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Morgan Sindall JV secures £20m London Underground workshop contract

A joint venture between Morgan Sindall and Austrian firm BeMo Tunnelling has been awarded a contract to design and build a new workshop for...

Virgin Trains launches industry’s first train driver apprenticeship

More than 1,200 hopefuls applied to join the industry’s first train driver apprenticeship scheme launched by Virgin Trains. A cohort of 30 high-calibre candidates were...

East Midlands drafts rail masterplan

Stewart Thorpe attended the Rail Forum East Midlands (RFEM) annual conference to get a flavour of the region's big plans   It might be overshadowed by...

‘I built Ordsall Chord’

The ambition and scale of the Ordsall Chord project has given MPs and other local leaders plenty of opportunities to dust off their favourite...

Thameslink’s new year resolution

The start of 2018 will signal the beginning of the end for the £6.5 billion Thameslink programme. The project team will hand back the...

Crossrail celebrates 1,000th apprentice

A handful of current and former apprentices were at the Elizabeth line’s Tottenham Court Road station to celebrate the project passing the 1,000th apprenticeship...

First community rail apprenticeship launched

Arriva Trains Wales has launched the UK's first community rail apprenticeship scheme. Ex-engineering apprentice Danielle Hopkins, 23, is the first to join the 18-month programme....

Peak-time railcard for 16-18 year-olds to be trialled

A new peak-time railcard for 16-18 year-old passengers has been announced. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said the digital app-based card will be trialled in...

Readypower Rail Services acquires Terrawise Construction

Specialist rail contractor Readypower Rail Services Group has acquired civil engineering firm Terrawise Construction. Readypower said the move creates "one of the largest specialist rail civils contractors...

Powerlifting train driver talks about his journey to the Invictus Games

Grabbing a set of 25kg weights, Freightliner’s Steve Cokayne talks me through his warm up routine. We meet at the gym he trains at...

CrossCountry and BTP launch augmented-reality Christmas safety campaign

CrossCountry and the British Transport Police (BTP) have launched a seasonal campaign to remind passengers to store their luggage responsibly. The train operator hopes to...

TransPennine Express to open £7m train depot in Scarborough

Operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has announced a new £7 million train depot will open next summer in Scarborough. The facility will create 15 jobs and provide...

Railway Mission appoints its youngest ever chaplain

Christian charity Railway Mission has appointed 19-year-old Hannah Tuck as its new chaplain for Wales and the Marches. "Chaplaincy is not about age, but compassion...

4G mobile coverage on the London Underground from 2019

Transport for London (TfL) is to launch a tender for a service provider to deliver 4G mobile coverage on the Tube from 2019 next...

New 26-30 railcard pilot to begin next week

Greater Anglia will launch a pilot for the new railcard for 26-30 year-olds next week. Chancellor Philip Hammond recently confirmed the introduction of the new...

New 2.7km tram track tested on Midland Metro

Engineers have successfully tested new track on a 2.7km stretch of the Midland Metro line to Wolverhampton St George's. Overhead lines on the Bilston Road...

Nexus to build Tyne & Wear Metro skills centre at site of former station

More than 1,000 metro workers will benefit from a new £8 million maintenance and skills centre that is being built by Nexus. The Tyne and...

Tim Farron leads calls for government to rethink scrapped electrification schemes

Former Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron is part of a group of senior politicians that have delivered a petition to the Department for Transport...