UK: Siemens Mobility has submitted an outline planning application for a £200m rolling stock plant at Goole in East Yorkshire which would manufacture and commission vehicles for the UK market. This follows the signing last of November of a £1·5bn contract to supply 94 Inspiro London trainsets for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line.

West Coast Railway Company (WRCR) has won more high-profile work after DB Cargo decided to reduce its main line steam activities.  WCRC will operate this year’s ‘Torbay Express’ for Pathfinder Tours and Riviera Trains and, for the first time, will run several trains hauled by ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado after

TWO redundant signalboxes on the Hertford East branch face a brighter future thanks to plans by Network Rail and Greater Anglia, reports Richard Horner. The impressive former GER signalbox at St Margarets on January 30, 2017. Greater Anglia would like to see this structure restored and used by the local

A 1,000-TONNE capacity crane was called in to help Network Rail replace a bridge over the West Coast Main Line in Crewe in February.  Over four weekends, Sydney Road bridge in the Cheshire town was replaced with a wider structure capable of carrying two lanes of traffic at a cost

DESIGNS have been unveiled for two new passenger rail stations on the Walsall to Wolverhampton route.  The stations at Darlaston and Willenhall closed in 1965 but could rejoin the national network by 2022 as part of a scheme to reintroduce local trains between Wolverhampton and Walsall.  An artist’s impression of

WORK is continuing to restore a second track between Dyce and Inverurie on the Aberdeen to Inverness route in Scotland, writes Graham Barron.  On March 2, vegetation had been cleared from the path of the second track and the ground levelled in preparation for ballasting and track.  Phase 1 of

TWO new platforms for East Coast Main Line inter-city services opened for use at Edinburgh Waverley in March.  Bay platforms 5 and 6 on the east side of the station have been extended to 275 metres to accommodate new 10-car Intercity Express Train (IET) sets due to be introduced later

LONDON’S only Grade-II listed 1950s railway station is set for a multi-million pound refurbishment – and work could start as early as October.  Barking, in east London, is regarded as a classic of post-war British Railways station architecture and design. It is operated by c2c, served by trains on the

LONDON’S only Grade-II listed 1950s railway station is set for a multi-million pound refurbishment – and work could start as early as October.  Barking, in east London, is regarded as a classic of post-war British Railways station architecture and design. It is operated by c2c, served by trains on the

ASIA: The 1·3 km cross-border rail link connecting Poipot with Arayaprathet  was officially inaugurated by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-o-Cha with a ceremony on April 22. Public services are expected to start soon. An agreement regulating the operation of international rail services was signed by