Rail News Roundup
18th March 2019
The latest news this week in the Rail Industry:
Network Rail reveals the winner of final track works contract worth £1.5bn
Network Rail has announced Balfour Beatty as the preferred bidder to carry out track upgrades across central England for the next decade in a contract worth an estimated £1.5bn. Read more…
Greater Anglia train drivers taking leap into new technology
New state-of-the-art train simulators are being used to train 768 Greater Anglia drivers that will be driving the new trains due to replace all of the company’s existing fleet from later this year, when it starts to receive 38 bi-mode and 20 all-electric trains from Stadler followed by 111 more electric commuter trains from Bombardier. Read more…v
The Train Drivers Academy
In the months up until 2021, around 7,000 new vehicles are set to be introduced by train companies across the country. Drivers will swap some of the oldest rolling stock on the network for some of the most state- of-the-art in the world as a result of the country’s current multi-billion-pound train-building boom. Read more…
“Radical yet respectful” proposals for Birmingham Moor Street station revealed
Proposals for a “radical yet respectful” transformation to Birmingham Moor Street station have been released. Read more…
New Hitachi 385s to replace ScotRail’s ‘happy trains’
ScotRail has confirmed that it is withdrawing its Class 365 ‘happy trains’ fleet and replacing them with new Hitachi Class 385s. Read more…
