RMT suspend SWR strike action
19th February 2019 | by Darren Porter
The RMT have confirmed that strike action on South Western Railway (SWR) has now been suspended following a significant breakthrough in talks.
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GWR to host Long Rock Depot Open Day
18th February 2019 | by Darren Porter
Great Western Railway (GWR) have announced that they will open the doors of the Long Rock Maintenance Depot to the public on Saturday 13 April 2019 to celebrate 170 years of Cornwall's railway.
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46th day of Northern strike action to go ahead
25th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
The RMT have confirmed that the long running dispute with Northern will continue tomorrow as the 46th day of strike action is reached.
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Freightliner to invest in new Ipswich facility
24th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), have announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art locomotive, wagon maintenance and fuelling facility at the existing freight yard at Ipswich.
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Work to start on Corby platform extension
24th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Network Rail are due to start work on 4th February to extend the platform at Corby, part of a wider programme of improvements to the Midland Main Line.
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Heathrow Express fleet to be fitted with ETCS
23rd January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Porterbrook have signed a contract with Bombardier Transportation that will see digital signalling equipment added to the fleet of Class 387 trains that are destined for Heathrow Express.
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West Midlands Railway clamps down on ticketless travel
22nd January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Following reports of an increase in ticketless travel and antisocial behaviour on the Chase line, West Midlands Railway clamped down on Friday 18th January when a total of 25 revenue protection managers were stationed at six locations on the line.
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GWR present nameplate to Stroud
21st January 2019 | by Darren Porter
As the Great Western Railway (GWR) High Speed Train fleet is gradually replaced by the new Intercity Express Trains, a nameplate carried by one of the iconic locomotives has been presented to the town of Stroud.
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GWR January sale now on
10th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Great Western Railway (GWR) have now launched their January sale and customers can take advantage of train tickets costing as little as £5.
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Bombardier to supply passenger cars to New Jersey Transit
10th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Bombardier Transportation have announced that they have signed a contract with New Jersey Transit Corporation for 113 Multilevel III commuter rail cars.
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Alstom delivers final Coradia to Skånetrafiken
10th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Alstom have delivered the final Coradia Nordic regional train -better known as “Pågatågen” - to Skånetrafiken to complete an order that comprised of 30 units.
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Horden station receives planning permission
09th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Plans to build a new station at Horden in east Durham have now been given the go ahead with initial work on the £10.55 million project due to get underway in the next few weeks. The station is expected to be open for passengers in Spring 2020.
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Thameslink reinstates 12 night services
08th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
As of last night (Monday 7th January) Thameslink have reinstated 12 night services, bringing the total number of reinstated services since July 2018 to more than 200.
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Porterbrook to supply Rail Operations Group with with bi-mode FLEX trains
08th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Porterbrook are to provide Rail Operations Group (ROG) with two bi-mode FLEX trains as the operator looks to expand into the rail postal industry.
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Alstom and Eversholt Rail unveil hydrogen train design
07th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Alstom and Eversholt Rail have unveiled a new design of hydrogen train aimed at the UK market. The train, codenamed ‘Breeze’, will be a conversion of an existing Class 321 EMU to create a clean train for the modern age.
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Greater Anglia issue night-time level crossing warning
07th January 2019 | by Darren Porter
Greater Anglia have issued a warning for road-users to remain vigilant at night as two of the brand new train fleet will be undergoing night-time testing during the next couple of weeks.
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Freightliner signs contract with Mendip Rail
20th December 2018 | by Darren Porter
Freightliner have today announced that it has signed a long term bulk-haulage contract with Mendip Rail, a joint venture between two of the UK’s largest aggregate/cement producers, Hanson Aggregates and Aggregate Industries.
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Virgin Trains introduce new handheld devices for staff
20th December 2018 | by Darren Porter
Virgin Trains have now introduced a new range of handheld devices enabling customers to beat the queues and buy directly from frontline station staff.
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Colchester Railway station celebrates 175th anniversary
20th December 2018 | by Darren Porter
Colchester station celebrated it's 175th anniversary this week and the occasion was marked by a cake that was cut on the station platform and handed out to passengers.
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Northern seek independent enquiry to resolve RMT dispute
19th December 2018 | by Darren Porter
Northern have formally written to ACAS with a request for the service to use it's powers and establish an independent enquiry to look at the ongoing issues in the dispute with RMT.
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