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Passengers in the West Midlands will have better, smoother journeys thanks to track renewal on the line between Walsall and Cannock. The £0.5m investment will mean more reliable journeys on the Chase line which connects Rugeley Trent Valley with Birmingham...

Sheffield-based rail depot equipment specialist, Mechan, has been called upon by Midland Metro, the operator of West Midlands Metro, to keep its tram maintenance programme on track. The manufacturer has produced three bespoke accommodation bogies for the Wednesbury depot, to...

HS2 this week launched ‘Cecilia’ - the second of two enormous 2,000 tonne tunnelling machines that will excavate the ten mile long tunnels beneath the Chiltern hills just outside London. The first machine – ‘Florence’ – was launched just...

The final interior design of the North East’s new Metro fleet has been revealed today following one of the most far-reaching public consultations the global rail industry has seen. Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, has finalised...

Rail passengers using London Liverpool Street station will now be able to enter and leave the station with ease after Greater Anglia and Network Rail increased the number of ticket gates. More ticket gates have been installed between platforms 11-17,...

New Rail Data Marketplace will open up industry data, allowing developers and tech companies to develop innovative new services and apps to keep passengers better informed.Government invests £5 million for development of the platform in partnership with industry.Important milestone...

Young people in East Anglia are getting their first taste of the world of work thanks to a Greater Anglia training programme. The train operator has welcomed ten young people currently out of mainstream education or employment onto its Customer...

Transport for London (TfL) has updated its free TfL Go travel app to provide real-time information on how busy London Underground stations are throughout the day. This will help customers choose quieter times to travel around the city and will further help...

As the country nears stage 4 of the roadmap established by the Government, the entire railway industry expresses its support and commitment Following the successful show launch of the innovative meeting platform EuroRail Hub, which brought the whole European railway...

State-of-the-art Class 700 first entered passenger service five years agoOver 58 million miles travelled by 115-strong fleet since 2016 Thameslink and Siemens Mobility are celebrating five years in passenger service of their state-of-the-art ‘people mover’ Desiro City Class 700 train....