Articles by RAIL magazine - Page 78

Newly published plans for the proposed Automated People Mover shuttle between HS2’s Interchange Station, Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre

The Office of Rail and Road has authorised into service 36 three-car Class 730s on order for West Midlands Railway.

A start has been made on installing more than 200 life-saving defibrillators at stations across Wales and the Borders. All should be in place by the spring.

Plans have been revived for a Forth Rail Bridge Visitor Centre

Long-standing problems with access to Banbury station look set to be resolved

East Midlands Railway is to spend more than £400,000 upgrading and refreshing all 12 stations along the Cleethorpes-Barton-on-Humber branch.

Northern is offering a £1,000 reward for information that will catch the hooligan who threw a brick at one of its trains and injured a driver.

Ease of access, railway heritage, and alignment “to Levelling Up objectives” are among the criteria for the location of Great British Railways’ headquarters.

A Railway Industry Association programme to encourage innovation, is to include the flagship ‘Innovation Conference’ on April 26/27.

Applications have opened for HS2 Ltd’s fourth ‘Innovation Accelerator’ programme.