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BAM backs HVO fuels as a key part of its decarbonising strategy

BAM has confirmed its commitment to HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) as a carbon-saving fuel source to be used in its projects across the UK following a thorough review of the supporting evidence.

Ford & Stanley help create haven for wildlife

Ford & Stanley has teamed up with customers and partners to create a stunning wildlife conservation area and eco-island to provide for species of...

Explore scenic Scotland by rail and bike with free cycle hire

Adventurists can now explore scenic Scotland by rail and bike, with free cycle hire, thanks to a new partnership between ScotRail and Brompton Bicycle.  The...

Salisbury station ‘green’ travel upgrade officially opens

Representatives of South Western Railway (SWR), Wiltshire Council, Wiltshire College and University Centre and Co Bikes were at Salisbury station recently for the launch...

HS2: 845,000 trees and 119 new habitat sites

HS2 has revealed it has planted and maintained more than 845,000 trees, including native species such as hazel, hawthorn, oak, blackthorn and silver birch....

Network Rail launches pilot programme to keep passengers moving in bad weather

Network Rail has teamed up with Newcastle University, Met Office and MetDesk to run a Weather Academy pilot programme, designed to keep everyone moving...

Network Rail pledges 16 acres of Norfolk reedbed to nature

An area of reedbed near Haddiscoe station will be left to do its own thing after the landowner, Network Rail Anglia, pledged it to...

Cleaner, greener, self-charging trains of tomorrow to revolutionise rail travel

Self-charging trains could make their way onto Britain's railways, transforming the future of transport after receiving government funding. Top innovators and inventers have won prize...

Hoval extends energy-saving solutions

Hoval continues to enhance its range of energy-saving solutions with new products designed to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions whilst optimising cost...

TfW improving biodiversity at Cardiff Bay station to increase passengers’ well-being

Transport for Wales is working closely with station adopters Cardiff Bay Rotary to improve biodiversity at Cardiff Bay station. As part of the organisation's Green...

Meet the new Menzi Muck

To celebrate the addition of a purpose-built Menzi Muck to their mechanised vegetation management fleet, RBD caught up with Craig Sanders, senior manager of...

Minister looks forward to ‘bright industrial future’ for site set to home new global rail centre

The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) has acquired the former Nant Helen opencast site and Onllwyn Washery in South Wales from opencast mining...
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A guest writer feature from Andy Grayshon, commercial director at Welfare Hire The rail industry is working to reach carbon net zero by 2050 (as...

Carstairs Junction fully reopened

Network Rail has completed a 12-week phased programme of work to remodel Carstairs junction. All lines through the key junction on the West Coast main...

South Wales Metro electrification update

Transport for Wales has successfully completed the first phase of electrification on the South Wales Metro and progressed with station transformation and signalling work.   The...

A ‘freight’ way to promote Martin House Children’s Hospice

The name of Martin House Children’s Hospice will soon be seen across the lengthand breadth of the UK after a newly-liveried locomotive was unveiled...