GoSkills, the Sector Skills Council for passenger transport within the UK has undertaken a wide ranging review of the National Occupational Standards for Rail Engineering.  The new standards set out benchmark performance standards for those who work in job roles at operational and supervisory levels in...

Tim Shoveller, Managing Director of East Midlands Trains, has officially opened the wedge shaped waiting room on platforms two and three at Kidsgrove railway station following a £42,000 refurbishment. The work has been jointly funded by Network Rail and Staffordshire County Council, which...

Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has received an order for 40 additional BOMBARDIER MOVIA metro cars from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC). The contract is valued at approximately 43 million euros ($55 million US) and is a follow-on to the original order for 74 vehicles announced recently...

The Rail Media Group was at Brush today to witness the lowering in of the first MTU engine into a Grand Central HST power car. At present there are 2  GC power cars ,43068 and 43080,  at Brush and they are expected to leave for Brush-Barclay's Kilmarnock works in late August....

Northern Rail and its partners continued their award success when they picked-up two accolades at the recent National Transport Awards. The train operator and its partners won a second award for the way they responded to the Cumbrian floods last autumn, winning the ‘Transport Team/Partnership of the Year’...

Over 70 children from the Grove Infant and Nursery School in Harpenden have attended the launch of a new art project that will be displayed at Luton Airport Parkway station. The school children have been creating collages of creepy crawlies from recycled materials with local artist, Natasha Rehman, in collaboration with...

The railway team at MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester) are working hard this week to steam up the Museum’s replica 1830 Planet steam train every day as a celebration for the first week of the summer holidays. Planet appears throughout the week as families rush into MOSI to...

In response to the publication of the Government’s consultation on rail franchising, Michael Roberts, Chief Executive of the Association of Train Operating Companies said: “The Government is absolutely right to point out that franchising has become too prescriptive and limits operational flexibility at the expense of passengers...

Express Medicals Ltd has recently opened a full-time regional clinic near Stoke-on-Trent. The clinic, easily accessible from the motorway (M6), offers plenty of free parking for clients’ convenience and will become the main base for Express Medicals’ services in the Midlands. It offers a wide range of...

The Great Central Railway, which runs between Loughborough and Leicester,has been nominated in two categories for the East Midlands final  (including Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire) of this year's Enjoy England awards for excellence. The Outstanding Customer Service nomination reflects the continuing hard  work of Chef James McIntosh and his on-train catering team. The...

· Recovery in the business market · 15,000 extra seats at £69 return on London-Paris route during August Eurostar, the high speed rail service between the UK and mainland Europe, saw passenger numbers rise by 6% to 4.6 million and revenues increase by 18% to £404 million during the first half of...