Major improvements to an historic railway viaduct in the Peak District are complete, securing its future for freight trains serving four major quarries in Derbyshire. Between 29 August and 7 September teams from Network Rail and its contractor AmcoGiffen strengthened a 160-year-old 15-arch structure on the Great Rocks freight line near Chapel-en-le-Frith. It’s one of […]
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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 […]
Yorkshire Mayors renew calls for Northern railway revolution
Three Yorkshire mayors have renewed calls for the government to back a new railway revolution for the North ahead of the Railway’s 200th anniversary celebrations later this month. Earlier this year Lord Blunkett led a review of the region’s rail connectivity and helped launch a £14 billion long-term plan that called for investment in newer […]
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 […]
Azuma in-cab digital signalling is successfully tested
Testing at speed of digital in-cab signalling has been successfully completed for the train which provides the largest inter-city fleet on the East Coast Main Line. The iconic LNER Azuma has been put through its paces in recent weeks on the Melton test track through the Leicestershire countryside. Completing its dynamic testing is a step […]