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First train in GTR’s £55 million fleet modernisation programme is back in service
First of 270 Southern, Gatwick Express and Great Northern ‘Electrostar’ trains updatedNew live-information screens and charging-/ power points installedOn-board performance monitoring and fault diagnosis systems to streamline maintenance
The first of 270 trains in Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) £55 million...
Light Rail
Urban Transport Group brings together past and present Nexus leaders to celebrate 40 years of Tyne and Wear Metro at special event
The Urban Transport Group is bringing together the former boss of Nexus (the public body which operates the Tyne and Wear Metro) Mike Parker and its current Director General Tobyn Hughes for a special event to celebrate 40 years...
Careers
Webinar to showcase local job opportunities on HS2
HS2 Ltd, the company delivering Britain’s new high-speed railway, is hosting a virtual careers fair on Wednesday 24th February to showcase the jobs the project is creating across the West Midlands.
The event is being hosted by HS2 Ltd’s community engagement...
Industry News
Plans to give Aldridge its own railway station move forward with £400k land deal
Plans to give Aldridge its own railway station have moved forward after the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) agreed a £400,000 investment to buy the land needed to build it.
Bosses at Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), which is part...
General Interest
£9m fund opens to railway innovators and inventors
First of a Kind competition offers share of £9m prize to rail ideas of tomorrowPrevious investment has driven forward UK’s first hydrogen train, live seat rebooking and technology to remove age-old challenge of ‘leaves on the line’Rail Minister launches...
Industry News
Midlands leaders call on Chancellor to back Midlands Rail Hub
£2bn project listed as transport priority in Conservative Party Manifesto
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street and Chairman of Midlands Connect and Midlands Engine Sir John Peace call for Rishi Sunak to back the Midlands Rail HubLetter to the Chancellor urges...
Industry News
Major railway upgrade in Southampton set to be completed in week-long line closure.
Between Saturday 13 and Friday 19 February the line from Southampton Central to Brockenhurst and Romsey will close as engineers finish a £17 million upgrade for freight services.
Since the end of January, engineers have worked around the clock between...
Industry News
Free training to help UK businesses secure rail and road construction contracts
HS2 Ltd, Highways England, Network Rail and Transport for London have joined forces in encouraging small and medium sized businesses to register for free training courses, designed to improve their prospects of meeting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) supply chain...
Company News
NRL awarded Network Rail Ground Support contract
NRL’s specialist Rail team have been awarded a contract to provide Ground Support Teams to support Network Rail’s S&C Grinding Trains.
The contract continues the work the team already delivers to provide essential maintenance and upgrade improvements across Network Rail’s...
Careers
GRAHAM welcomes new intake of civil engineering graduates
GRAHAM has welcomed the “next generation of talent” to its Civil Engineering Graduate Programme.
An official launch day, hosted virtually at the end of last year, signalled the start of the structured two-year programme for 22 new recruits who recently...
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Major milestone reached in improving accessibility at Llanelli station
Network Rail has successfully installed the main span for the footbridge which will provide step-free access between the two...