Events

Train operator, Northern Rail, beat stiff competition from some of the UK’s largest brands to win the Gold Award for Strategy at this year’s Institute of Internal Communications Awards. The award was in recognition for the Northern Stars programme, which...

Members and veterans of the Armed Forces can travel free on Greater Manchester's Metrolink trams this Saturday 25 June in celebration of Armed Forces Day. Anyone who is serving or has served in the Armed Forces will just need to...

Skills Minister John Hayes has welcomed a ground-breaking Apprenticeship to Fellowship scheme which will transform career opportunities for engineering apprentices joining the railway industry. The scheme will enable apprentices to gain professional recognition at all levels within their Engineering Institution,...

First Capital Connect this week hosted a 'Try a Train Day' to provide blind and partially sighted people with the confidence to travel by rail. The event was supported by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and was...

Chiltern Railways are putting on additional services for passengers going to see Take That at Wembley Stadium from next week. The company run services from London Marylebone to Wembley Stadium station, which is opposite the stadium and the journey only...

Millions of London 2012 spectators will be able to take advantage of great value rail fares from this month, well ahead of next summer’s Games. Train companies are offering special rail fares exclusively to Olympic and Paralympic spectators. ‘2012 Games Train...

Chiltern Railways driver and Schools Safety Officer, Dave Newell has been awarded an MBE for services to the railway industry. Dave Newell is famous along the Chiltern Railways line for his work teaching children and for going the extra mile...

A National Express East Anglia (NXEA) Class 90 electric locomotive has been named 'Bressingham Steam and Gardens' by the popular TV gardener Peter Seabrook in a ceremony at London Liverpool Street station. The special occasion marked the 50th anniversary of...

Work to replace the Caversham Road rail bridge in Reading has won a prestigious engineering award from the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE). Network Rail and contractor BAM Nuttall were recognised for the job which saw a 1,000 tonne bridge...

Good ideas, now to make them reality Loughborough University was the venue for the Rail Safety Summit I chaired on May 18th. It was attended by no fewer than 110 delegates. Train operating companies, big and smaller contractors, suppliers of services...