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RailCorp to be broken up in ‘biggest shake up’ of NSW’s railways
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian has announced the ‘biggest shakeup to the State’s railways in a generation to fix the trains and provide customers with the service standard they deserve’. The Fixing the Trains initiative includes the breakup of RailCorp and the creation of two new specialist organisations to service the ‘different needs of Sydney...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...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...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:...
Tram Trains pilot given go ahead in South Yorkshire
Transport Minister Norman Baker today gave the green light to a £58 million…
‘Vital investment’ results in ‘record year’ for Tube
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has said that the Tube reached ‘record…
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...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...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...
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