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Siemens wins long-term Irish Rail infrastructure and maintenance framework

Siemens will continue its rich history in Ireland with the award of a long-term rail infrastructure and maintenance framework for Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) replacing legacy systems dating back to the 1980s. The company will install the Siemens Trackguard Westlock computer-based interlocking (CBI) system within the National Train Control Centre...

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West Yorkshire rail upgrades will impact travel

From Monday 26 May until Friday 20 June, services will be impacted between Huddersfield and Leeds to facilitate Transpennine...

East West Rail’s ground investigations unearth Jurassic fossils

East West Railway Company (EWR Co) has begun the first phase of ground investigations along the proposed route between...

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Trenitalia c2c equips all stations with life-saving defibrillators

Trenitalia c2c has fitted each of its 26 stations with life-saving, community-accessible defibrillators. The defibrillators have been installed at stations...

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London Northwestern Railway names train in honour of Bletchley Park heroes

London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has named one of its trains on the Marston Vale line in honour of Bletchley Park and its historic role...

Carlisle appoints David Brook as head of operational training

Carlisle Support Services has announced the appointment of David Brook as head of operational training...

‘Swallow’ swoops in to celebrate 225 day

To celebrate close to 40 years of powering along the East Coast Main Line, on...

“Metro is go” with Network North Wales

An ambitious vision to deliver an integrated, high-frequency public transport network for North Wales, with...

Maritime Transport launches two new rail services from DP World London gateway

Maritime Transport has launched two new intermodal rail services connecting DP World London Gateway with...

Shakespeare statues greet passengers travelling to Stratford-upon-Avon

In a tale worthy of the Bard himself, the railway between Birmingham and the birthplace...

FirstGroup celebrates South Western Railway’s as it transfers to public control

FirstGroup is celebrating the achievements of South Western Railway (SWR) and the hundreds of millions...

HS2 donates 4,000 tonnes of ballast to Bluebell Railway to mark Railway 200 celebrations

HS2 is donating thousands of pieces of ballast to the Bluebell Railway in West Sussex...

Trenitalia c2c equips all stations with life-saving defibrillators

Trenitalia c2c has fitted each of its 26 stations with life-saving, community-accessible defibrillators. The defibrillators have...

Uber and Gemini Trains announce cross-channel partnership

Uber has announced plans to bring its brand to cross-channel rail services through a...

HS2 prepares for first M6 viaduct slide

The construction of two parallel viaducts that will carry HS2 trains over the M6...

Speedy Hire partners with British Heart Foundation to provide CPR training

Tools and equipment hire services company Speedy Hire is taking action to save lives...

Investment see services triple between Bradford and London

Passengers in Bradford are benefiting from improved, increased rail journeys thanks to a multi-million-pound...

Project progress means changes to London journeys over two weekends

Passengers are urged to plan ahead and avoid busy times as London journeys are...

West Yorkshire rail upgrades will impact travel

From Monday 26 May until Friday 20 June, services will be impacted between Huddersfield...

Railway reopens with new Hairmyres train station

Passengers are celebrating the return of train services between East Kilbride and Glasgow, with...

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London Northwestern Railway names train in honour of Bletchley Park heroes

London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has named one of its trains on the Marston Vale line in honour of Bletchley Park and its historic role in World War II codebreaking, following a competition with local residents. The train, which operates on the Marston Vale line between Bletchley and Bedford, has been named “Bletchley Codebreakers”. The competition asked locals to suggest names which celebrate local people or places along the line and...