Category: Industry News

Alstom and OCS improve Pendolino cleaning at Polmadie

Alstom and its contractors OCS have developed an enhanced cleaning technique for Avanti West Coast’s Pendolino fleet, ensuring the train’s windscreens leave the Glasgow Traincare Centre spotless. Tim Barton, train presentation manager at Alstom, and Jason Stuart, cleaning manager at OCS, have made use of mobile staging at the depot in Polmadie that – with […]

Eurotunnel fined £2.25m for health and safety failings which resulted in serious injuries to an engineering surveyor

The Channel Tunnel Group Limited (CTGL also known as Eurotunnel) has today been fined £2.25 million after pleading guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). The incident involving an engineering surveyor, happened […]

DB Cargo UK signs new seven-year contract with CAT UK

DB Cargo UK has signed a new seven-year contract with CAT UK to move finished vehicles from Jaguar Land Rover’s manufacturing facility at Halewood in Merseyside to the Port of Southampton. The company’s colleagues in Cheshire, the West Midlands, and Hampshire currently operate around three services a week between the two destinations. However, with Jaguar […]

New customer hub opens at Euston

Passengers travelling through London Euston are benefitting from a brand‑new customer information hub, which will make it quicker and easier for people to get the help they need. The bright new kiosk adorned in the ‘Euston yellow’ colours has been created using customer insight and the experience of staff who will work in it. It […]

Smoother and more reliable journeys for Somerset passengers as new track is installed in Easter upgrade

Rail services through Somerset are back up and running as usual after engineers spent the Easter bank holiday weekend replacing old track, sleepers and ballast at East Somerset Junction, between Westbury and Taunton. Network Rail engineers began work on Friday and worked through the Easter weekend, finishing a few hours ahead of schedule for services […]

Ty Glas railway station reopens following major upgrades

Transport for Wales (TfW) has reopened Ty Glas railway station following the completion of a major programme of work to modernise the station and enhance safety for passengers and the local community.  While the level crossing reopened to the public in October 2025 following essential safety improvements, work has continued at the station to deliver the remaining upgrades. […]

East West Rail announces details of last route-wide public consultation

East West Railway Company (EWR Co) has announced details of its last route-wide consultation on the latest designs for the project which will link Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge.  The eight-week consultation will run from 14 April to 9 June 2026, offering communities along the route a vital opportunity to have their say on […]

Footage released of major North West railway upgrades this Easter

Drone and trackside footage has been released showing multi-million-pound projects which took place over the Easter weekend to improve rail journeys across the North West. On Monday 6 April, the West Coast Main Line between Preston and Oxenholme reopened to passengers after being closed on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 April for some of the […]