HomeRail News

New commercial director at Merseyrail

Merseyrail's head of marketing and corporate social responsibility (CSR) Suzanne Grant has been promoted to the role of commercial director. Over the past five years...

Crossrail HR director joins Siemens

Siemens UK & Ireland has appointed Crossrail's former talent & resources director as its new director of human resources. Valerie Todd will start on October...

Remembering 7/7

As the UK marks the 13th anniversary of the London bombings, two former police officers recall what it was like on that horrific day   “Are you...

Ex-British Airways director joins Network Rail board

David Noyes, a former CEO of cruise lines Cunard and P&O Cruises and an ex-director of British Airways (BA), has joined the board of...

RailStaff July 2018: BTP’s annual awards, a fair deal for suppliers and wearable wellbeing

  https://issuu.com/railmedia/docs/railstaff-july-18

This is when Andrew Haines takes over as Network Rail CEO

Network Rail has confirmed the date when chief executive Mark Carne will hand over the reins to his successor. Andrew Haines, incumbent chief executive at...

Industry veteran added to Hull Trains managerial team

Industry veteran Steve Pugh has become the latest appointment at open access operator Hull Trains. Steve, whose career began as a British Rail trainee driver...

New Crossrail board appointments to support transition to the Elizabeth line

Crossrail has announced the appointment of three new members to its board to support the project's transition to the Elizabeth line. Non-executive directors Pam Alexander...

Application successful to launch new Blackpool North-Euston service

Great North Western Railway (GNWR), owned by Arriva Trains subsidiary Alliance Rail Holdings (ARH), has successfully applied to operate new direct passenger services between Blackpool...

Ricardo Rail the victors at IMechE’s Railway Challenge

Newcomers Ricardo Rail took first place at the IMechE's 2018 Railway Challenge despite winning only two of the individual challenges. The winners beat competitors from...

New starter to spearhead digital innovation at Hull Trains

Hull Trains has appointed a new head of digital to spearhead innovation and enhance its customer experience. Khalid Amin, who has more than 15 years' of...

First track laid for West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton city centre

The Midland Metro Alliance has laid the first tram track for the Wolverhampton city centre extension of the West Midlands Metro. The major milestone saw 36m of...

HS2 rolling stock depot to be built in Leeds

A site to the east of Leeds, not the previously announced village of Crofton, will be where HS2's eastern leg rolling stock depot will be...

Network Rail appoints national professional head of ASPRO

Network Rail has created a new role to head its asset protection and optimisation (ASPRO) teams as it seeks to implement reforms to the way ASPRO...

Greater Anglia engineers begin ‘intense’ maintenance training for new trains

Groups of Greater Anglia systems technicians are being flown to Switzerland for an intense programme of maintenance training. The engineers will look after the operator's...

Midland Metro’s ‘Roman’ road not as old as first thought

Archaeologists have been able to determine the age of a footpath which was uncovered in Birmingham’s Victoria Square during works to extend the Midland...

Network Rail re-signs Armed Forces Covenant

Mark Carne, chief executive of Network Rail, has re-pledged the organisation's support of the armed forces community by signing an updated version of the...

Cheeseman joins Hull Trains

FirstGroup has appoint a new managing director for its subsidiary, open access rail operator Hull Trains. Louise Cheeseman will now permanently take up the position...