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Hatfield station showcases Hertfordshire railway heritage

Seventy years after the Hatfield and St Albans Railway carried its last passenger, Hertfordshire rail heritage enthusiasts are staging an exhibition at Hatfield station about the former Great Northern Railway (GNR) branch line. The Smallford Station and Alban Way Heritage...

Search launched for contractor to build new south Birmingham railway stations

The search is under way to find a construction partner to build three new railway stations on the Camp Hill line in Birmingham. The £61 million project will see Moseley, Kings Heath and Hazelwell stations constructed and ready for the return...

New signalling control system for Christmas to boost reliability across North East

Passengers in the North East will soon benefit from a more modern, reliable railway as Network Rail teams are upgrading the signalling control system over Christmas. Between the early hours of Saturday 25 December and before the first train on...

Phil Wells appointed as WSP Stations Group Director

Third senior hire in six months for WSP UK Rail WSP, the engineering professional services consultancy, continues to grow its Rail business with the appointment of a third senior hire in six months. Taking on the role of Stations Group Director, Phil...

HS2 Ltd awards landmark rolling stock contracts to Hitachi-Alstom joint venture

HS2 Ltd today confirmed that a Hitachi/Alstom JV has been awarded the contracts to build Britain’s next generation of high speed trains at their factories in Derby and County Durham in a major deal set to support 2,500 jobs...

DB ESG receives a contract from Transport for Wales for the turnkey supply of selective door operation

DB ESG is pleased to be able to confirm that it has received a new order from Transport for Wales (TfW) to design and install a manual selective door operation (SDO) system for TfW’s fleet of seven train rakes...

Night Tube services set to be disrupted by RMT strike action again this weekend, with customers encouraged to plan ahead

Night Tube services on the Central and Victoria lines are set to be disrupted by planned RMT strike action again this weekend, with customers advised to check before they travel and use buses to complete their journeys where required. Transport...

Network Rail publishes autism friendly guide to travelling by train

Network Rail has produced a guide to help autistic people confidently and independently travel by train. It’s been developed in partnership with the National Autistic Society, after research was conducted with groups that represent passengers with specific needs, to...

Translink announce essential work on railway lines during Christmas period.

Translink is carrying out major work this Christmas on Derry~Londonderry and Larne train lines as part of the Dark Arches to Whiteabbey Track Renewal (DAWTR) project. To facilitate this essential work there will be closures affecting both lines. During...

Rail passengers harder to update about engineering works during pandemic

Rail operators found it more difficult to notify passengers of engineering works this year, an independent transport watchdog has found. Transport Focus studied two projects between February and June. These focussed on works on the West Coast Main Line (WCML),...

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