3+ week, 3+ day ago  (212+ words) Inter-city train operator LNER is using the Pantograph Damage Assessment System from Transmission Dynamics and One Big Circle's Automated Intelligent Video Review to monitor overhead electrification equipment and track on the East Coast Main Line and to help Network Rail…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (143+ words) Story Contracting completes main works to strengthen Redborough Farm Viaduct and installs a new Midland Main Line bridge in Leicestershire....

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (617+ words) Anger was a repeated theme from MPs in the House of Commons when Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander announced details of the "reset" of the High Speed 2 project with revised costs and timeframes. The government had asked Mark…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (59+ words) Original supplier Zonegreen has undertaken an extensive programme of updates to the Depot Personnel Protection System at Southeastern's Ashford maintenance depot in Kent. To allow staff to apply individual protection and move vehicles in and out of the shed more…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (58+ words) This week's round-up of business news from the UK railway industry. Greater Anglia has installed its first cycle shelter with a "living roof' at Chappel & Wakes Colne station. Drought-resistant sedum plants provide a range of habitats and seasonal flowers, with…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (57+ words) Alstom and contractor OCS have developed a revised approach to cleaning the windscreens of Avanti West Coast's Pendolino inter-city train fleet at the Glasgow Traincare Centre at Polmadie. Alstom said the edges of windscreens are difficult to completely clean with…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (56+ words) UK: Keele University is to develop and deliver the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators" Railway Operations Management programme, which includes the Certificate, Diploma and BSc in Railway Operations Management. UK: The Chartered Institution of Railway Operators has announced an academic…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (226+ words) Leading government adviser and seasoned railway professional Chris Gibb has had his contract as non-executive director at Department for Transport Operator Ltd terminated, after speaking out about High Speed 2. Gibb was appointed to the DFTO board in 2020, having worked in…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (241+ words) Oxford to Cambridge railway corridor project promoter East West Railway Co has announced updated proposals including an "accelerated" construction programme and a target of up to five trains an hour on the full future route. The announcement on April 14 forms…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (100+ words) UK: Electrification technology specialist Furrer+Frey has developed the Lineform. AI tool which uses data from an array of datasets as well as Airbus satellites to produce options for electrification with high-level cost estimates as well as embodied carbon data....