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Birmingham tech lab formally opens

Paul Plummer has been appointed Professor of Railway Strategy at the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education

Ambitious carbon strategy for Go-Ahead Group

The Go-Ahead Group has set out an ambitious strategy to lead the transport industry in carbon reduction by cutting its emissions by 75% by 2035

Call for better rail accessibility

Accessibility features, both physically in railway stations and online, “often feel like a bolted-on afterthought and are therefore not always fully functional”

ScotRail Highland Explorer service launches

ScotRail’s new Highland Explorer service was launched on July 19 for tourists and local commuters using the famously picturesque West Highland Line

ORR authorises Merseyrail ‘777s’

Merseyrail’s 52 Class 777 trains have been authorised for passenger use by the Office of Rail and Road.

COVID ‘pingdemic’ forces Metropolitan Line closure

The Metropolitan Line was forced to close on July 17 because so many workers were self-isolating

Minister visits hydrogen project

Arcola Energy’s scheme to convert an electric multiple unit to run on hydrogen has reached the halfway point

Progress on HS2 tree planting

A tenth of the seven million new trees planned for the route of the first phase of HS2 have now been planted. 

HS2 apprentice milestone reached

Solihull resident Danielle Taylor has become the 650th apprentice working on the delivery of HS2. 

Transpennine upgrade to start

Passengers in the Manchester area are being reminded to check for possible disruption as the Transpennine Route Upgrade gets under way. 

Parcels multiple unit shown off at Euston

Distribution company Orion has demonstrated a multiple unit adapted to carry parcels at London Euston.

Balham receives £2.6m refresh

Stepping distances at Balham, in south London, have been reduced as part of a £2.6 million refurbishment. 

ORR: refund rights and accessibility improve

Britain’s rail industry has delivered improvements for passengers - particularly on refund rights and accessibility - despite the challenges of the past year.

Company found guilty after Daventry depot death

Freight depot operator W H Malcolm has been found guilty of failing to prevent unauthorised access to Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal

Carbon emissions cut at Shoreham

The experimental changeover to recycled cooking oil is claimed to have reduced the carbon output of the refurbished Shoreham-by-Sea station by 37%

LU’s Battersea extension being readied for opening

Trial running on London Underground’s new Northern Line extension is being increased, in anticipation of its full opening for business in September.

Help for stations’ rough sleepers

No one should need to sleep rough on any UK station once all staff have been properly trained to help desperate people, says Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris.

MD Cheeseman leaves Hull Trains

ECML dive-under track connected

The three-year engineering project to remove the East Coast Main Line bottleneck for slow-moving freight trains should be completed later this year.

Wires to Swansea a priority for new Board

Reactivating the abandoned electrification scheme between Cardiff and Swansea has been identified as a priority