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Following on from news of the government’s review of Transport for London’s financial position and structure, Mayor of London Sadiq has announced that an independent panel of experts has begun a review of TfL’s long term future funding and...

DB Cargo UK, one of the UK’s largest rail freight operators, has been awarded a new, two-year contract to transport china clay for mineral specialist, Imerys. China clay is mined in Cornwall and is an essential ingredient in the manufacture...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced a £589 million kickstart for work on the Transpennine main line between Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester. He is also establishing a new Northern Transport Acceleration Council, dedicated to accelerating vital infrastructure projects that will...

HS2 has published its final design for the Chalfont St Peter vent shaft headhouse – the first of four similar structures that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the high-speed rail line’s 10-mile-long Chiltern tunnel. Set back from the...

Rolls-Royce Power Systems is to commence manufacture of its first order for MTU power packs that are prepared for future use as hybrid traction units. Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail has ordered 41 of these MTU Hybrid-ready PowerPacks, fitted with MTU...

The 2020 Women in Rail Awards has become the latest victim of the Covid-19 epidemic as the charity has taken the decision to cancel the event for this year. Originally planned to take place in May, the sold-out event was...

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 Breeze hydrogen train, creating an entirely new class of train, the first-ever 600 series. This major...

Freight operator GB Railfreight has commenced a new Intermodal service from the rail terminal operated by Solent Stevedores at the Port of Southampton, to East Midlands Gateway, Derby. This new service, its fourth daily service from one of the UK’s...

Dyer & Butler has completed major platform extension works at three stations on behalf of Network Rail as part of the £150 million Gatwick Airport station renovation. The multi-disciplined engineering services specialist’s engineers extended the platforms at Cooksbridge, Lancing and...

TSO, working as part of the ATC consortium (Alstom, TSO and Costain) has completed the railway maintenance depot in Plumstead. This depot, providing key infrastructure for the Crossrail project (the future Elizabeth line, crossing London from west to east),...