Crime falls on Britain’s railways

Crime on Britain’s rail systems saw a 9.1% fall in 2011/12, the eighth successive year crime has gone down, British Transport Police has said. Figures…

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Parsons Brinckerhoff awarded HS2 contracts

Parsons Brinckerhoff has been awarded two contracts covering the design of both ‘high speed’ and ‘conventional’ railway systems for the UK’s…

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Blackadder star to cheer up Britain’s commuters

Commuters to London and Birmingham may be pleasantly surprised to find that the standard train platform and in carriage announcements have been infused…

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New Nottingham tram design unveiled

Nottingham Express Transit has revealed a new design for the 22 new trams which will help to modernise Nottingham’s fleet when the expanded network goes…

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Network Rail launches campaign to prevent rail trespass deaths

Network Rail has teamed up with British and World 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene to ‘warn young men’ about the dangers of taking short cuts…

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Have you seen the NEW RailStaff?

Rail Media has launched a new and improved RailStaff this month. When we first started 15 years ago, staff could still roll up tabloid news papers and…

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One dead & 117 people injured after Dutch train crash

Officials have said that a 68-year-old woman has died from her injuries after a head-on crash between two trains near Amsterdam on Saturday. 117 people…

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Evacuated Tube Transport could see round the world travel in 6 hours

Designers behind the Evacuated Tube Transport (ET3) system say people could travel around the world in less than six hours through a network of elevated…

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Government must ‘act now’ to reform rail franchises

The Government’s commitment to reforming rail franchises has ‘barely begun to be turned into reality’, the Chairman of the Association of…

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Jacking up Pendolinos

The introduction of Virgin’s new 11-car Pendolino trains into service on Thursday 5 April has given some much-needed extra capacity on the West Coast Main Line. However, it also presented a few problems to the maintenance team at the Alstom Transport Traincare Centre in Longsight near Manchester. They needed to be able to lift a...
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Spring Holiday progress

Network Rail and its contractors successfully completed a busy Easter period of engineering works across the whole country, including Olympic critical sites. Engineers and rail staff worked on 260 projects around the clock progressing £40m of planned works at over 1,000 worksites. Maintenance teams were out in force working at an additional 2,000 worksites. Highlights...
17 May 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Infrastructure, Rail News, Rail Projects ⋅ 0 Comments
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New business for Network Rail

Network Rail has launched a new business aimed at getting better value for money on infrastructure projects. The new commercially focussed, regionally based, projects delivery business – Network Rail Infrastructure Projects – has four regional directors and three programme directors responsible for delivery of major renewal and enhancement infrastructure in their area. Regional directors include:...
17 May 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Business, Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments
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  • The vehicles will be supplied by the Spanish manufacturer Vossloh. Photo: Vossloh.

Tram Trains pilot given go ahead in South Yorkshire

Transport Minister Norman Baker today gave the green light to a £58 million…

17 May 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Light Rail, Rail News, Rail Projects ⋅ 1 Comment
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‘Vital investment’ results in ‘record year’ for Tube

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has said that the Tube reached ‘record…

17 May 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Business, Rail News, Subways and Underground ⋅ 0 Comments
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Improving the railway is crucial to growth

Despite the continuing recession and the euro-crisis abroad, the Coalition Government is standing firm behind the rail industry, says Theresa Villiers. ‘The Government is pressing ahead despite the deficit because we believe that improving our railway is a crucial way to boost growth and strengthen our competitiveness.’ The Minister of State for Transport was speaking...
17 May 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Events, Featured RailStaff Rail News, Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments
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Clan Line returns

A steam locomotive that was stopped from running on to the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset 46 years ago because it was judged to be too heavy has finally made it. The 150-ton Southern Railway Merchant Navy class Bulleid Pacific No. 35028 ‘Clan Line’ ran through to Swanage hauling a UK Railtours Special, the Royal...
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Devolution in the regions

DEVOLUTION. It’s one of the latest buzz-words in railways, but what does it mean? Last month, RailStaff talked with Network Rail and the train operator organisation ATOC to find out what Devolution means to them at headquarters level. This month, the focus turns to what is happening in the regions. A typical route is the...
17 May 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Featured RailStaff Rail News, Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments
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The Royal Train

Continuing a tradition which dates back to 1842, the Royal Train remains one of the preferred modes of transport for the Royal Family much loved by Her Majesty the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales. The present Royal Train consists of a fleet of nine coaches, seven of which are BR...
17 May 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Heritage ⋅ 0 Comments
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A View to a Thrill

Entries are now open for the Take a View – Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2012. Photographers around Britain are being encouraged to shine a light on the best sights the country has to offer. For the third year running Network Rail is supporting the competition where amateurs and professional photographers can highlight the...
17 May 2012 ⋅ by ⋅ in Featured RailStaff Rail News, Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments
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