Systra UK & Ireland has appointed Jonathan Scott as managing director – engineering. A chartered engineer with more than 30 years’ experience, Jonathan is a recognised figure in the transportation sector. Since joining SYSTRA in 2022 as operations director for High-Speed Rail, he has played a pivotal role in expanding the business into markets including […]
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Petards Rail whitepaper discusses the future of rail
Petards Rail recently released its new whitepaper – The Future of Rail: Innovations Shaping the Safety, Efficiency and Compliance of Travel. The whitepaper looks into the changes across the rail industry, including cyber resilience and AI-powered monitoring, highlighting how modernisation will create a safer and smarter network. Network Rail has predicted that Britons will take […]
London Northwestern Railway’s Bletchley depot upgrades completed
A major milestone in the rollout of one of Britain’s newest train fleets has been reached following an £80 million investment into a key railway depot in Bletchley. London Northwestern Railway (LNR) and Rail Minister, Lord Peter Hendy, officially announced the completion of the redevelopment of Bletchley Traction Maintenance Depot (TMD) alongside local representatives and […]
Cross-Channel rail expansion takes step Forward
On Thursday 11 September, challenger train companies Evolyn, Gemini, Trenitalia, and Virgin joined a meeting convened by Calvin Bailey MBE MP in Parliament, alongside existing train operator Eurostar and infrastructure operators London St Pancras Highspeed and Eurotunnel. All five train operators are looking to invest in the UK to enable them to provide expanded cross-Channel […]
Lord McLoughlin to step down as chair of Transport for the North
Transport for the North’s board will be meeting in Darlington on Monday 15 September, and it will be last to be chaired by Lord McLoughlin, who is standing down this autumn after more than four years. As chair, Lord McLoughlin has worked with the North’s political leaders to agree its second Strategic Transport Plan to […]
Construction of Britain’s longest rail bridge completed
New images have been released today to mark the completion of civil engineering works on HS2’s Colne Valley viaduct – the UK’s new longest rail bridge. The 2.1-mile-long structure carries Britain’s new high-speed railway across a series of roads, lakes, the River Colne and the Grand Union Canal, north west of London. Trains will operate […]
TPE welcomes new finance director
TransPennine Express (TPE) has announced the addition of Manchester-born Fiona Roberts as its new finance director. Fiona, from Boothstown, brings a wealth of experience to the role, having led major finance transformation programmes in fast-moving and complex organisations. She also has direct industry experience, having spent six years at Network Rail, with three years as […]
LNER reports data breach involving customer details
LNER has announced it has been made aware of unauthorised access to files managed by a third-party supplier, which involves customer contact details and some information about previous journeys. It stresses, no bank, payment card, or password information has been affected. The company says it is treating the matter with the highest priority and is […]
RIA report calls for improved support for UK SME rail exporters
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has published a new Insights Report on how to improve support for UK SME rail exporters. The analysis sets out a series of recommendations for accelerating exports from the UK to countries around the world taken from an earlier SME Exports Workshop 2025 in which UK companies, along with RIA’s […]
Agreement between South Eastern Railway and heritage line will work towards re-introduction of freight trains
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the South Eastern Railway (SER) and the East Kent Railway (EKR), a heritage line, sharing redundant railway assets from the mainline railway, facilities and volunteer time – and working towards re-establishing freight trains on the EKR for the first time since 1987. At a short ceremony at […]