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Scrapping of airport link ‘lack of ambition' at the heart of government

26.02.19: The potential of a future rail link to Glasgow Airport and Glasgow city centre has been a contentious issue over recent years for residents. After originally mulling over plans in January to introduce a rail link to the airport, the Scottish Gov...

Horden Station project on track

26.02.19: Helen Golightly, chief executive of the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), describes the benefits that the £10.6m Horden station will bring to the north east economy. The announcement that plans to create a new railway sta...

Introducing Alstom's Breeze trains

26.02.19: Mike Muldoon, head of business development for Alstom UK & Ireland, introduces us to Alstom’s new hydrogen-powered Breeze trains, which could hit UK tracks as early as 2022. On 7 January this year, Alstom and our partners Evershol...

Railtex: putting rail in the spotlight

26.02.19: Kirsten Whitehouse, exhibition manager for Mack Brooks Exhibitions, explains how Railtex is set to welcome an international audience as visitor registration officially opens. Professionals from across the rail industry are being urged to se...

TrackWater: Embracing data in flood prevention

05.02.19: Mike Harding, from Lancaster University’s Data Science Institute, introduces us to TrackWater: an innovative project between Lancaster University and Transport Systems Catapult. Network Rail estimates that, between 2008 and 2018, more...

High-speed rail cannot stand in isolation

05.02.19: Last year, the Scottish Government announced two feasibility studies to better understand the economic and environmental implications of options to improve capacity between the country and London. Frazer Henderson, head of high-speed and cross-b...

Flying Banana reaps the fruit of its labour

05.02.19: Steve Quinby, Network Rail’s head of data collection, gives us the rundown on the state-of-the-art ‘Flying Banana’ train. Managing a railway stretching 20,000 miles – from Wick to Penzance, Lowestoft to Aberystwth, a...

Introducing the new Passenger Assist app

05.02.19: Jacqueline Starr, managing director of customer experience at the Rail Delivery Group, explains how a new app developed for the rail industry will revolutionise passenger assistance for customers. In a first for Britain’s transport se...

Cyber security in the time of digital railway

29.01.19: Richard James Thomas, industrial fellow in data integration and cyber security at the University of Birmingham, considers the cyber security challenges that will arise as digital railway systems become the norm across the UK network. The Di...

GTR: Training the next generation

29.01.19: Top image: John Tomlin and Tim Wells in the simulator suite In December, RTM’s Jack Donnelly paid a visit to Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) training facilities across London. Here, he reports on the state-of...

RICS: Unlocking rail's data potential

29.01.19: Anil Sawhney, director of the infrastructure sector for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), discusses standardising data to meet the rail industry’s future challenges of an urbanised Britain. Ongoing delays that resul...

ORBIS: Turning track data into intelligence

22.01.19: Track engineer Dan Collins explains how an app and an iPad are transforming track maintenance in Network Rail’s Western route. Carrying 2,200 train services a day, an average of 208 freight trains and 92 million passenger journeys a y...

Siemens Deep Tube: Keeping London moving

22.01.19: Paul Baines, sales director for rolling stock at Siemens Mobility Ltd, expands on the many benefits of the £1.5bn Deep Tube rolling stock contract award. In November, Siemens Mobility Ltd was awarded a £1.5bn contract by London...

Guarding against the theft of survey equipment

22.01.19: The high value of survey equipment used to collect geospatial data on the railways is increasingly attractive to opportunistic criminals. The Survey Association (TSA) is leading the fightback against the thieves, as manager Rachel Tyrrell explai...

Network Rail & Innovate UK: Ready for the future

15.01.19: As part of its Open for Business programme, Network Rail recently teamed up with Innovate UK to give businesses a chance to win a share of £300,000 for projects that can help automate rail planning. Kelvin Davies, innovation lead for rail...