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Siemens’ British battery trains set to save £3.5bn and consign diesel trains to history

Siemens Mobility has calculated that its new battery bi-mode trains could save Britain’s railways £3.5 billion and 12 million tonnes of CO2 over 35 years.   The trains, which would be assembled at Siemens Mobility’s new Train Manufacturing Facility in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, would be powered by overhead...

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First Minister to lead Levenmouth opening

The return of rail services to Levenmouth for the first time in more than five decades will be celebrated...

Key milestone for HS2 as half of tunnels completed

Construction of the giant network of tunnels for HS2 has now passed the halfway point, marking a significant milestone...

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Colas Rail UK Go For Gold With Rail Safe Friendly

Colas Rail UK has become Gold Partners with the Rail Safe Friendly (RSF) initiative to promote rail safety to...

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South Western Railway looks forward to potential £50m+ investment in accessibility at stations

South Western Railway (SWR) has the highest number of stations of any train operator in the latest government Access for All (AfA) funding announcement. A...

Extra train home from Lowestoft’s First Light Festival

Greater Anglia will run an additional late train from Lowestoft to Ipswich on Saturday 22...

LNER names train ‘The Flying Swiftie’

Forget “The Flying Scotsman”, LNER is today naming the 1000 London-Edinburgh train “The Flying Swiftie”...

Tears as daughter is reunited with GWR train named in honour of her father, D-Day hero Harry Billinge MBE

Margot Billinge was moved to tears today as she greeted the Great Western Railway train...

Colas Rail UK Go For Gold With Rail Safe Friendly

Colas Rail UK has become Gold Partners with the Rail Safe Friendly (RSF) initiative to...

TPE conductor manager takes on Great North Run to raise money for mental health charity

A TransPennine Express (TPE) conductor manager is running the world’s largest half-marathon in celebration of...

Samaritans Do Good, Feel Good marks one year since launch

Samaritans and the rail industry is encouraging more people to support the charity through its...

New service for people looking to explore the Yorkshire Dales over the summer will launch this weekend

People in the North West who are looking to explore the Yorkshire Dales National Park...

Campaign for Better Transport publishes its General Election Manifesto

Campaign for Better Transport has today (6 June) published its General Election Manifesto which contains...

Zonegreen protects fuel roads at busy Derby depot

Sheffield-based Zonegreen is bringing new safety measures to of one of Derby’s busiest rail...

South Western Railway commemorates the heroes of the Normandy Landings

South Western Railway (SWR) has named one of its trains for the 80th anniversary of...

LNER & Transpennine Express celebrate the start of pride

Colleagues from LNER and TransPennine Express (TPE) have joined together in a show of unity to...

A closer look at the new glazing on historic canopy at Whitley Bay Metro Station

A £5.3m project to restore the historic canopy at Whitley Bay Metro station has...

UK Power Networks Services announces new Client Delivery Manager

Kimberley Kelly of UK Power Networks Services has been announced as the new client...

Quattro Plant Ltd acquires TXM assets

Rail plant giant Quattro Plant Ltd has acquired 130 RRVs in a multi-million pound...

UK’s First Digitally Signalled Train Operates on Intercity Mainline

In a UK-first, a rail industry partnership has successfully run a digitally signalled train...

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CrossCountry takes pride in supporting LGBT+ communities

CrossCountry has unveiled two specially-liveried trains which will operate across the country this Pride season, spreading the love through Birmingham and beyond. For the first time ever, CrossCountry colleagues will be taking part in Birmingham’s Pride Parade this Saturday (26 May). Together with colleagues from Chiltern Railways and Grand Central, colleagues will walk with a specially-decorated bus to mingle with the crowds and give out free goodies. CrossCountry’s Diversity & Inclusion...