Rail Business

Rail Forum Midlands has appointed Karen Jackson to be the new programme delivery executive, leading on events and communications together with supporting some of its wider initiatives. Karen joins Rail Forum Midlands (RFM) from Porterbrook, where she worked in the...

Since the first images of the new HS2 station at Birmingham Curzon Street were released in 2018, so that planning applications could be submitted, detailed design work has been going on. As a result of that work, carbon emissions have...

New ticket vending machines are being installed by Transport for Wales (TfW) on many of its routes across the Wales and Borders network, and barriers are being reworked to accept smartcards. This new technology and contactless option for customers will...

TramForward, the campaign arm of the Light Rail Transit Association, has welcomed the news that the West Midlands Combined Authority has obtained government funding for two Very Light Rail projects. These two are included in the eight ‘shovel ready’ projects...

Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, ran food bank collection points at Metro stations across the network and at Nexus Travel Shops in North Shields, Gateshead, South Shields, Sunderland and Newcastle. A total of 360kg of food...

Tim Hartley has been named as the new business development director at GB Railfreight. Over the last 20 years, Tim has advised on the appointments of many of the most senior leaders in the UK rail industry, including the CEOs...

Knorr-Bremse, the international manufacturer of braking and other systems for rail and commercial vehicles, has won a major order to supply entrance systems to Siemens Mobility for the next generation of London Underground trains. Siemens Mobility is manufacturing 94 trains...

Train leasing company Angel Trains will be donating £100,000 to its long-standing charity partner, Railway Children. Of this sum, over £80,000 has been raised following the sale of retired Class 142 Pacer units to heritage railways, community railways and emergency...

The European Commission has cleared Alstom’s proposed takeover of Bombardier Transportation, subject to four conditions that Alstom had itself suggested: A transfer of Bombardier Transportation’s contribution to the V300 ZEFIRO very high-speed train and an offer of IP licence to...

There will be more direct trains from Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire to London next month after Hull Trains has announce it will resume services. Trains between Beverley and London Kings Cross will be running from Friday 21...