Alstom has announced the recipients of its UK and Ireland 2024 Community Project Fund (CPF). Twelve charities and community-led projects across the two countries will share more than £125,000 (€145,000). Alstom employees are also encouraged to use their annual volunteering day to offer additional support to the beneficiaries. Alstom’s CPF aims to fund projects that […]
Category: UK
HS2 breaks through in Birmingham
HS2’s giant tunnelling machine Mary Ann broke through on Friday 9 May, marking the end of her mission to excavate the first bore of what will soon become the longest railway tunnel in the West Midlands. The 125-metre-long machine began constructing the 3.5-mile (5.8km) Bromford Tunnel, which starts at the Warwickshire village of Water Orton […]
Major mobilisation work underway at Toton traction maintenance depot
Mobilisation work is in full swing at Toton traction maintenance depot in Derbyshire as DB Cargo UK prepares to start installing the new European Train Control System (ETCS) to the first of the UK’s Class 66 freight locomotives. Construction has started at several locations across the site to ensure the company can hit the ground […]
LNER customer services moves to new home in heart of Newcastle
LNER has reinforced its commitment to the North East with the opening of its new Customer Solutions Centre in the heart of Newcastle city centre. A hundred and thirty colleagues are now based in offices at 1 St James’ Gate, just a few minutes’ walk from Newcastle Station, following a move from offices in Gosforth. […]
Work commences on world’s oldest in-situ cast-iron railway bridge
Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) engineers have this week begun initial preparation work for the raising and renovation of Crawshaw Woods Bridge, the earliest cast-iron railway bridge to still be in place over an operational railway anywhere in the world. Constructed between 1830 and 1834, the Grade II listed bridge has spanned the reign of eight […]
Severn Valley Railway makes steady progress towards landslip repairs
Although a firm start date for repairs to the landslip at the Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) Mor Brook bridge remains unknown, huge progress has been made in recent weeks. The railway has also shared details of how the work will be undertaken. Last week (1 May), the SVR signed a contract with civil engineering contractor […]
Network Rail bridge now in use as Newquay Strategic Route opens
The Newquay Strategic Route – a new road to improve transport links and unlock economic growth in Newquay – has opened to the public, with Network Rail’s new bridge over the railway now in use. The Newquay Strategic Route, built by the Duchy of Cornwall and Cornwall Council, provides a new link between the south […]
Greater Anglia marks Deaf Awareness Week 2025
Greater Anglia is reminding customers about its partnership with a British Sign Language interpreter service during Deaf Awareness Week. Earlier this year, the train operator partnered with SignLive, which provides remote British Sign Language interpreting on demand. Deaf Awareness Week runs from 5-11 May, and Greater Anglia is advising customers who are deaf or hard […]