Company News
Alstom and Eversholt Rail to invest a further £1 million in hydrogen-powered trains
Hydrogen power on Britain’s railways has become one step closer as Eversholt Rail and Alstom have announced a further £1 million investment in the...
Company News
Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive sign agreement to develop battery trains
Train manufacturer Hitachi Rail and battery specialist Hyperdrive Innovation have got together to sign an exclusive agreement to develop battery packs to power zero-emission...
Industry News
DfT funding for HydroFLEX hydrogen-powered train design
A grant from the Department for Transport will bring the UK’s first hydrogen-powered train (HydroFLEX closer to commercial operation.The grant is part of InnovateUK’s...
Environment
UK business leaders call for clear hydrogen strategy
Hydrogen Strategy Now is a campaign group of leading businesses that are looking to build a green recovery.The cross-industry group, which combined employs around...
Company News
Vivarail secures finance to support growth for the future
Vivarail, the Stratford-Upon-Avon-based designer and manufacturer of modular trains, has secured a £1.5 million loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance,...
Digital Railway
Simulators help train new signallers in the West Midlands
To train the railway signallers of the future, Network Rail has opened new training facilities at its Walsall training centre and Birmingham’s New Street...
Company News
LNER partners with O2 to improve mobile coverage north of Newcastle
To boost mobile phone coverage along a 45-mile stretch of the East Coast route between Newcastle and Edinburgh, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has...
Company News
Fugro to conduct RILA survey of Network Rail’s Western route
Network Rail has contracted Fugro to conduct a RILA survey of a major part the rail network on the Western route in England. Fugro...
Company News
Sunbelt Rentals Rail invests £400K on solar lighting
Sunbelt Rentals Rail - the new name for A-Plant in the rail industry - has added £400,000 of new solar lighting towers to its...
Company News
Samaritans launches Self-Help app
Sometimes it can be difficult to talk about your feelings. Even knowing exactly how you're feeling can be hard.To help, Samaritans has launched its...
Company News
Stuart Browne appointed as Hoppecke’s new general manager in the UK
Stuart Browne has been announced as the new general manager of Hoppecke Industrial Batteries’ UK operation.He joined Hoppecke UK in 2015 as service director...
Company Focus
Eave FocusLite detects and reports noise levels as well as preventing hearing damage
Good hearing protection needs to prevent hearing damage when working in noisy environments but should still allow workers to hear instructions and warnings from...
Company News
LNER introduces FutureLabs to encourage rail innovation
LNER FutureLabs is a new innovation programme from London North Eastern Railway (LNER) that aims to fast-track digital and tech developments into the rail...
Company News
AmeyVTOL carries out first UK trials of ‘beyond visual line of sight’ drone inspection
The first drone inspection of UK infrastructure to go beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS) has been successfully demonstrated by AmeyVTOL. During the demonstration, the...
Company News
New technology helmets improve safety and aid social distancing
Ground Control – one of the leading suppliers of vegetation control services to Network Rail, has deployed ‘game changing’ high-tech safety helmets for its...
Company News
Telent to provide CCTV support for Elizabeth line
Telent Technology Services, the leading technology and
network services company, has been awarded a five-year contract by Transport
for London (TfL) to support and maintain CCTV...
Company News
Morson develops app to check if contractors are ‘fit for work’
Responding to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, rail recruitment specialist Morson Group is preparing to supply its 3,000 remote workers with early intervention technology that...
Rail News
New London Overground trains enter service
London Overground has now introduced its new Class 710 trains onto routes from Cheshunt, Chingford and Enfield Town into London Liverpool Street, bringing passengers...
