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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...

Ten years after – Grayrigg remembered

The RSSB has drawn attention to the tenth anniversary of the Grayrigg railway accident. The tragic crash marked the last train accident that killed...

HS2 – What happens next?

Royal assent represented the final piece of a complex legislative puzzle for Phase One of HS2. The announcement came as no surprise in the...

Safe from start to finish

The story of the Midland Main Line upgrade has moved on quite a bit in the past 12 months. At the start of 2016,...

Battery power for Spanish trams

A Midland Metro tram, in Spain, is currently being fitted with hi- tech batteries allowing it to run over stretches of track with no...

A lesson in virtual reality

While augmented reality is finding its place in the construction of new railways, virtual reality is becoming an important tool in the training of...

Getting active in 2017

Is staff wellbeing treated as seriously as it deserves to be? An engineer working on site will be issued with ear defenders to protect...

The heroes of Britain’s railways in the Great War

The Great War cost Britain’s railways dear. In four years they went from being robust businesses that stood firmly on their own feet to...

Crossrail innovation – The future?

‘It’s a bit like RoboCop or Minority Report’ said Rav Kugananthan, a project engineer working at Crossrail’s Liverpool Street station, as he squeezed his...

Hynes to lead Scottish railways

Alex Hynes, genial head of Northern Rail, is to be the new chief of the Scottish Alliance and takes up the position later this...

HS2 fleet: Under starters orders

With picks and shovels about to hit the ground this spring to start HS2, the Government has announced plans to recruit a company to...

Desiro debut at Clapham

The first of a £210 million fleet of new trains for South West Trains (SWT) has now arrived at Clapham ahead of final testing. The...

Meadow makeover for Gospel Oak and Barking

Rail staff and contractors have been helping create a wildflower meadow at Walthamstow Wetlands. Network Rail and its main contractor, Murphy, are electrifying the railway...

Made in Britain

Just over a year since it opened, Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe factory has rolled out the first British-built train of the Intercity Express Programme (IEP). A...

Hansford Review: Have your say

With Network Rail under pressure to increase the efficiency and reliability of its delivery of major projects, an extensive review is looking into all...

Leading Story

Just four weeks after taking over as the new chief executive of Story Contracting, Jason Butterworth (Pictured below) said he was enjoying his return...

Protecting the railway

As we enter the New Year, here at British Transport Police we are looking ahead to how we can continue keeping safe the millions...