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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...

Alstom to demonstrate the importance of rail in global decarbonisation efforts at COP27

The world’s eyes will soon be on Sharm el Sheik in Egypt, as delegates from across the globe convene for the COP27 conference. During the...

Greater Anglia and Network Rail work together to minimise leaf fall impact

Autumn is well and truly underway, which only means one thing – leaves on the line. Working together every year to try and minimise the...

Plasma leaf zapping – a space age solution to an age-old problem

Leaves on the line. Always elicits a groan from passengers, and possibly the oldest joke out there when it comes to moaning about delayed...

Sir Chris Whitty appointed to Active Travel England advisory panel

England’s Chief Medical Officer, Sir Chris Whitty today became one of four senior figures to become part of a new advisory panel, Active Travel...

South Western Railway celebrates blooming beautiful stations

South Western Railway (SWR) has hosted the ‘Stations In Bloom’ awards, which recognised staff and volunteers for their work nurturing stations across the railway...

‘Greener, Faster, Better’ – RIA’s vision for rail travel in the North

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) North has published a new vision for how they believe the North’s railway should be electrified. The plan, entitled ‘'Greener,...

Data urges international transport sector to work on green fuel alternatives

A comprehensive new analysis has highlighted an urgent need for the transport sector to work together to develop and scale sustainable alternatives to fossil...

Largest ever UK pour of carbon-reducing concrete on Euston station site by HS2

The largest ever UK pour of carbon-reducing concrete has been completed on the HS2 Euston station site. A total of 232 m3 of Earth Friendly Concrete...

Ditch the car-bon for autumn getaways says LNER

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is encouraging people planning last-minute leisure trips to take one less car journey this year by showing the collective...
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Claire Mann appointed Transport for London’s Chief Operating Officer

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that Claire Mann, who is currently Managing Director of South Western Railway (SWR), has been appointed TfL’s Chief...

Transport Secretary announces measures to improve transport connectivity across the UK

Work on road improvements and rail upgrades will boost business and improve connectivity across the UK, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has claimed in his...

Hitachi Rail pioneers world first declaration to track the ethical life cycle of trains

Hitachi Rail says it is the first manufacturer in the world to be able to track not just the environmental impacts of its products,...

GCRE strengthens international credentials with Contrax agreement

"The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) is a facility with genuinely worldwide potential", that was the message from GCRE Chief Executive Simon Jones as the...