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First train service in 45 years runs between Swanage and Wareham

Railway pioneers have boarded the first service in 45 years from Swanage to Wareham, in Dorset. Two generations of enthusiasts rebuilt the line following its...

Deadline approaches for West Midlanders to have their say on £3.4bn transport spend

Members of the public living in the West Midlands are being reminded they can air their views on how £3.4 billion investment should be spent...

RSSB-funded rolling stock innovations ready for development

Four innovations that will improve the maintenance of rolling stock are ready for development. Funded by the RSSB, the innovations will help to deliver greater capacity, improve...

Newcastle’s Central Metro station twinned with London Tube station

The Central metro station in Newcastle has been twinned with Tower Hill Tube station in London to share best practice as tourism gateways in...

Network Rail’s Midland Mainline electrification works to continue in Northamptonshire this weekend

Piling will begin on a stretch of the Midland Mainline in Northamptonshire this weekend (May 13 and 14) as part of the ongoing work to electrify...

Leaked Labour manifesto indicates party would seek to nationalise railways

A leaked version of the Labour party's election manifesto includes plans to nationalise Britain's railways. Among a number of proposals, the draft manifesto, which had been...

Manchester’s rail devolution challenge

When Transport for Greater Manchester’s head of rail, Amanda White, joined the body in 2014, it had one major goal in mind. Manchester had just...

Community rail champion appointed for Poacher Line

Lincolnshire County Council has appointed a community rail partnership officer (CRPO) to promote the Poacher Line. Kaye Robinson will work with key stakeholders - including line operator...

Digital Rail Summit 2017: key findings and pictures from the industry conference

The 2017 Digital Rail Summit examined the visible and invisible aspects of digitising the railway and took place at Bird & Bird's offices in London on...

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...

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...

Rip-roaring start for 2017

2017 got off to a rip-roaring start for the rail industry, with a plethora of new projects completed, new trains on test and new...

Embedding safety into 4LM

Managing risk on a project isn’t just about being the safety police, says Sarah; it is much more important to support and encourage safe...

Levenmouth – Scotland’s next railway?

The Borders Railway connects around 20,000 people in Galashiels and another 20,000 in Midlothian to Edinburgh. It’s had a strong start, carrying over a...

Great Western energised

Network Rail and its industry partners are electrifying 380 kilometres of track in total between Maidenhead and Swansea - the first major electrification scheme...

Mapping it out – Safe delivery of London Bridge station redevelopment

What more is there to write about Thameslink? The project will forever change rail travel through central London for the better, transforming one of the...

Making Ground – What next for London Overground?

If you were to turn to C in the book of well-worn railway terms, the word ‘capacity’ would probably be emboldened and furiously underlined....

Rail upgrade beats storm front

As Britain suffered extensive flooding, sustained bad weather and gale force winds, over 20,000 members of Network Rail’s Orange Army worked on undaunted over...