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Back on track: Railtex & Infrarail 2021 confirmed to go ahead in September
As the country nears stage 4 of the roadmap established by the Government, the entire railway industry expresses its support and commitmentFollowing the successful...
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Station staff
The men and women who staff the 2,500 railway stations around the country have a lot to cope with.They have to keep those stations...
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QTS Group acquires electrification specialists REL
Leading rail infrastructure engineering services provider, QTS Group Ltd (“QTS”), has completed the acquisition of Uddingston based rail electrification experts, Rail Electrification Limited (“REL”).The...
Industry News
What does a Certification Body do?
The role of a Certification body was described in the March 2020 RailStaff article. What follows is their role in a post-Brexit world. Although...
Featured
Turning ‘Blue Monday’ into ‘Brew Monday’
Short days, long nights and bad weather make January the most depressing month of the year, Blue Monday being the worst day of all.This...
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Transport for Wales delivers new Bow Street station
Transport for Wales is delighted to announce the opening of the new Bow Street station.The first train stopped at the station in Ceredigion, mid...
Company News
Approved WMCA Budget will fund schemes that can support economic recovery and help protect environment
A budget of more than £900m, including funding for infrastructure, regeneration and job training schemes that can support the region’s post-Covid-19 economic recovery and...
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Scottish government set to reward ScotRail failure
Scottish Government set to reward failure and give Abellio a free ride to continue operating the ScotRail franchise from 2022.RAIL UNION RMT today expressed...
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Suffolk New College partners with Greater Anglia to offer student outreach projects
Suffolk New College students can look forward to unique extra-curricular learning after the college teamed up with Greater Anglia to officially ‘adopt’ Ipswich rail...
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Hastings line to be closed from Robertsbridge through to Tonbridge from Monday as Network Rail engineers tackle earthwork repairs
Network Rail engineers are accelerating work to rebuild a cutting at the entrance to a tunnel on the London to Hastings line to reduce...
Company News
How One Welsh-based Tour Operator Plans to Recover With ‘Home Soil Touring’
Porthmadog-based Ffestiniog Travel has said ITV's Home Sweet Home – Travels in My Own Land could well be the inspiration for Brits to book a holiday...
Careers
Rail Technician Signals Success
Specialist industry awarding body EAL has reached a major milestone giving more than a thousand young people a gateway to a rewarding career - providing...
Company News
Winter is staying : travel warning as icicles cleared from railway tunnels
Game of Thrones may have coined the phrase ‘winter is coming’, but winter is staying in the North West as railway workers battle to...
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Planned track works mean more trains on time on the Great Eastern Main Line
Track renewals and overhead line maintenance works will take place between Norwich and Ipswich later this month (February) to improve reliability on the Great...
Business
New West Midlands HS2 Growth Strategy lays out fast-track to regional recovery
The development of HS2 in the West Midlands will turbocharge the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic as it brings forward 175,000 new jobs...
Company News
Transport for Wales launches new Apprenticeship Academy
Transport for Wales has launched a new Apprenticeship Academy that will provide all apprentices with additional knowledge and skills to complement their learning within...
High Speed Rail
Reaction to HS2 Phase 2a gaining Royal Assent
HS2 Phase 2a (Birmingham - Crewe) has today reached Royal AssentReacting to this announcement, Maria Machancoses, director of Midlands Connect, said:“Today’s historic milestone will...
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New first-of-its-kind, QR-driven tech to revolutionise the rail passenger journey experience
New standards in at-seat rail technology have been set as Whoosh, the innovative software creator, launches Real-Time Journey Dashboard which transforms how real-time communication...
