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Milestone for Alstom: 28th Repainted Pendolino Leaves Facility in Widnes

Milestone for Alstom: 28th Repainted Pendolino Leaves Facility in...

Alstom, which has the task of repainting and overhauling the UK's Pendolino fleet, has announced it has just hit the halfway milestone. The fleet that is operat...

Small Talk Saves Lives Campaign Making Public More Vigilant

Small Talk Saves Lives Campaign Making Public More Vigilant

The Small Talk Saves Lives campaign, launched by the Samaritans in collaboration with the British Transport Police, Network Rail and other members of the rail i...

Siemens Obtains First UK RISAS Certification for Lincoln Facility

Siemens Obtains First UK RISAS Certification for Lincoln Facility

RSSB, the Rail Safety and Standards Board, has announced that Siemens has been awarded its first RISAS certification for running gear and traction equipment for...

Zonegreen Assures Worker Safety at Willesden Depot

Zonegreen Assures Worker Safety at Willesden Depot

The Sheffield-based engineers have installed an interlocking system that prevents personnel and equipment entering dangerous areas and coming into contact with ...

Tram Train Enters Service Between Sheffield and Rotherham in a UK First

Tram Train Enters Service Between Sheffield and Rotherham in a UK...

The first tram train entered service in England on 25 October 2018. It will operate between Sheffield and Rotherham. This project has come about thanks to the c...

Railway-News Industry Insider: This Week’s 13 Must-Read Rail Stories

Railway-News Industry Insider: This Week’s 13 Must-Read Rai...

The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 12–19 October 2018: all the rail news from around the world, from big industry players such as Deutsche Bahn, Sta...

Direct High-Speed Rail Service Between London and Bordeaux One Step Closer

Direct High-Speed Rail Service Between London and Bordeaux One St...

Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel, the company responsible for managing and operating the Channel Tunnel that connects Great Britain to mainland Europe, has a...

UK: Priti Patel MP Joins Rail Fellowship Programme

UK: Priti Patel MP Joins Rail Fellowship Programme

Priti Patel, Conservative MP for Witham, has joined the Railway Industry Association’s (RIA) Rail Fellowship Programme. The high-profile MP spent the day tourin...

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