Passengers travelling via Oxford are being urged to plan their journeys ahead at the start of February as Network Rail installs a new railway bridge adjacent to Oxford station as part of plans to boost rail services and capacity. An amended timetable will be in place from Sunday 1 February until Sunday 8 February, with […]
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Northern appoints James Howard to lead it’s largest ever train procurement programme
James Howard, who was recently appointed as Northern’s director of New Rolling Stock Programmes, has taken charge of the operator’s plan to buy hundreds of new trains. Northern is planning to make the largest ever investment in its fleet, by purchasing up to 450 trains in three phases. That will include around 130 trains in […]
Spain: Drivers’ union threatens strike action after second deadly derailment
Spanish train drivers’ union Semaf has called for a strike after a driver was killed and at least 37 people injured when a train derailed and crashed at Gelida, around 32km west of Barcelona. The incident comes just two days after a deadly collision between two high-speed trains at Adamuz, in Andalusia, in which at […]
Network Rail announces next phase of West Coast Main Line upgrades
Network Rail has unveiled the next step in its plans to overhaul Britain’s busiest mixed-use railway for the first time in more than 50 years. The West Coast Main Line carries almost 2,000 passenger trains and 15,000 tonnes of goods every day, but much of its infrastructure is struggling to meet modern demand. With passenger […]
Brighton one of Britain’s Favourite Railway Stations as new TV show puts spotlight on coastal hub
A TV series placing the spotlight on some of the nation’s favourite railway stations has called at Brighton to dive into its Victorian history and find out how staff preserve its legacy. The coastal terminus features in the third episode of More4 series Britain’s Favourite Railway Stations with presenter Si King, joined by transport historian […]
Publicly owned operators report rapid growth at stations across UK
Train operators in public ownership have shared details of the stations on their networks seeing strong passenger growth according to the most recent ORR station usage figures. For Southeastern, Thanet Parkway in Kent, which opened its doors in 2023 has become the operator’s fastest growing station. Passenger entries and exits more than doubled in the […]
Rachel Ellison takes on key regional leadership role at Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald has appointed Rachel Ellison to the new position of operations director for UK and Europe. Rachel will play a central leadership role across the region together with Richard Risdon in his dual role as managing director for UK and Europe and group strategy director on the executive board. She will focus on driving […]
New combined railway control centre brings improvements for WCML passengers
Millions of passengers who travel on the West Coast Main Line each week are set to benefit from a new behind-the-scenes collaboration at a railway control centre in Warwickshire. Under the arrangement, London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has brought in dozens of new staff to work alongside Network Rail (NR) control teams at the dedicated Rail […]