Topic: UK

Rail roundup: Siemens’ new UK plant, Rail Baltica’s big tender, Swiss tunnel sees light

Press release averted; it’s your daily rail roundup from RailTech! All eyes are on Yorkshire in the UK’s north, as Siemens officially opened its new rolling stock plant…
Overcrowding putting Euston passengers in danger – watchdog

They’re not the first to mention it. Passengers at London’s Euston railway station are being put “in danger” by “high levels of overcrowding.” That’s according to one of…
Hopes for an Irish rail revival begin at Armagh

The first of October, 2024. Sixty-seven years to the day since closure. It’s taken a while, but the campaign group seeking to reestablish a railhead in Armagh held…
UK rail minister’s ex-dealings ‘severely’ hurting supply chain

Last month, RailTech interviewed a rail engineer who was fired after the new UK rail minister demanded his dismissal for raising safety concerns at London’s Euston Station. Peter…
Should the UK lower the age for train drivers? RSSB says yes

Top UK rail safety body RSSB has announced its public support for reducing the minimum age of train drivers. The decision is informed by a detailed research project…
Network Rail public wifi hacked

The entire public wifi system, covering Britain’s twenty biggest stations, has been hacked. Network Rail, the national infrastructure agency, which also manages the most iconic stations in Britain,…
Grand Union exits Stirling to London project

Grand Union Trains, the would-be open access operator, with plans for direct services between Stirling, Lanarkshire and London, has hit the buffers, without ever running a train. The…
HS2 to pay 300 million to other operators

HS2 is to pay £300 million (€359m) in compensation to train firms, and it will not go to customers. That is the headline revelation in a UK newspaper…
London’s DLR trains get new speed limit after going too fast

Speed limits have been brought in on the automated Docklands Light Railway (DLR), after Transport for London (TfL) engineers found that the trains that snake through London’s financial…
Severn Tunnel track panels see the light in new life at Global Centre of Rail Excellence

Saved from the scrapheap and put out to pasture. The track that was removed from the Severn Tunnel during the recent renewal of the line will have a…
HS “New” to replace HS2

HS2 Birmingham to Manchester is dead. Long live HS New Birmingham to Manchester. Civic leaders in the Midlands and North West of England are getting behind a study…
You heard it here first: it’s the Noisy Carriage

South West Railway, please make up your mind. Tiptoeing in on the heels of mindful peace and quiet, and the soothing soundtrack to a serene commute, here comes…
Equal access for all in the new British railways

Great British Railways, the proposed name for the soon to be renationalised network, will take charge of the infrastructure and train management throughout the network. However, it will…
UK gets new longest rail bridge in major HS2 milestone

The much-maligned HS2 project made UK history this month after the final deck segment of a new viaduct was lowered into place, officially crowning it as Britain’s longest…
Iconic viaduct linking London and Brighton gets facelift

The UK’s Network Rail has launched critical repair work along the iconic Ouse Valley Viaduct between Brighton and London in a bid to maintain the beautiful yet vital…