Tipping the Scales
Neil Scales is quitting his job as chief executive of Merseytravel and heading for Australia and a new career as ceo of TransLink, the public transport authority in Brisbane, Queensland. Mr Scales has spent 15 years at Merseytravel and takes up his new...Top cop awarded QPM
British Transport Police Federation Chairman, Inspector Alex Robertson, has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in the New Year’s Honours List. Alex Robertson, from Glasgow, joined BTP in 1978 and became Chairman of the BTP Federation in 1999. Al...CSX offers rail-ready sites for ‘fast-track industrial development’
CSX has introduced a new program, CSX Select Sites, offering customers an easy way to access certified, rail-ready properties for a variety of industrial uses. The company invites interested parties to view its new web page with easy-to-use, GIS-enable...RMT rejects ‘derisory’ Olympic Tube pay offer
The RMT has rejected a ‘derisory’ Olympic pay offer from London Underground. The union said is has also ‘agreed to step up the pressure for a deal that properly rewards the additional workload and pressure that staff will need to carr...Planning application submitted for new railway station in Chelmsford
Countryside Properties and its development partner, L&Q, have revised their outline planning application for a new railway station in North East Chelmsford. The proposals represent a major addition to the sustainable transport infrastructure of bot...‘Recycling revolution’ at c2c
c2c’s Group Station Manager Cassie Sutton has set in motion a recycling revolution at the Essex and East London train operator. Over the last few months Cassie has been working diligently to roll out a new and comprehensive recycling scheme at all c2...Norfolk Southern’s Pier 6 handles largest coal loading in its 50-year history
Norfolk Southern has loaded the largest volume cargo in the history of its Pier 6 coal transloading facility at Lamberts Point in Norfolk. Early on Thursday 12 January, Norfolk Southern finished loading 159,941.45 net tons (145,097.931 metric tons) of ...DOT announces effort to cut costs & fast track high speed rail construction
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) have announced a pilot project aimed at expediting the environmental reviews for high-speed passenger rail service in the Northeast Corridor through ...Former station master’s house at Frodsham to be ‘transformed’
Network Rail has been given the all clear by Cheshire West & Chester council to completely refurbish the former station master’s house at Frodsham, which dates back to 1850. Having been given listed building consent, the rail company has appointe...Cassie’s recycling revolution
c2c’s Group Station Manager Cassie Sutton has set in motion a recycling revolution at the Essex and East London train operator. Over the last few…
Swanage Railway volunteers carry out major drainage system replacement work
Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers and staff are carrying out major £100,000 drainage system replacement work at Swanage station – the first time such extensive work has been carried out at the Victorian terminus since the steam days of British Ra...
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