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Wake up call

Luxury-class cabins, showers, televisions and gourmet dining are just some of the add-ons expected to be considered by bidders hoping to operate the Anglo-Scottish...

High Speed 2 picks up steam

Any doubts that the Coalition Government had wavered in its support for HS2 were dispelled at the end of January. Secretary of State for Transport,...

King’s Cross: The final works

After the opening of the Western Concourse at King’s Cross in March 2012, the next stages of the work to restore King’s Cross to...

Passenger satisfaction soars

‘Passengers are saying the quality of rail services is improving,’ says Passenger Focus chief executive, Anthony Smith. ‘The combination of increased income from fares, government...

Midnight raiders thwarted by Flackforce

When thieves repeatedly targeted the Motorail UK site at Long Marston in Warwickshire it seemed like easy pickings. However the criminals reckoned without chief executive,...

New chairman for RIA

The Railway Industry Association has appointed David Tonkin as chairman. Mr Tonkin is the chief executive of Atkins in the UK. In his role as...

Swiss role for c2c

Top performer, c2c, has been named again as the most punctual train company in Britain over the past year. Results show that over the past...

Headboard tradition revived

Two of First Great Western’s specially named trains serving Carmarthen and Plymouth have been fitted with their original 1930s headboards. The Mayflower operates Monday to...

Stansted Star joins Network Rail

The commercial director of the hugely successful Stansted Airport is to join Network Rail’s property division. Jonathan Crick will be commercial director of retail, focusing...

Heavy metal legislation

New legislation now in force makes it harder for rogue traders to deal in stolen scrap metal, including cabling. All cash transactions for metal at...

Richard George to head Interfleet

Richard George is taking over as managing director of Interfleet Technology following the retirement of David Rollin after almost 20 years at the helm. Mr...

Worthwhile cause

Volunteer staff worked a charity train ‘The Worth Valley Wanderer’ and raised over £37,000 for the Samaritans and Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity in...

Andrew McNaughton to head Balfour Beatty

Andrew McNaughton takes over from Ian Tyler as Chief Executive of Balfour Beatty on 31st March, 2013. Andrew is currently Deputy Chief Executive and Chief...

Orbital Link

The official opening of a 1.3km section of line near Surrey Quays in December now means that passengers can make use of London’s first...

Leadership needed

Drive and leadership at the most senior level will be needed to strengthen the DfT and deliver the next round of passenger railway franchising. In...

New year start for apprentices

A partnership between Vital Rail and Transport for London (TfL) has led to the creation of more than one hundred apprenticeships for 16 to...

Rail heroes honoured

British Transport Police has paid tribute to its brave officers, rail staff, members of the public and a police dog in a special commendation...

Derby debut

The first vehicle of Southern’s 26 five-car class 377/6s has been completed at Bombardier’s Derby works. Static testing of the first train commences in February....