Network Rail, the UK infrastructure management agency, is currently concluding a lengthy protection and maintenance programme on a World Heritage Site. It also happens in one of the most iconic structures across the railway network....Read more
A business event hosted in partnership with the local member of parliament has attracted interest from more than forty companies around Crewe. The event was set up for interested parties, seeking engagement with the HS2...Read more
D/Gauge, the UK specialists in gauging and clearance assessment, have expanded their services to include dynamic vehicle modelling. According to the Derby-based engineers, the new offering will provide greater benefits to vehicle owners, manufacturers, operators...Read more
Saturday, June 25 was the third and last of the one-day strikes called by the trades union RMT. After a huge ballot mandate, the union called out members from most passenger train operating companies in...Read more
UK transport secretary Grant Shapps is adamant that the strike on the railways of Great Britain will not lead to empty supermarket shelves or disrupted power station fuel deliveries. However, there is nothing good about...Read more
Solidarity with the strike on the UK railway network has been very high on day one. The members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport trades union (RMT) have been picketing depots, signalling centres and stations...Read more
A multi-year deal is best for London and the UK, says the Railway Industry Association. The body that represents the interests of the railway supply chain has written an open letter to the transport secretary...Read more
Barring a spectacular breakthrough, or a humiliating climbdown, Britain on Tuesday will be plunged into the biggest rail strike for a generation, with the prospect of worse to come. The trades union RMT is exercising...Read more
The second phase of work on the new 70 million pound (82 million euro) Gosforth Metro depot in Newcastle has been successfully completed. The new depot will be home to the new Metro train fleet,...Read more
HS2 Limited, the company delivering Britain’s high speed railway between London and Birmingham, has begun work on the first of a series of ‘green tunnels’, designed to carry the railway though environmentally sensitive regions. The...Read more
The company building Britain’s high speed railway has begun work on the biggest surface project along the route of HS2. The Colne Valley Viaduct, a structure that will become the UK’s longest railway bridge, is...Read more
Ashford International railway station proudly carries the Eurostar emblem above its main entrance. However, the likelihood of a service to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, or anywhere else in Europe for that matter, remains in the balance....Read more
The executive of the trades union RMT is scheduled to meet later today (Tuesday 7 June) with the country braced to expect the announcement of strike action later in the month. After an overwhelming vote...Read more
The University of Birmingham, one of the UK’s largest education and research institutions, has been awarded funding under the UK government Department for Transport “Technology Research Innovation Grant Scheme”. The grant will help support a...Read more
A potentially damaging strike on London’s Underground, scheduled for Friday 3 June, has been called off. Negotiations between the staff of union RMT and management company London Underground Limited (LUL) have reached an agreement over...Read more
