ORR appoints interim CEO
South West Trains MD to become Stagecoach Group boss
Alex Hayes to stay with the Northern franchise under Arriva
Susan Cooklin to head up Network Rail’s route services
Leo Goodwin to be MD of new TransPennine Express franchise
RDG confirms Elizabeth de Jong as director of policy

Weather takes out a section of Kent’s coastal railway
The new Borough Viaduct is brought into operation
Further damage plagues repair work on the Lamington Viaduct
Major engineering works planned for Glasgow’s Queen Street tunnel
New advanced engineering techniques improve delivery of Christmas engineering programme
200 tonnes of trees, soil and debris damage line at Barnehurst
£17m earmarked for refurbishing iconic Cheshire bridges
Delhi metro turns to Thales
HS2 railway systems design gets under way
Edinburgh Trams exceeds expectations

Metrolink begins running to Manchester’s new Exchange Square Trams have now begun running into Exchange Square in the heart of Manchester shopping and leisure district, marking the completion of the first stage of the £165m Metrolink Second City Crossing. Construction work started on the 0.6k stretch of line between Victoria

Network Rail to spend £4.1m improving reliability around London Bridge and Victoria rather than pay fine Office of Road and Rail (ORR) has agreed that Network Rail should invest £4.1m to improve journeys on routes into London Bridge and London Victoria. The so called Rail Reparation Fund replaces the £2m

More than £9.3bn trains to be built for the UK rail network in the next four years Analysis of new train orders by the RDG, reveals that more than 3,700 new carriages worth at least £9.3bn, are due to be built for the UK rail network over the next four

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