North East engineer encourages more women to consider a career in the railway.(Network Rail)
Johanna Priestley from Newcastle is using International Women in Engineering Day 2019 to encourage more women and girls to get into the …
Rail Safety Live 2019 – – Tuesday 25th June @ 10:30am
Rail Safety LIVE is a live event that will be broadcast from Turves Green High School in Birmingham focusing on different aspects …
Germany’s NAH.SH selects Stadler for battery-powered trains.(ww.railway-technology.com)
Germany’s NAH.SH selects Stadler for battery-powered trains German public transport authority Schleswig Holstein (NAH.SH) has selected Stadler as the preferred bidder for the …
Virgin Trains opens the door to the first ever Calm Corner.(Virgin Trains)
New room at Crewe part of Virgin Trains’ commitment to promote rail travel for all The Calm Corner has been designed to …
GO LIGHT RAIL AS WELL TO TULLAMARINE HUB AIRPORT.(Tim Fischer)
Former Deputy PM of Australia, Tim Fischer, has advocated not waiting until 2031 for the Tullamarine rail link from the CBD of …
Railway upgrade to improve freight and passenger travel between North and South.(Network Rail)
An important section of railway line which keeps people and goods moving by separating passenger and freight trains in Cheshire is being …
Rail Safety Week Westerns Big Fix 2019.
Western’s Big Fix Monday 24th – Friday 28th June 2019 Do you have a health, safety, welfare or environmental issue… – That has …
Stadler wins tender for 55 FLIRT battery for Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig Holstein.(Stadler)
Stadler has emerged as the winner of the tender of the local transport system in Schleswig Holstein GmbH (NAH.SH) for the supply …
Belgium’s STIB to procure 30 additional FLEXITY trams.(www.railway-technology.com)
New South Wales allocates $4.4bn for Sydney Metro West The Government of New South Wales in Australia has confirmed A$6.4bn ($4.4bn) of funding …
Passengers and freight at the heart of innovative projects aimed at transforming rail travel.(Network Rail)
A project to ‘listen’ to rail lines and spot problems before they delay passengers is one of the initiatives coming out of …
ERA becomes cross-border rail traffic authority in Europe.(www.railway-technology.com)
ERA becomes cross-border rail traffic authority in Europe The EU Agency for Railways (ERA) has assumed the responsibility for vehicle authorisation and safety …
Just over four weeks until 16-day closure of major junction on West Coast main line.(Network Rail)
In just over a month’s time a major junction on the West Coast main line will close for 16 days for vital …
Safely through the summer holidays – German Railways and Federal Police appeal to children and adolescents: railway facilities are not a place for adventure!.(Deutsche Bahn)
Finally – in Berlin and Brandenburg, the long-awaited summer holidays are coming! Time to arrange to meet to unwind and experience adventure. …
Passengers take on plastic with refill revolution.(Network Rail)
Passengers at Britain’s biggest and busiest stations have helped save the equivalent of one million plastic bottles* by embracing the ‘refill revolution’. …
SWR statement – an update from the first strike day (Tuesday 18 June 2019)
A spokesperson from South Western Railway said: “We would like to thank our passengers for their patience today and apologise for the …
Thales to provide signalling technology for Canadian rail expansion.(www.railway-technology.com)
Thales to provide signalling technology for Canadian rail expansion Thales has received a contract from the consortium of East-West Connectors to provide signalling …
New ServiceStore DB Selection opened in S-Bahn station Bornholmer Strasse.(Deutsche Bahn)
In the S-Bahn Berlin Bornholmer Strasse, a new “Service Store DB Selection” was opened. Commuters and travelers are thus available now available …
New book on Indian Railways-Rajendra B Aklekar
New book on Indian Railways-Rajendra B Aklekar This is Rajendra B Aklekar’s 3rd book centring on Indian railways. His first two acclaimed …
“On Shed” June 2019 Edition
FRONT PAGE Welcome..and News Editor’s Selection: New Book: The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway a pictorial survey by Stephen Thompson .(SMJ Society) …