75-mile tailback on British East Coast Main Line
Britain’s prestige East Coast Main Line on a Wednesday night is normally the picture of chilled out efficiency. Except that’s not quite how it worked out this Wednesday. An animal strike on a northbound express,...Read more
Manchester Metrolink gets further investment
Metrolink, the branding of the familiar yellow trams in Manchester, is to see a further 21.4 million pounds (just over 25 million euro) investment. The local authority has approved the programme of works to improve...Read more
London – Stirling go-ahead for Grand Union
An open-access service has finally been given the green light. Grand Union Trains, an ambitious would-be operator, has made it third time lucky with their proposals to run direct services between London and Stirling. The...Read more
HS2 “green tunnel” for Solihul
Britain’s new high-speed railway, HS2, connecting London and Birmingham, has been approved to build a “green tunnel” under Burton Green, a community lying east of Solihull, in the English West Midlands. The 400-metre green tunnel...Read more
Siemens Mobility invests 116 million euros in new UK factory
Siemens Mobility has revealed plans to invest 100 million pounds (116 million euros) in a state-of-the-art factory in Chippenham, Wiltshire, as part of its strategy to enhance its rail infrastructure capabilities. The new facility will...Read more
Countdown to Scotland’s Levenmouth railway return begins
It has been a long time coming. Fifty-five years to be precise. However, the wait is almost over. Scotland’s short and sweet Levenmouth Railway is less than one hundred days from opening, and seeing its...Read more
Sceptical response to “reannounced” UK transport funding package
Rishi Sunak, the UK Prime Minister, chose Monday to visit the North East of England. The publicity for the visit revolved around what he called a 4.7 billion pound (5.5 billion euro) redeployment of funds...Read more
HS2 maintenance depot development receives design approval
Britain’s HS2 high-speed rail project has had a welcome boost. Approval has been granted for the design of a system-wide infrastructure maintenance depot at Calvert in Buckinghamshire. The site will be at the intersection between...Read more
UK Rivelin Rail adheres to measuring friction and positive traction reaction
Rivelin Rail is a tech start-up in a leafy suburb of Sheffield, England. Engineers there are working on a sticky problem for rail operators around the world: friction technology. The firm specialises in the precise...Read more
London Overground name game is nothing new
All change. Londoners have only really just become familiar with the Overground, the bright orange addition to their enviable public transport network. The uniformly branded Overground is a collection of surface rail services, adopted by...Read more
Manchester Oxford Road revamp but Castlefield Corridor still a pinch point
Britain’s infrastructure agency, Network Rail, is promising smoother journeys for passengers at Manchester Oxford Road station. However, the work at the nationally recognised building may not do anything to relieve the equally well-recognised bottleneck. The...Read more
Birmingham welcomes brand new West Midlands Trains
West Midlands Trains has started to take delivery of a new fleet for its Birmingham suburban services. The passenger operating company is responsible for services branded as West Midlands Railway, and as London North Western...Read more
80% of new Piccadilly line trains to be assembled in Yorkshire
Siemens Mobility has confirmed that up to 80 per cent of the 94 new Piccadilly line trains for the London Underground will be assembled in Yorkshire, UK. Previously, the plan was to build only half...Read more