A plea for passengers across the West Midlands and Chiltern areas to only travel if absolutely necessary has been extended into Friday after the Met Office’s weather warning was extended. Rail users have already been urged to only make necessary journeys today (Thursday 25 June) within the current red weather warning zone. This message now […]
VR and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom have signed a tendered traffic agreement for passenger train services between Oulu, Tornio and Haaparanta. Daily operations will start on Monday, 10 August 2026 and 28 services will be operated weekly. The traffic is mainly state-funded tendered traffic to improve train connections in Northern Finland. In […]
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has today published its 2026 Sustainability Report (link here), highlighting the measurable environmental and social benefits it delivers and setting out how further innovation will accelerate progress. Rail freight is already one of the most sustainable ways to move goods across the UK, producing around 76 per cent fewer carbon emissions than […]
The construction of an enormous deck that will help support the platforms at Birmingham’s new HS2 station has begun with the first of more than 556 concrete beams lifted into position. The huge horizontal beams – up to 34 metres long and weighing as much as 58 tonnes – will support the seven platforms being […]
Stadler and Alpha Trains, Europe’s leading private lessor of locomotives and trains, have signed a new agreement for 25 additional Stadler EURO6000 multi-system electric locomotives. This order underlines the long-standing and successful partnership between Alpha Trains and Stadler Valencia, with more than 150 locomotives ordered since 2007. The 25 new locomotives, scheduled for delivery in […]
With the reopening of the Hamburg–Berlin line last Sunday, one of Germany’s most important rail connections has gained significantly in performance and reliability. The comprehensive modernisation strengthens a key corridor for both passenger and freight transport – and with it, the competitiveness of rail in both a national and European context. As a technology partner […]
GB Railfreight (GBRf), in collaboration with Maritime Transport and DP World, has marked a significant milestone in the introduction of its new Class 99 locomotive fleet, as testing progressed to the next stage on Wednesday 17 June, with an intermodal service successfully operating between DP World’s London Gateway and Maritime’s Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal. […]
HS2 engineers are ready to start installing the roof beams on a new box structure that will span both carriageways of the M42 near Solihull. Once complete, vehicles will drive through the 300-metre-long ‘twin box’, while trains travel above. The installation follows the successful completion of two supporting walls – constructed on either side of […]
