Rail Business

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Alstom has appointed Nick Crossfield as Managing Director for the UK & Ireland. Nick held the same role for Alstom prior to its acquisition of Bombardier Transportation which was completed on 29 January. The acquisition creates a world leader in...

Network Rail is about to begin a major four-year package of work to modernise 1980s track and signalling on the lines into London Victoria station.    The upgrades will improve reliability on the network, helping even more passenger and freight...

Pipped to be the oldest apprentice in the UKWith National Apprenticeship Week in full swing, GTR unveils its diverse fold of apprentices; setting out ambitious targets to help close the skills gap by 2022 This National Apprenticeship Week, rail operator Govia Thameslink...

Network Rail is about to begin a major four-year package of work to modernise 1980s track and signalling on the lines into London Victoria station.    The upgrades will improve reliability on the network, helping even more passenger and freight...