HS2 is to run a new fast-track training programme that will help jobless West Midlands residents to secure a construction apprenticeship on the high-speed rail project.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) has announced that its members on East Midlands Railway (EMR) will strike on Sunday 30 August, Monday 31 August, Wednesday 16 September and Thursday 17 September.
Network Rail says that significant damage has been caused to the railway after the wildfires in Stourbridge last week. The wildfires happened last week (Thursday…
East Midlands Railway (EMR) is asking its passengers not to travel on Saturday (15 August) unless their journey is essential, as RMT trade union members will be taking strike action over safety faults in the operator’s new fleet of trains.
Network Rail has revealed that it has successfully completed track renewal work at Alfreton Tunnel in Derbyshire, after train services between Sheffield and Nottingham were disrupted last weekend to allow the work to take place.