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Whatever you might read in the papers, the rail industry has a first-rate reputation for safety. According to the Rail Safety & Standards Board, it is “1,500 times safer than motorcycling, over 500 times safer than walking and 30...

Shields Depot in Glasgow is a busy place. Home to five classes of electric trains from the First ScotRail fleet, its 104 sets keep the workforce busy around the clock. Also here is ScotRail’s only wheel lathe so other...

December is an in-between month so far as weather goes. Hopefully the worst of the delays caused by ‘leaves on the line’ are over, and the ‘wrong sort of snow” normally hasn’t arrived yet. However, there is one problem...

Two dozen young boxers from across Britain punched their way to success this weekend at the inaugural No Messin’ Tri-nation boxing competition, organised by Network Rail and supported by the world’s light welter weight champion Amir...

Privatisation has brought many benefits to our industry - new trains, more frequent services, brighter stations, additional routes, competitive ticketing, increased freight traffic - but the stark reality is that the railway now costs much more to the taxpayer...

A major scheme to strengthen the 160-year-old Britannia bridge, which spans the Menai Strait, has started today. A joint effort by Network Rail, the Welsh Assembly Government and the UK Highway Agency, the investment of nearly £4m will help...

Most European railways provided track-to-train radio systems during the latter part of the 20th century. Many were based upon the UIC (Union Internationale Chemin de Fers) Spec 751-3, prepared as an intended standard for all train radio systems across...

Work has begun on the £850 million redevelopment of the Reading station area. Over a ten-day period this Christmas, the workforce completed the first stage of their project, working from Christmas Eve until 4th January. The station itself was...

The annual Channel Tunnel bi-national safety exercise will take place during the night of Saturday 8 to Sunday 9 January 2011 and will involve emergency services from both the UK and France. This is the only initiative on this...

Sometimes only made-to-measure will do. Just ask the project team that’s been exercising its logistical dexterity for the past six months to resolve the failings of a landmark Yorkshire bridge. Time and tide have been overcome, bringing operational benefits...