive steel work repairs have been carried...

Network Rail donates filming fee to Railway Children

The fee paid to Network Rail by a television production company  for being allowed to film at York station has been donated to the...

£1.2 million facelift for Burgess Hill station

Two 50-metre canopies over the platforms at Burgess Hill station have been replaced by Network Rail, which has also made a raft of other...

Greater Anglia puts new trains into passenger service

Greater Anglia ran its new Bombardier Class 720 trains in passenger service for the first time on Thursday 26 November 2020. Two of the new...