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The start of tunnelling for HS2 in London is set to begin in 2022 and progress has been made with the delivery of two giant Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) to the HS2 site in West Ruislip....

The Severn Valley Railway is among nearly 140 heritage organisations to benefit from a share of the £16.5 million latest round of awards. The leading heritage railway, which runs between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth, has received a grant of £1,012,900 in...

A new COVID-19 vaccination centre has opened at Birmingham New Street station to provide a convenient location in the city centre for people to have their vaccinations. Network Rail has joined forces with the local NHS vaccination team in Birmingham...

Richard Graham was recently appointed as the new managing director of Keolis Amey Docklands (KAD), the company responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London. In his new role at KAD Richard has responsibility...

Engineers will carry out final stage of work to upgrade 1970s track between Kentish Town and London St Pancras this Christmas and over New YearImprovements will bring a more modern reliable railway for passengers and reduce delaysReduced East Midlands...

Network Rail has submitted a planning application to Mid Devon District Council to reduce the frequency and duration of flooding on the railway at Hele and help prevent a vital link to the South West being cut off. The £7.2m...

Young people from the West Midlands have gone on to secure full-time jobs supporting the construction of HS2, thanks to the Government’s Kickstart scheme. ‘Kickstart’ launched in September 2020 to support young people whose employment prospects were adversely affected by...

Network Rail’s purpose-built Rail Innovation and Development Centre (RIDC) reached a major milestone on the East Coast Digital Programme last month with the successful completion of dynamic testing of the Alstom-installed European Train Control System (ETCS) on rolling stock....

RSSB’s Health and Wellbeing Index (HWI) won the Best Multidisciplinary Initiative at the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Plus Awards this week. Created by health economists with rail body RSSB, the index allows organisations to calculate the impact of health and...

Specialist recruiters to the Built Environment and Rail sectors, Coleman James, has appointed Josh Haggart as Director of Rail. He will head up the company’s new Doncaster base, and will spearhead ambitious plans to increase the Rail division to...