Major upgrade promises rail investment for Shipley

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is investing around £100 million in a new rail depot in Shipley. The scheme, which was announced on Thursday 14 March by Rail Minister Huw Merriman MP during a visit to Shipley Station, forms part...

Pay deal secured for majority of Hitachi maintenance workers

The trade union Unite has secured increased pay for workers at Hitachi trains working on Great Western Railways (GWR), resolving an industrial dispute. However, Hitachi engineers, repairs, and maintenance crews at LNER remain on strike though as Hitachi has...

Bedford depot’s massive solar roof helps Thameslink on way to net zero

Work has begun installing one of Bedford’s biggest solar arrays – on the roof of Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) train depot, in Cauldwell Walk. Almost 1,000 photovoltaic panels (932) will generate 322 MWh of electricity a year – enough to...

Depot & Freight Staff superstars

The Depot & Freight Staff Award rewards those who are amazing at their job in or around the depot or within the freight sector. Whether tackling logistical or transport challenges or managing tricky situations and incidents at their depot,...

GB Railfreight opens new sidings for new Peterborough Maintenance Hub

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has opened new sidings on the north side of its Peterborough yard which will connect its newly opened £5.75 million Maintenance Hub to the national railway network. The opening has been a culmination of three years of...

Northern’s depot cats find forever homes on the railway

Almost 10 years ago, a skinny black cat showed up at one of Northern’s Lancashire depots cold and hungry. The team at Blackpool took him in and named him 'Max'. And he must have spread the word that the depot...

Greater Anglia’s Colchester depot upgraded with new train servicing facilities

As part of Greater Anglia’s £1.4 billion fleet replacement programme, Colchester depot has now been upgraded with new train servicing facilities, that enable it to be used to help maintain the operator’s new bi-mode trains. Two huge 40,000-litre fuel tanks,...

Mechan wins TfW depot contract

Sheffield-based rail depot equipment manufacturer, Mechan, has secured a major contract with Transport for Wales Rail (TfWRL). The company will be designing, building, and installing a bespoke bogie drop at the Canton rail depot in Cardiff. The custom-made unit enables...

New depot for Northern conductors to be built in Ashington

A facility for Northern staff working on the new Northumberland Line is set to be built on the site of a former care home. The planning application for the building, which will have mess room facilities, an office, and a...

Demolition work completed on century old Gosforth Metro depot buildings

The last sections of the former maintenance sheds and the office block at Gosforth Metro depot have been pulled down, paving the way for new sidings that will provide the storage space for the new Stadler Metro train fleet. Nexus,...

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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...