Articles by Mel Holley - Page 2

Freight operator DB Cargo (UK) has brought its operating loss down, but is still more than £40m

A revised pay offer has prevented a potential strike involving Transport for Wales staff

FirstGroup has taken over Ian Yeowart’s Stirling-London open access operation, which holds five-year track access rights and is proposed to start in June 2025.

Preparations are under way for the start of GB Railfreight’s contract to move brand new Piccadilly Line trains from East Yorkshire to London.

ASLEF staff at ScotRail and the Caledonian Sleeper, both nationalised by the Scottish government two years ago, have been balloted on a revised pay offer.

The way in which rail schemes are financially assessed could change.

The engineer, employed by EMC Elite Engineering Services Ltd (EMC), was repairing a conveyor at Chalfont Lane in West Hyde, Hertfordshire.

An industrial dispute at ScotRail services is the latest in a wave of unrest that takes the total of current disputes in the rail industry to 23.

More than one-quarter of trains have been suddenly axed by nationalised ScotRail, owing to worsening industrial relations that has resulted in a driver shortage.

The additonal trains for the Elizabeth line, to be ordered to stave off closure of Alstom’s Derby Litchurch Lane Works, are to cost £2.45m per vehicle, according to a newly-released letter.