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Passenger confidence will be key factor in future transport planning

Research undertaken by transport planning consultant Systra suggests that train travel could be very different in a post-Covid world. The current advice to avoid public...

Avanti West Coast joins Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme

Avanti West Coast is the latest train operator to partner with the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme. This allows customers with hidden disabilities to obtain...

First step towards new HS2 station at Euston completed

Preparations at London Euston for the construction of HS2 have taken the next step with the demolition of the station’s western ramp and canopy. Removal...

HS2 reveals list of bidders for Curzon Street station

HS2 has revealed the names of the construction firms in the running to build Birmingham Curzon Street station – which will be the high-speed...

Essay collection on high-speed rail published

A new essay collection has been published in which voices from the worlds of politics, business and industry have come together, advocating the huge...

Work on Cumbrian embankments almost complete

Network Rail is making a £3.5 million investment to protect the railway in Cumbria from landslips and provide more reliable journeys for passengers. It is...

Newcastle Central Station access improvements obtain Listed Building Consent

Proposed access improvements to Newcastle Central station have taken a major step forward after planners have granted Listed Building Consent in this, the station’s,...

Ty’n Y Graig footbridge will be replaced

Transport for Wales will replace Ty’n Y Graig footbridge at Llanbradach on the Rhymney line as soon as possible, CEO James Price has stated. The...

Network Rail promotes inspirational women on International Women in Engineering Day

New research, conducted by Savanta ComRes for Network Rail, has highlighted a lack of female role models within Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)...

Take the QuaranTeam Challenge and do something amazing without leaving home.

Like many other charities in this time of Covid-19 and lockdown, Railway Children has had to cancel or postpone all their events this year...

Government to fund digital signalling on East Coast main line

The government has announced that it will invest £350 million to make the East Coast main line into Britain’s first mainline digital rail link...

Avanti West Coast elects Lizzie Power to be its first ever employee director

Train operator Avanti West Coast has elected its first employee director, who will take on the role of representing colleagues in the boardroom. Lizzie Power,...

Hitachi Rails commences order for East Coast Trains

Five new Hitachi Class 803 trains for East Coast Trains has begun at Hitachi Rail’s Newton Aycliffe factory. These new intercity trains for the open...

Aerial repairs for 175-year-old tunnel

A historic Victorian railway tunnel between Clitheroe and Manchester through a hillside in Darwen, Lancashire, has been repaired using a helicopter. Sough tunnel has two...

Vital upgrades in Somerset and Dorset are progressing well

Work in the area of Templecombe that will deliver vital improvements for passengers across Somerset and Dorset has successfully passed the half-way point as...

New lifts improve access at Lichfield Trent Valley station

Passengers who use Lichfield Trent Valley station will find access much easier after two new lifts have opened at the station. These now provide passengers...

Wabtec to make 450 redundant in Doncaster

Wabtec, the international supplier of critical components, locomotives, services, signalling and logistics systems and services to the global rail industry, has announced that it...

Keltbray to make 300 redundancies

In an announcement by CEO Darren James, specialist engineering and construction services company has revealed that it is looking to make 300 redundancies, mainly...