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Robert Preston

May 12, 2025 | Main line

Next British operator to be nationalised confirmed

Department for Transport will take over operations from Greater Anglia when current contract ends in October.

May 8, 2025 | Policy

Meeting Britain’s rail decarbonisation challenge

The industry is looking to a rolling programme of electrification and the deployment of battery-electric multiple-units to replace diesel passenger trains. But a funded, long-term strategy from government is needed to achieve net zero by 2050, as Robert Preston discovers.

May 6, 2025 | High-speed

Rabat tunnel contract awarded for high-speed line

SGTM and Sinohydro Bureau 5 to build 3.3km section as construction of new line is launched.

May 5, 2025 | Policy

Great British Railways: a railway fit for Britain's future?

The creation of Great British Railways will bring sweeping changes to the way capacity is allocated and charged on the national network, raising serious concerns for the freight sector and open-access operators, as Robert Preston explains.

May 2, 2025 | Fleet

Slovakia orders more Kiss EMUs

New Stadler-built double-deck trains to enter service with ŽSSK from the end of 2026.

May 2, 2025 | Light Rail

Manchester launches light rail operating tender

11-year contract to operate and maintain 103km network could be worth £1.6bn.

May 1, 2025 | News

High court endorses Wabtec settlement with Transnet

Investigation of locomotive supply contract found no evidence of wrongdoing by Wabtec.

April 30, 2025 | Main line

Virginia starts work on passenger reopening project

$US 264.5m New River Valley Rail Project will extend Amtrak services to Christiansburg.

April 29, 2025 | Passenger

Potential high-speed operators beat a path to London

New initiatives to grow high-speed traffic between London and continental Europe have been accompanied by the arrival of more new entrants seeking to challenge the monopoly that Eurostar has enjoyed since 1994. Robert Preston rounds up recent developments.

April 25, 2025 | Infrastructure

Hitachi commissions electronic interlockings in Romania

New signalling enters service on 79km between Ghioroc and Bârzava Noua.

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