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Rail Vehicle Enhancements 2012

All train operators strive to improve their passenger experience. Comfortable and happy passengers are likely to travel again, and it is a major way to secure repeat business. Rail Vehicle Enhancements 2012 is a new initiative, aiming at helping all those involved with making sure that passengers feel comfortable and safe during their journey. Running [...]

Record breaking year for the RailStaff Awards

More people have placed nominations and votes for the RailStaff Awards than ever before in the event's six-year history. Five-thousand people picked their favourite nominees in the first two days of voting alone and judging is now underway, with the...

Africa Express tours the UK

Eighty musical artists, ranging from Blur's Damian Albarn to the biggest stars of world music, have boarded the Africa Express on its tour of the UK. The Class 47 diesel-electric locomotive has been transformed into a travelling festival, with musicians...

Cartoon campaign launched to make rail stations safer

A collection of new cartoon characters are aiming to keep children safe at rail stations across Scotland. 'Scratch and the Train Gang' are appearing in a series of new YouTube animations produced by ScotRail to help reduce accidents around the...

Daleks invade Slough station

Doctor Who's voice of the Daleks, Nick Briggs, replaced the normal announcer at Slough station in Berkshire during a prank for BBC programme The One Show.

Olympic teams say farewell to London

The Dutch, French and Belgian Olympic teams boarded Eurostar trains earlier this week to head home following two weeks of spectacular Olympic success in London. Medal winners making their way through St Pancras included gold medalist Marianne Vos, who beat...

‘Stop listening to my music’ – Professor Green joins level crossing safety campaign

English rapper Professor Green has become the face of Network Rail's new campaign warning people about the dangers of wearing headphones while using level crossings. In the campaign the music artist is asking fans to stop listening to his music...

Mace on target to hit New Street apprentice pledge

Fifty-six apprentices are now working on the ambitious Gateway project at Birmingham New Street station and Mace, Network Rail's delivery partner, looks set to achieve its target of bringing more than 100 unemployed young people into work by 2015. While...

Gateway: Employing Birmingham’s lost youth

Birmingham is suffering more than any other major city in the UK to get its young people into work, with one in 10 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance. But within the rail and construction sector there is a ray of light -...

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GB Railfreight names train after hero signaller Bill Taylor

Logistics operator GB Railfreight yesterday named a locomotive after Signaller Bill (Willie) Taylor, 40 years to the day after...