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Richard Clinnick

Richard Clinnick is Associate Editor at IRJ.

June 8, 2021 | High-speed

HS2 launches £370m competition to build Birmingham Interchange station

British organisation HS2 Ltd has begun the search for a contractor to build its £370m Interchange station near Birmingham Airport.

June 8, 2021 | Fleet

Deal agreed to develop hydrogen locomotives for Russian Railways

RZD confirms plans to order only electric locomotives or those using alternative power sources from 2025.

June 8, 2021 | Infrastructure

€185m upgrade of Cork commuter network announced

A €185m upgrade of the commuter rail line in Cork has been announced by the Irish Government.

June 8, 2021 | Fleet

Hydrogen train to star at COP26

A hydrogen-powered train will take delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) this November after infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) agreed to work with Porterbrook to take a HydroFLEX class 799 to Scotland.

June 7, 2021 | Fleet

ORR confirms review into Hitachi cracks

BRITISH regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has launched a review of the lessons that can be learned from the discovery of cracks on Hitachi class 385 and class 800 series trains.

June 7, 2021 | Fare collection

Face recognition for Moscow transport

An agreement to introduce face recognition on the Moscow transport network was made on June 4 between the Russian capital’s mayor, Mr Sergei Sobyanin and general director of National Payment Card System, Mr Vladimir Komlev.

June 7, 2021 | Fleet

PKP Intercity to order 63 200km/h multi-system locomotives

Option for further 32 locomotives, with order due to be placed next year

June 6, 2021 | Signalling

Deadline approaching to register for IRSE exam

Registration closes at end of July for entry-level exam.

June 3, 2021 | Main line

Arriva applies for open-access night services in the Netherlands

Trains could start serving Schiphol Airport from December 2022 if ACM approves application.

June 3, 2021 | News

Britain’s annual rail passenger figures lowest since 1872

Passenger levels in Britain for the 12 months from April 2020 to March 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic were only 22% of the previous year’s figures

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