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New safety standards for heritage railways

RSSB has produced a new set of standards that it hopes will clarify the safety obligations of heritage rail operators. RSSB said the new standards...

Recognition for future leaders

Apprentices are now first in line to meet dignataries and VIPs at project sites. An enthusiastic PR campaign over the past couple of years...

London’s secret railway

In 1927, Britain’s Royal Mail was thriving. The vital artery of British society was delivering four million letters a day and to keep on...

‘The railway is no playground’ – Doncaster level crossing closes after unsafe activity

Network Rail has closed a level crossing in Doncaster after a number of youngsters have been caught disregarding safety measures. Penny's level crossing, Rossington, has...

Middlesbrough masterplan for historic railway station

Middlesbrough council is drawing up a masterplan to make Middlesbrough railway station a strategic transport hub in the near future. With funding from the Tees...

Seven years saving lives

Partnerships in industry are usually measured in terms of turnover and on-time delivery - few are judged on their value to society. Samaritans has been...

Cambridgeshire can be ‘UK’s Silicon Valley’ with help of new railway station

Secretary of State Chris Grayling has said that a new station in Cambridgeshire can help create the 'UK's own Silicon Valley'. Officially opening the station...

Tyne and Wear Metro operator begins £5.5m bridge replacement

Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus has started major work to replace an ageing railway bridge. The Victorian era bridge over Killingworth Road, Gosforth, is being...

HS2 under the microscope

On a single day in July, more than 100 documents relating to HS2 were published on the Department for Transport’s website - not so...

Conservation work begins in Warwickshire in preparation for HS2

Wildlife habitats are being built in Warwickshire in preparation for Hs2. Work at Finham Brook, Kenilworth, will begin in August with six new ponds being...

A legacy for hope: Sierra Leone’s National Railway Museum

Nations have long looked to evolve and innovate their railways as a way of maximising economic potential. Few - if any - have looked to...

Good Samaritans in rail

Around one in six rail staff are now trained to prevent people taking their lives on the railway, as part of the suicide prevention...

Amey invests in rail expansion

Amey is already seen as a diverse business, employing more than 20,000 people around the country across a mix of sectors. Its name is...

Gospel Oak to Barking electrification to be complete before spring 2018

Network Rail (NR) has set out the final timeline for work on the Gospel Oak to Barking line electrification. By January 2018,  NR expects the electrification...

4 London railway stations as you’ve never seen them before

Network Rail has been flying high in the sky taking birds eye shots of track in London. In August, major improvement work will take place...

Bi-mode Class 319s for Lakes Line

Northern has confirmed that it will operate Class 319 Flex bi-mode trains on the line between Oxenholme and Windermere following the government's decision not...

Department for Transport to extend East Midlands rail franchise until August 2019

East Midlands Trains (EMT) will now run services on the East Midlands franchise until at least August 2019 after the Department for Transport (DfT)...

UK government fails to make concrete commitment to new railway investment in HLOS statement

The Minister for Transport, Chris Grayling, has said that the government is focused on the 'operation, maintenance and renewal of the existing railway' as...