Greater Anglia introduces gum busters for station cleaning
British train operating company Greater Anglia introduced special cleaning machines to remove chewing gums from station platforms. The devices nicknamed as gum busters are used to clean stations four times a year. Greater Anglia involved special...Read more
Construction extra line Felixstowe branch to commence
Network Rail engineers have installed 2,300 sleepers along with ballast, the stones that form the track bed, in preparation of the construction of an additional line on the Felixstowe branch, the vital railway line connecting...Read more
New Managing Director appointed for Bombardier Transportation in United Kingdom
Bombardier Transportation has appointed senior rail executive Phil Hufton as its new Managing Director and Chairman of the Board for Bombardier Transportation in the United Kingdom, effective from October 1, 2018. In addition, Mr Hufton...Read more
DB cancels plan to run high-speed trains to UK
Deutsche Bahn has cancelled plans to run high-speed trains from the German cities Cologne and Frankfurt to London. According to the British newspaper The Independent this is due to a ‘significantly changed economic environment’. DB...Read more