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Network Rail launches new census database to tackle trees on the line

Millions of pounds could be saved and dozens of service delays reduced thanks to the launch of a new tree census database, Network Rail...

Specialist weed-eliminating rail firm granted investment for European growth

Weed-eliminating firm Weedfree on Track has been awarded £2 million to grow its business in Europe. The Huddersfield-based company uses an advanced weed control train, which uses...

BTP releases video of near misses as trespass figures reach all-time high

New figures have revealed that more people than ever are risking their lives by trespassing on the railway. In 2016, there were more than 8,000...

Tunnel vision goes national

London's Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) is to expand and fulfil a national role at the cutting edge of Britain’s burgeoning rail engineering...

RSSB to roll out trial Rule Book app

Guards at South West Trains are testing out a new mobile app designed to give rail staff easier access to the Rule Book. Around 800...

Gender, skills and shortages – How much progress is being made?

For a day in March, International Women’s Day and National Apprenticeship week coincided, giving much-needed prominence to two recurring areas of debate for the...

Railway wises up

Network Rail has announced plans to boost the number of women joining the industry. Bold targets aimed at increasing female employees to 20 per...

Virgin at 20

Andy Milne looks back at 20 years of Virgin's involvement with the rail industry Well, my dear, how does it feel to be a Virgin...

Rail BIM Summit – Looking into the beyond

Rail Media’s third BIM Summit looked at how the transition into Level 3 BIM would take us further on the digitisation journey towards fully...

Pistol town to build Cornish bullet trains

‘Introducing a new bullet train inspired fleet to run along iconic stretches of British railway will be a truly historic moment,’ says Karen Boswell,...

Expansion at telent heralds digital revolution

As the Rail Delivery Group unveiled plans to progress the use of digital technology in the rail industry, digital communications pioneer telent is expanding...

Siemens restructures

Siemens Rail Automation is re-organising its UK structure to better develop the rail industry’s digital revolution while at the same time maintaining focus on...

Tornado goes down a storm

Ahead of the full re-opening of the Settle - Carlisle line, more than 5,000 people took advantage of several regular timetabled steam services laid...

DOO – Analysed & Explained

The term DOO (Driver Only Operation) has created mayhem in railway circles recently, with much publicised industrial action taking place that has caused misery...

Students go loco

Twelve teams of student engineers will compete to build the best locomotive at this year’s Railway Challenge held by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers...

Britain Runs on Rail – Shortly arriving at a screen near you

Remember those posters that began to appear across the network last September? ‘Britain runs on dinner time’ and ‘Britain runs on great days out’...

Iarnród Éireann – 30 years of Irish Rail

Iarnród Éireann came into being 30 years ago on 2 February 1987. Since then, there has been a revolution of timetables and services with...

Success for Jacobite steam service

This year’s extension of the Jacobite season is the latest development for the Fort William to Mallaig steam trains, which have been running for...