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King’s Cross official opening

The extensively modernised area around King’s Cross will be officially re-opened on 26th September. In August Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, laid one of the...

CIRAS: Fit for today, ready for tomorrow

This August will see Paul Russell mark his first full year as the Head of CIRAS, the UK rail industry’s confidential reporting and analysis...

Maroudas moves to Eversholt Rail

Fred Maroudas is the new Chief Financial Officer at Eversholt Rail. Fred succeeds Simon Purves and will join the business on 2nd September. Mr Maroudas...

Tilting beer sensation

Celebrating its continuing success in the west, Virgin Trains has teamed up with Macclesfield’s RedWillow Brewery to launch a brand new beer called Tilting...

Knorr-Bremse completes Railcare sale

Kim Rayment, Bryan Jackson and Ian Gould, Joint Administrators of Railcare Limited (“the Company”), completed the sale of the business and assets of the...

Near fatal accident at Poole and my concerns for the future

This summer is much better than the last couple of years, but no-one can feel the same about railway safety either here or in...

Park’n’Pedal

Drawing on its Dutch heritage, Greater Anglia has built a bicycle centre at Chelmsford station. The new CyclePoint combines secure cycle parking with cycle- hire...

Training for the future

Twelve months ago when we began contributing to this magazine, we found ourselves looking positively towards the future of the rail industry, excited about...

McLoughlin hails Stewarts Lane star

Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin visited Stewarts Lane depot on 30 July to view the first Southern class 377/6 to be delivered. The visit coincided with...

Factory train to electrify West

A factory on rails will slash years off the time it takes to electrify the Great Western main line. Network Rail is working with German...

Listed Status for signal boxes

Twenty-six of England’s signal boxes have been given Grade II listed status by the Department for Culture Media and Sport. Network Rail is decommissioning mechanical...

Performance role for Richard Rowland

Richard Rowland has been appointed performance director at First Capital Connect as part of an initiative to give Network Rail more opportunities in the...

Four square rail arithmetic

Rail operators are generating more than four times as much money for Government to reinvest in rail than 15 years earlier, according to a...

Class 800 Heads East

The Intercity Express Programme has made further progress this summer as Patrick McLoughlin confirmed a £1.2 billion order for a fleet of Class 800...

Railway lessons for democracy

The great advantage of the RailStaff Awards and one which sets it apart from so many other worthy award schemes is the involvement of...

Testing times

Dr Dan Hegarty of Express Medicals has now been involved in workplace drug & alcohol testing for 17 years. I am very aware of how...

Heart to heart

Network Rail and Mace have brought in the British Heart Foundation to deliver first aid training for workers on the Birmingham New Street project. As...

Tram man on the run

A man dressed as a tram has completed a SPAD-free 21 mile romp around Hebden Bridge parish boundary in West Yorkshire. Neil Harrison, Communications Manager...