Rail News

During the spring of 2016, the railway line from Hamburg to Cuxhaven in northern Germany was renewed in stages. This line, which first opened on 1 April 1881, was exactly 135 years old when the renovation work started. In former times, it was of great importance for emigrants who left the train in Cuxhaven to board […]

The world is going digital, and railways are not exempt from that process. The digital revolution is starting to affect every aspect of railway operations – signalling, traction power supplies, ticketing, maintenance, station management and the passenger experience. The recent Digital Rail Summit, organised by Rail Media at Addleshaw Goddard’s impressive facility near London’s Barbican […]

The Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) has secured important new funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) and Arriva Rail North (ARN) which enabling it to expand and restructure. ACoRP 2.0 will be better equipped to help the changing face of the rail industry in future. The organisation will be split into two departments […]

Cairn Cross Civil Engineering Limited and Airquick Limited, working in partnership and on behalf of Network Rail and Arriva Trains Wales, have successfully completed the UK’s most advanced carriage wash system. This multidisciplinary design and build project was awarded to Cairn Cross Civil Engineering through the development of innovation and value engineering. One of the […]

Engineering apprentices have been helping the team at Darlington Locomotive Works build new steam locomotive No. 2007 Prince of Wales. The apprentices, from Virgin Trains, gain firsthand experience of working on a steam engine in a workshop. The scheme is part of a sponsorship agreement established to help the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust. The trust […]

Located within the station throat at Liverpool Lime Street station, and standing in a deep cutting, is Liverpool Lime Street signal box. It was built to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Type 13 design and commissioned on 25 January 1948. The interlocking is a 95-lever Westinghouse Brake and Signal Style ‘L’ frame and is believed […]

Ahead of the launch of the new Britain Runs on Rail campaign, the RDG’s chief executive, Paul Plummer, is on a mission to get this positive message across – one that he hopes will boost pride amongst people working across the rail industry, as well as build support amongst the public for continued investment in […]

Tackling rising track access charges and overcoming capacity constraints are two of the focus areas discussed in the UK government's new Rail Freight Strategy. Published today (September 13) the document, which draws from a report commissioned by the Department for...

There were gasps of surprise last week when it was announced that season ticket fares for rail commuters could be as high as 10 per cent of net income. Predictably, passenger groups had a lot to say about it. But...

CAF has been named as the preferred bidder to supply 63 new trams to Amsterdam. The order with GVB Activa B.V. includes options for up to 60 additional units and follows an order for 37 vehicles placed with CAF in...