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ORR calls for all train companies to implement automatic passenger information notifications
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today called for all train companies to implement a system that automatically notifies passengers who have booked tickets online if their trains are cancelled or changed before travel.
Passengers want to be able to plan their journeys in advance and when they...
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Infrastructure
West Coast main line closure for Preston station track upgrades
West Coast main line passengers are being urged to plan their journeys ahead of four weekends of essential railway...
High Speed Rail
HS2 completes foundation work for UK’s longest railway bridge
The last of 292 concrete piles that will form the foundations for the UK’s longest railway bridge were installed...
Rail Safety News
Network Rail donation helps bring safety learning into schools
Network Rail has donated a number of safety helmets to Platform, a rail education organisation, for use in their...
Rail People News
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The transformational Elizabeth line clocks more than one hundred million passenger journeys
The Elizabeth line, which stretches from Reading and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, has now seen more...
High Speed Rail
HS2 celebrates as longest tunnels reach halfway point under the Chilterns
HS2 Ltd today confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’, the two giant tunnelling machines excavating the...
Company News
Rail Baltica joint venture appoints new Chief Programme Management Officer
On 1 February 2023, Mr Thierry Boussillon joined RB Rail AS in the capacity of...
Environment
Flood resilience scheme at Hele gets the green light
Network Rail has welcomed Mid-Devon District Council’s approval of its plans to reduce the frequency...
Infrastructure
West Coast main line closure for Preston station track upgrades
West Coast main line passengers are being urged to plan their journeys ahead of four...
Rail News
New on-train WiFi portal with real-time information
Transport for Wales (TfW) has launched a new on-train WiFi portal, developed by GoMedia, which...
General Interest
Steam locomotive Braveheart to join the GWSR fleet
An additional locomotive is to join the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s (GWSR) resident fleet for...
Careers
Rail operator sets out apprenticeships target for 2023
Despite challenges in the industry, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has continued to upskill and harness...
Company News
Kier Group appoints new Chief People Officer
Kier Group plc announces that Louisa Finlay, currently Kier Construction’s Clients and Markets Managing Director,...
HS2 completes foundation work for UK’s longest railway bridge
The last of 292 concrete piles that will form the foundations for the UK’s...
Time-lapse and drone shots show Banbury train depot upgrade
New railway sidings have been opened on the Chiltern main line to keep passengers...
ORR calls for all train companies to implement automatic passenger information notifications
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today called for all train companies...
More Bakerloo and London Overground upgrades for passengers
Passengers using the Bakerloo line and London Overground are being advised to plan their...
Demolition paves the way for new Willenhall railway station
Three former industrial waste processing buildings are being demolished to make way for new...
Divers protect Cumbrian rail routes from fast flowing river erosion
Rail passengers on two major routes in Cumbria now have faster and more reliable...
Former easyJet executive switches planes for trains in new role to head-up engineering transformation at Northern
John Khatri has been appointed head of engineering transformation delivery at train operator, Northern.
The...
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Transport for Wales officially launches new Class 197 trains
The first of Transport for Wales’ (TfW) brand new £800 million fleet of trains was officially launched by Lesley Griffiths MS at a ceremony in North Wales today (26 January).
Built in Wales by CAF, the new Class 197 trains will become the backbone of TfW’s services across the length and breadth of the Wales and Borders network in the coming years.
Offering leather seats, modern air conditioning systems, wider doors,...