Rail Industry Focus

Network Rail 'taking action' on SMEs

13 January 2020Source RTM: Dec 2019 /Jan 2020   Commercial director Ken Blackley explains how Network Rail’s new action plan for working with small and medium sized enterprises will mean better engagement, listening and solutions. Small and medium...

XRAIL Group awarded seven-year contract in Saudi Arabia

02 January 2020A long-term maintenance contract on the Haramain High Speed Railway (HHR) in Saudi Arabia has been awarded to XRAIL Group. HHR is a 453-kilometre long high-speed, digital inter-city rail system, and has been referred to as the ‘crown jewel&...

Network Rail seeking £2.8m worth of contracts for technological solutions

20 December 2019Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation have today (Dec 20) announced that Network Rail is looking for organisations to apply for contracts worth £2.8m. Organisations can apply for a share of £2.8m for projects that tackle technolo...

RIA responds to General Election result

13 December 2019The results of the 2019 General Election have been announced today (Dec 13) with a Conservative party majority. Darren Caplan, chief executive of the Railway Industry Association has responded to the news and referred back to the previously publi...

€1bn investment into Ireland’s rail network

02 December 2019The Government of Ireland has today (Dec 2) announced a new €1bn investment into the country’s rail network. The minster for transport, tourism and sport, Shane Ross has confirmed the €1bn investment as part of a five-year investm...

Rail Delivery Group responds to 2020 rail fares proposal

02 December 2019Saturday (30 Nov) saw the rail fares for 2020 published and an expected rise of an average of 2.7% in price in the coming year, with some staying the same and some reducing. Despite the expected average increase, this is the third year in a row t...

RIA and Network Rail launch supply chain survey

25 November 2019The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has today (Nov 25) launched a survey in partnership with Network Rail to gather views from the supply chain on the product acceptance process. The aim of the survey is to gain insight into how the industry v...

A workforce which reflects society

15 November 2019Loraine Martins MBE, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail, joins us in the studio for the third episode of our RTM podcast, talking at length about her role and how it came about – Loraine was the first person to hold her curr...

Monica Barbosa: Women In Rail

02 November 2019Director of business development and communications at Xrail, Monica Barbosa, thinks women are missing out on exciting opportunities because the lack of gender diversity in the rail industry.

The dangers of fatigues

01 November 2019Working long hours, poor health, too little sleep, a demanding job and more can all make us tired and affect our mental and physical performance – and when we’re fatigued we make more mistakes.   Fatigue makes us less alert, les...

Mind the skills gap

01 November 2019Working long hours, poor health, too little sleep, a demanding job and more can all make us tired and affect our mental and physical performance – and when we’re fatigued we make more mistakes.

'Control never leaves the engineer'

01 November 2019David Brazier, area sales manager and site manager at OMICRON, spoke with Rail Technology Magazine’s Matt Roberts to find out more about their latest product, the CMC 430, and supporting engineers utilising the device.

Fleet Revolution: New fleet strategy heralds a radical overhaul of strategy

01 November 2019Michael Black, supply chain services director for Network Rail, explains how its new fleet strategy heralds a radical overhaul of its services, new trains – and better performance.

The right time for on time

01 November 2019Jay Symonds, senior analyst in the ORR’s information and analyst team, provides the low down on the new ‘On Time’ punctuality measures following the first release of the to-the-minute statistics

Borders Railway delivers for entire network

31 October 2019Simon Walton, chair of the highly influential Campaign for Borders Rail, argues completing the reconstruction of the line though the Scottish Borders will deliver benefits for the entire UK network.