UK Rail Depot safety control specialist FirstClass Safety & Control Ltd (FCSC) have recently completed two projects for KiwiRail in New Zealand, in collaboration with our rail partner Freightquip Pty.
The UK-based rail safety specialist was commissioned to design, manufacture...
The time it takes Network Rail frontline teams to respond to incidents on the Hastings line will be slashed by up to an hour with the opening of a new base at Robertsbridge.
The new facility, based within the Robertsbridge...
Alstom is marking the 110th anniversary since the outbreak of the Great War with a special publication that shines new light on local heroes who fought in both world wars.
Colin Haynes, Alstom’s Environment, Health and Safety Director for the...
Engineers at Northern have completed the final fleet modifications to help their annual battle with autumn leaf-fall three months ahead of schedule.
The train operator has deployed an increasingly innovative range of tactics in recent years to combat ‘leaves on...
Sheffield-based Zonegreen has returned to a rail depot in Nottingham to replace an existing safety system, installed more than a decade ago, enhancing the protection offered to staff.
Working with principal contractor, RTS Infrastructure, the rail safety specialist – part...
Rail infrastructure specialist Spencer Group has completed the first phase of a £36 million enhancement project at a busy rail maintenance depot in Birmingham.
Spencer Group is carrying out the works at Tyseley Depot on behalf of West Midlands Trains...
A group of students were put through their paces and given the chance to learn more about the enormous challenge of running the region's rail services.
Twenty-five Manchester College students completed a four-day project management training programme run by a...
Alstom has signed an £8.8 million contract with passenger operator c2c for the paint and repair of its Class 357 Electrostar fleet.
The contract will involve 74 four-car units, initially built at Alstom’s Derby Litchurch Lane site between 1999 and...
West Midlands Trains (WMT) has signed a new long-term maintenance contract with CrossCountry to continue maintaining the long-distance operator’s Class 170 fleet at WMT’s Tyseley depot in Birmingham.
The contract, which started this month, secures jobs in the region through...
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...