Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg: These are the major ports in Northwestern Europe. Throughput developments here directly impact the rail freight business, and so we’re taking a…
Hollywood style Walk of Fame honours female heroes of the Railway Industry
Trailblazers Elizabeth Holman, Gladys Garlick, and Betty Chalmers are among the women honoured in LNER’s Hollywood walk of fame-style installations unveiled at stations. The new campaign launches ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March 2026) to highlight the incredible contribution of women within the rail industry – both past and present. This comes as new […]
Publicly owned train operators mark World Hearing Day
Train operators in public ownership have marked World Hearing Day (Tuesday 3 March) by highlighting initiatives that have improved the travel experience for deaf, hard‑of‑hearing and British Sign Language (BSL)‑using passengers. The measures include a mix of live interpreter services, AI-powered BSL translation, and speech‑to‑text systems. Central to the train operators’ approach is the availability […]
Arcadis and AtkinsRéalis jointly appointed to lead TRU programme partner
JointlyArcadis and AtkinsRéalis have been jointly appointed by Network Rail to support programme management for the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) through to completion of the multi-billion-pound project. Under the five-year Programme Partner framework, valued at up to £100 million with an option to extend up to eight years, an Arcadis-AtkinsRéalis joint venture will deliver key […]