Industry News

Network Rail is continuing with major improvement work around Manchester over Christmas, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade. From Christmas Day until the early hours of Wednesday 29 December, railway engineers will be working around the clock to upgrade...

Network Rail Chair Sir Peter Hendy CBE has been appointed Chair of the National Railway Museum’s Advisory Board to spearhead delivery of the Museum’s Vision 2025 masterplan.  Outgoing Chair Anton Valk CBE, founding CEO of transport company Abellio, will step down from the...

Network Rail’s leaders have pledged to increase the number of disabled people they employ after figures showed that less than 3% of their 44,000-strong workforce has declared a disability or long-term health condition. Chair Sir Peter Hendy CBE, board member...

Midlands Connect has signed a new Collaboration Agreement with the Government, consolidating its position as the Sub-National Transport Body for the Midlands and as a trusted partner, adding value and bringing a collective voice from the Midlands region. As we...

Birmingham New Street station’s highly successful Christmas Eve meal for the city’s homeless is returning once again as a take-out service. For the fourth year running Network Rail is teaming up with award-winning Sikh charity Midland Langar Seva Society (MLSS)...

Today HS2 CEO Mark Thurston pushed the button to start HS2’s tunnel boring machine on its one-mile journey under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire, marking the launch of the first TBM on the Midlands section of HS2. Around 170...

Tube customers are advised that the RMT’s planned strike action could cause severe disruption on Central and Victoria line Night Tube services this weekend. The planned action will disrupt Night Tube services throughout December, with a 24-hour strike also...

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has published the results of a new survey, finding increasing confidence amongst rail professionals that the industry is innovative. The new report, which compares the results of two surveys of rail professionals, conducted in 2019...

This week marks the 3rd anniversary of the Rail Sector Deal which set out a new approach to industry and government working in partnership to transform the sector. The Rail Supply Group is working with Government to update the...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has issued a dire warning that an entire Tube line could close if the Government does not grant TfL the emergency and long-term funding it needs to maintain the capital’s transport services. Before the...