Celebrating 20 years of Darwin – the railway’s single source of truth

Jacqueline Starr, Chief Executive Officer, Rail Delivery Group Darwin is 20 years old and at Rail Delivery Group (RDG) we are celebrating this impressive milestone. But what is Darwin? And why should you care? Darwin is one of the most critical...

Last HS2 tunnel boring machine in the West Midlands begins dig towards Birmingham

On Tuesday 5 March, HS2 launched the last tunnel boring machine (TBM) to dig tunnels for the new high speed railway in the West Midlands. The 125-metres-long TBM has started on its journey to dig the second bore of HS2’s...

Siemens Mobility to invest £100m in state-of-the-art factory in Chippenham, UK

Siemens is embarking on a groundbreaking £100 million investment to establish a cutting-edge rail infrastructure manufacturing, digital engineering and research & development (R&D) center in Chippenham, underscoring its unwavering commitment to innovation, sustainability, excellence, and its campaign ‘to build...

Northern using AI to trial British Sign Language announcements on trains

Northern customers travelling between Manchester and Leeds as well as Leeds to York will be able to see some of the train operator’s announcements in British Sign Language (BSL) thanks to a trial involving AI. The train operator has been...

New era of rail travel to begin as West Midlands Railway unveils electric train fleet

A new era is set to begin for rail passengers in the West Midlands after West Midlands Railway unveiled its brand new fleet of electric trains. The Class 730 fleet will enter service in the region for the first time...

Great Western Railway’s innovative FastCharge battery train trial could transform UK’s railway

Innovation led by Great Western Railway could transform the UK’s railway as it powers forward with a FastCharge battery trial designed to help future decarbonisation of branch line services. The FastCharge technology, which has been rigorously developed by specialist engineers...

Key milestone reached on project to improve mobile connectivity on East Coast Main Line

LNER, Network Rail and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are collaborating to improve mobile connectivity on the East Coast Main Line. The joint project, which is delivering new mobile phone infrastructure into tunnels outside London King’s Cross station, has reached an...

Novel railway point switching technology, inspired by aircraft control systems

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, are working on Repoint, a new cutting-edge railway switch (points) technology to improve upon the traditional design, which has been in use for over 200 years. While conventional railway switches guide trains from one...

Siemens Mobility to nationally deploy geofencing tech

Siemens Mobility has announced the national rollout of Tended’s geofencing technology across its business operations. The deployment follows a successful six-month pilot in which Siemens tested the technology across different teams and work activities, ensuring its suitability for the...

HS2 TBMs ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ reach Chesham Road

HS2 today confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – the two giant tunnelling machines digging the project’s longest tunnels - have reached the Chesham Road intervention shaft, on track to complete their mammoth 10-mile journey under the Chilterns next year. The...

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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...