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February 12, 2025 | Infrastructure

Vossloh wins HS2 rail fastenings contract

Slab track for the high-speed line will no longer be produced at a new facility in western England.

February 10, 2025 | Financial

Wabtec to close British maintenance plant

Facility at Doncaster in South Yorkshire currently employs around 300 people.

February 10, 2025 | Infrastructure

AtkinsRéalis wins Transpennine Route Upgrade contract

The contractor will lead design integration for the Stalybridge - Huddersfield section.

January 24, 2025 | Policy

Keep Britain’s independent regulator, says FirstGroup

Operator says maintaining a strong ORR when creating Great British Railways is vital if open access and the wider railway are to grow.

January 23, 2025 | High-speed

Eurostar passenger numbers up 5% in 2024

High-speed operator carried a record 19.5 million passengers last year.

January 17, 2025 | Fleet

Northern progresses major fleet renewal programme

British operator invites five manufacturers to bid to supply up to 450 new trains.

January 15, 2025 | Financial

Swietelsky purchases Harry Needle Railroad Co

Austrian firm buys out British company for ‘eight figure sum’.

January 10, 2025 | High-speed

ORR lowers HS1 access charges for 2025-2030

Operators will pay less to use high-speed line between London and the Channel Tunnel.

January 8, 2025 | Europe

Britain’s path to renationalisation emerges

The biggest shake-up to Britain’s railway sector since privatisation in the 1990s is underway and will take significant strides forward in 2025, as Kevin Smith explains.

December 31, 2024 | Financial

New CEO plans major reset of Britain’s troubled HS2 project

HS2 is in a completely unacceptable position says Mark Wild, the new CEO of HS2 Ltd.

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