Siemens Mobility to invest £100m in state-of-the-art factory in Chippenham, UK

Siemens is embarking on a groundbreaking £100 million investment to establish a cutting-edge rail infrastructure manufacturing, digital engineering and research & development (R&D) center in Chippenham, underscoring its unwavering commitment to innovation, sustainability, excellence, and its campaign ‘to build...

HS2 launches third giant tunnelling machine under capital

HS2’s London tunnels programme passed a major milestone as the third tunnel boring machine (TBM) being used as part of the project was launched. TBM Emily, named after Emily Sophia Taylor who helped establish the Perivale Maternity Hospital in 1937...

Bidders shortlisted in the process to find the next operator of the Elizabeth line

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed four bidders have been shortlisted as part of the procurement process to operate the Elizabeth line from May 2025, when the current contract with MTR Elizabeth line expires. The Elizabeth line is the most...

Great Western Railway’s innovative FastCharge battery train trial could transform UK’s railway

Innovation led by Great Western Railway could transform the UK’s railway as it powers forward with a FastCharge battery trial designed to help future decarbonisation of branch line services. The FastCharge technology, which has been rigorously developed by specialist engineers...

GTR celebrates 50% jump in number of females starting apprenticeship courses

Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (5-11 February), Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has revealed a sharp increase in the number of females starting an apprenticeship. GTR welcomed a total of 176 new starters in 2023, with 60 of these coming...

Siemens Mobility awarded landmark HS2 contract

Siemens Mobility has secured a £47 million contract with HS2 to provide a fully integrated station information management system across all HS2 stations, Curzon Street, Interchange, Old Oak Common and Euston. Siemens Mobility’s Digital Station Manager technology, which is already...

Scotland’s Railway completes £15 million festive engineering programme

Network Rail has completed a multi-million-pound programme of engineering upgrades across Scotland over the festive period, which will improve reliability and punctuality for passengers and freight customers. A key junction at Greenhill near Falkirk on the Edinburgh-Glasgow main line was...

Network Rail employee awarded the British Empire Medal for Ukraine Rail Aid work

Network Rail enployee Zoe Sookun has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the railway through her work in project managing the delivery of the Rail Aid for Ukraine project.  Zoe project managed the £10m Network Rail aid...

Richard Hines to succeed Ian Prosser CBE as chief inspector of railways

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has announced that one of its deputy chief inspectors with a lengthy career in engineering and safety will succeed Ian Prosser CBE in the summer as HM chief inspector of railways. Richard Hines,...

RailStaff Awards 2023 honours industry superstars

The great and good of the Rail Industry gathered at Birmingham’s NEC last night (Thursday 30 November) for the RailStaff Awards 2023. After another eventful 12 months for Rail, all were there to celebrate the outstanding efforts of the industry’s...

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Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway...