Dozens of care-experienced people across the West Midlands are set to enjoy free train travel thanks to a new partnership between West Midlands Railway (WMR) and the Susan Vickers Foundation. The initiative will award complimentary rail passes to 40 members of the Foundation, a Wolverhampton-based charity which supports care-experienced people and care-leavers. Each pass provides […]
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Rail contractor hosts careers event for young people in West of Scotland
National rail contractor, QTS Group, hosted its annual ‘The Future of Rail’ event at its headquarters in South Lanarkshire last week. The event, which took place on 20 and 21 May, welcomed several of QTS Group’s partners, including Network Rail, to promote the rail industry’s ability to offer flourishing careers for young people. Now in its […]
More new trains, better journeys: SWR celebrates one year in public ownership
Passengers travelling to London Waterloo from key commuter towns such as Windsor, Woking and Wimbledon are benefiting from increased capacity and more comfortable journeys one year after South Western Railway’s (SWR) services entered public ownership. SWR was the first train operating company to enter public control under the Public Ownership Act last May, kick starting the end of almost 30 years of fragmentation and waste under privatisation. To celebrate the milestone, the […]
More new trains, better journeys: SWR celebrates one year in public ownership
Passengers travelling to London Waterloo from key commuter towns such as Windsor, Woking and Wimbledon are benefiting from increased capacity and more comfortable journeys one year after South Western Railway’s (SWR) services entered public ownership. SWR was the first train operating company to enter public control under the Public Ownership Act last May, kick starting the end of almost 30 years of fragmentation and waste under privatisation. To celebrate the milestone, the […]
Less than a year for the rail sector to prepare for Martyn’s Law
This month marks nine years since the Manchester Arena bombings and with less than a year to go before Martyn’s Law will be in full effect, IoT company AddSecure, is warning the rail sector to start preparing now or risk serious legal consequences. Expected to be enforced from April 2027, many train stations are affected by the incoming changes and still do not have a compliant solution. Martyn’s Law requires venues hosting over 200 people to have a protocol in place for […]
Metro control room upgrade is successfully completed
A multi-million-pound upgrade of the Tyne and Wear Metro control room has been successfully completed, providing it with some of the most advanced technology in the railway industry. The £8.8 million project has involved the complete renewal of a system which manages key parts of Metro’s infrastructure, including the high voltage power supply. The Supervisory […]
Spencer Rail Engineering unites Waterbeach project partners with innovative workshop
Specialist engineering firm, Spencer Rail Engineering, recently hosted a PRINT Workshop with its Waterbeach project partners Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), Network Rail and SLC at its head office in Hull. Spencer Rail Engineering has been appointed to deliver a new railway station on behalf of GCP, helping to support the expanding community in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, […]
CMA recommends overhaul of rail procurement to cut costs and drive growth
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the findings of its market study into road and rail infrastructure and is recommending concrete actions to drive down costs and drive up innovation and productivity. Following 11 months of in-depth analysis and engagement across government, procuring authorities and businesses, the CMA’s market study on public road […]
CMA recommends overhaul of rail procurement to cut costs and drive growth
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the findings of its market study into road and rail infrastructure and is recommending concrete actions to drive down costs and drive up innovation and productivity. Following 11 months of in-depth analysis and engagement across government, procuring authorities and businesses, the CMA’s market study on public road […]
Go-Ahead Group appoints chief operating officer
Go-Ahead Group has announced that Sian Leydon will be joining the company as chief operating officer, a newly created role, in July. Sian will take her track record of leading growth, transformation, and delivering results across complex, customer-focused industries to Go-Ahead. Sian was most recently managing director for mainland Europe at Arriva. Before that, her […]