Industry News

More than 800 projects* will take place across Britain’s railway this coming early and late May bank holidays, designed to keep the vast majority of the network open for travel as usual. Unlike the Easter bank holiday, only one day...

The Labour party has set out its plan for rail, ahead of this year’s general election, with pledges to provide a long-term strategy which outlines the role of rail in economic growth and levelling-up, and to deliver taxpayer value...

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has announced the appointment of John Whitehurst as its chief operating officer (COO). He will begin the role on Monday 20 May. The role will see John lead the planning and delivery of services across GTR’s...

CPC Project Services LLP (CPC) is pleased to announce that it has transferred ownership to its employees, through an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), to become CPC Project Services Ltd. Over the past 12-18 months the shareholders of CPC have considered...

GB Railfreight (GBRf), has started a new intermodal service connecting Southampton to Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal in the West Midlands. This is the first time that GBRf has run an intermodal service from the UK’s second-largest deep sea...

Intelligent train technology provider Petards Rail has appointed Calvin Fahey to the role of procurement manager. Calvin is Level 3 Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) certified and brings with him almost a decade’s worth of experience within procurement-related...

Travelling by rail can be up to 80% cheaper on similar routes than flying, eliminating the burden of baggage fees, seat selection charges and airport transfer fees, a new report by Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has found. While in some...

A report published today (18 April) by the Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) has found that some disabled passengers have experienced accessibility difficulties with the rail complaints process. There is also a lack of awareness of how to...

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has confirmed that The Rail Academy has been successful in its application to become an ORR-registered Train Driver Training and Examination Centre. The Rail Academy will now be added to the official...

Octavius Infrastructure is delighted to announce it has been appointed by Network Rail to the North-West and Central (NW&C) Capital Delivery Framework for Major Projects for Control Period 7. They have secured a place on Lot A2, covering multi-discipline...