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Network Rail Begin New Recruitment Drive

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June 2, 2025
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To help more people get into maintenance roles, Network Rail has launched a new recruitment drive.

Three companies partner up for a new Ukraine – Germany intermodal service

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June 2, 2025
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Global Ocean Link (GOL), LION Group and N’Unit are partnering up to introduce a new intermodal rail service between Ukraine and Germany. Their vision is…

Event to mark 100th birthday of steam locomotive No. 777 Sir Lamiel

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June 2, 2025
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The National Railway Museum is celebrating the centenary of SR S15 ‘King Arthur’ No. 777 ‘Sir Lamiel’.

Australian high-speed rail has barely left the station

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June 2, 2025
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The Newcastle-Sydney high-speed rail link is estimated to cost at least $30bn and take well over a decade to build.

Waranga Rail Trail is officially open

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June 2, 2025
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Completion of the Campaspe Shire section of the Waranga Rail Trail

GB Railfreight and British Transport Police unveil bespoke new livery to promote rail safety

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June 2, 2025
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TGB Railfreight (GBRf), the leading UK transporter of goods for businesses and consumers, has unveiled a special livery for one of its locomotives in collaboration with British Transport Police (BTP) at Waterloo Station. At the ceremony, GBRf’s CEO John Smith OBE and Assistant Chief Constable Sean O’Callaghan of BTP highlighted the impact that network disruption […]

Hitachi Rail to support overhaul of the Hamburg–Berlin rail line, a key route in the European rail network

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June 2, 2025
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The modernisation of the rail line between Hamburg and Berlin is picking up speed – and Hitachi Rail is on board. In the general overhaul of the Hamburg–Berlin rail line project, Hitachi Rail, on behalf of DB InfraGO AG, is responsible for the comprehensive renewal of the control-command and signalling (CCS) between Paulinenaue and Schwanheide. […]

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to advance Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan rail project

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June 2, 2025
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A key step toward enhancing regional connectivity.

NSW government has made a deal on a long-running pay dispute with train unions

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June 2, 2025
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The long-running dispute between a state government and train unions has ended.

On Track for a Purpose: A Mother-Daughter Journey Through Britain’s Railways

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June 2, 2025
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At the start of the year, Margate Platform staff member Kudakwashe Osoba made a quiet butdetermined resolution: 2025 would be the year she’d travel more and do it for fun. The spark for thisidea came in the form of a calendar, gifted by Lee Woolcott-Ellis, Southeastern’s Wellbeing Lead. Thecalendar, produced by the Railway Mission, featured a different […]