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Alstom employee retires after 50 years service

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September 1, 2025
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Alstom has celebrated Movements Manager Ken Davies’ career as he retires following more than 50 years’ service on Britain’s railways. A fitting send-off was organised at Alstom’s Liverpool Traincare Centre on Friday 29 August, where he was surrounded by many of the trains he had worked on over the last five decades – including a […]

UK: DCRail proves value of short-line work

Simon Walton
September 1, 2025
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UK operator DCRail has launched a new rail freight flow carrying recycled asphalt planings (recycled road surface material) from Greenwich to Purfleet. It’s proving that…

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Bexley railway station subway to close as safer, step-free access is now available

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September 1, 2025
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The pedestrian subway at Bexley station will be closed permanently from Saturday 6 September, because of significant structural defects found in the underpass. Customers will be able to use the new lifts and footbridge opened in 2024 for step-free access around the station. South Eastern Railway has made the decision to close the subway following […]

Rail modal share surges above 60% for containers in Port of Gothenburg

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September 1, 2025
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The Port of Gothenburg may have a new claim to fame. It is currently beats all key European seaports, having reached a rail modal share…

Freightliner back on track between Southampton and Teesport

Simon Walton
September 1, 2025
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Freightliner has reintroduced an intermodal rail service linking Teesport in the Northeast of England with Southampton on the South Coast. It marks the return of…

Essendon delist Jye Menzie and father-son Alwyn Davey Jnr

Helen Carrie
September 1, 2025
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Essendon have confirmed a further two list changes, with Jye Menzie and father-son Alwyn Davey Jnr both not offered contracts for 2026. The pair join Dylan […]

Blues set to poach Power boss to lead new era

Helen Carrie
September 1, 2025
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Carlton’s search for a new footy boss after Brad Lloyd’s sacking appears over.

Rail freight operators request 14% fewer 2026 timeslots in the Netherlands

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September 1, 2025
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Dutch rail freight is awaiting another tough year. After volumes dropping for two consecutive years, trains will likely transport even less freight in 2026. Operators…

Virgin Australia celebrates its silver anniversary

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September 1, 2025
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The carrier that would become Australia’s second largest airline group operated its first flight, from Brisbane to Sydney, on 31 August 2000, and benefited from the collapse of Ansett a year later before rebranding to Virgin Australia in 2011.

Vietjet shifts all Australia flights to Ho Chi Minh City

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September 1, 2025
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The Vietnamese low-cost carrier will end its Sydney-Hanoi service on 27 September and its Melbourne-Hanoi service on 3 October, but will gradually ramp up to daily flights from both destinations, as well as Brisbane, to Ho Chi Minh City.