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First AI apprentices join Britain's railway
The first cohort of Artificial Intelligence Engineering Apprentices has joined Britain's railway.
Journey to Great British Railways: New leadership appointment puts customers at the heart of Britain’s railway
- David Horne appointed as Integrated Chief Customer and Commercial Officer (ICCCO), bringing customer insight and commercial leadership together ahead of Great British Railways (GBR).
- The new role will put customers at the heart of decisions and lead a single customer and commercial strategy for the railway.
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Young train fan’s ‘brilliant’ rail day – nearly a decade on from first signal box visit
A railway-mad youngster enjoyed a special day behind the scenes on the railway – nearly 10 years after his memorable first visit to a signal box.
A clean sweep of Lowestoft station track: vacuum power to help boost railway reliability
Over four consecutive November days, engineers will be replacing 50-year-old track in platforms 2 and 3 at Lowestoft station to help drive down delays for Suffolk and Norfolk rail passengers.
City Thameslink station to get 10 new escalators during closure from mid-May to late December 2027 as part of major escalator replacement programme
Passengers will need to use London Blackfriars station as an alternative station during the upgrade.
Six months of electrification work delivered in 18 days on Fife railway
Engineering work that could have taken up to six months of weekend shutdowns has been completed in just 18 days as part of the electrification of the railway in Fife.
Rail passengers to benefit from £3m track investment in Lincolnshire
An investment of £3 million to renew more than 3.6km of track in Lincolnshire will bring improved, more reliable journeys for passengers.
Leaf-busting trains to clear more than 90,000 miles of railway this autumn – enough to circle the world three-and-a-half times
As temperatures drop, the evenings draw in and millions of leaves fall across the Great Western route, Network Rail’s specialist ‘leaf-busting’ trains are hard at work tackling one of the railway’s biggest seasonal challenges.
First steelwork installed at new Shipley TrainCare Centre
On Friday 23 October, the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) hosted Anna Dixon, MP for Shipley, Councillor Eleanor Thomson, and Michael Sasse, Rail Policy Manager at WYCA, to view the first steelwork installed which will form the framework of the new multi-million-pound TrainCare Centre in Shipley.
London Liverpool Street lift refurbishment to improve reliability
A major refurbishment of the passenger lift at London Liverpool Street is set to start on Sunday 22 November to help maintain reliable step-free access for passengers over the years to come.