Industry

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Freightliner extends Breedon Group deal with five-year contract

Freightliner has announced two new five-year heavy haul rail contracts with Breedon Group.

Freight 1 Jul

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British Steel: scale of impact Scunthorpe closure would have on freight train drivers revealed

DB Cargo UK currently operates around 70 trains a week carrying raw materials between Immingham and Scunthorpe.

DB Cargo UK 17 Apr

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British Steel disruption won't affect Network Rail's rails supply

Network Rail’s stockpile of rails will last a year despite any possible disruption in the supply from British Steel’s Scunthorpe Works.

Network Rail 14 Apr

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Siemens Mobility to press ahead with new £100 million Chippenham factory

Siemens Mobility has received the green light to proceed with its £100 million investment in a new rail infrastructure, digital engineering, and research and development facility in Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Rolling stock 16 Dec

Feature

Scotland's secret nuclear Rustons near the end of the line

Ben Jones discovers two of Britain’s least-known locomotives, built in the 1950s for a pioneering nuclear power station and now quarantined awaiting disposal.

Locomotives 13 Sept

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Train cancellations close to worse ever, ORR report shows

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released its annual assessment of the industry, highlighting that overall performance of the network had stabilised during the last year (excluding the Wales and Western Region) however, it did warn that Network Rail had work to do on coping better with severe weather.

Office of Rail and Road 25 Jul

British Steel Scunthorpe's new rail storage facility

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British Steel builds £10m rail storage facility, the biggest in the UK

All-new purpose-built warehouse for finished rail, the biggest of its kind in the country, takes shape on Scunthorpe site.

rail 19 Jan

Clayton Equipment CBD80 locomotive at Sellafield

Feature

Exclusive: Behind the scenes at Sellafield's nuclear railway

Ben Jones discovers an immense rail network behind the doors of this secretive, heavily-secured facility...

Departmental stock 8 Jan

Comment

Solutions and resolutions for 2024

Our 'industry insider' considers what the new year might bring for our rail industry...

Industry 7 Jan

News

Williams reform package in White Paper “as soon as possible”

“It has been far from being stuck in the sidings. Over the last nine months the review has been tested against the pandemic,” Keith Williams reveals.

25 Feb

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RIA: advance wiring schemes to ensure skills retention

Electrification schemes need to be brought forward so that the industry doesn't lose the required skills says RIA

3 Apr

Comment

COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R874 - Responsibility… accountability

“Perhaps Williams is treading carefully so as not to scare the horses at the DfT and in Government”

Editor's comment 3 Jan

Comment

COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R873 - RDG proposals are a lifeline Government should seize

“A new way of delivering the railway cannot now be avoided… and a radical fare review must be part of it.”

Editor's comment 3 Jan

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COMMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES: R872 - Stakes could not be higher

"I wish Andrew Haines well. Government cannot succeed unless NR succeeds and the rest of the industry cannot succeed if Haines fails."

Editor's comment 3 Jan

News

Railway urged to keep pace with society

Industry can embrace change and lead through challenges or watch from the sidelines warns RDG's Paul Plummer

28 Nov

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NATIONAL RAIL CONFERENCE EXCLUSIVE: Rail industry will be judged on “ability to adapt” to Williams - Haines

Industry will have to shoulder more responsibility for problem solving if things are to improve says Network Rail Chief Executive

18 Nov

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Assessment criteria identified for Williams Review

Initial Williams Review findings show five key issues facing the railway.

19 Mar

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FROM THE FILES: DOO: driving efficiency or a safety risk?

implementation and the build-up to what has become one of Britain’s most prolonged industrial actions

6 Dec

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RIA highlights Budget priorities

RIA wants Government to increase funding for research and development of rolling stock, as well as calling for assurances that electrification remains an option

2 Oct