Topic: London

Aerial picture of Waterloo station and surrounding London area

Freight could return in Waterloo revamp

A joint future vision for London Waterloo station and its surrounding area has been revealed. The British infrastructure agency Network Rail, and the Borough of Lambeth Council, the local authority for the area, are collaborating...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Varamis rolls into Liverpool Street

The UK express logistics boom continues. Independent carrier Varamis Rail has unveiled its fifth train, only weeks after adding a fourth electric multiple unit to its uniform fleet of repurposed passenger trains. Varamis Rail currently...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton
Biffa liveried class 66 operated by GB Railfreight hauls another waste train

British Biffa bashes on with waste by rail

Biffa, one of the UK’s leading waste management companies, has been collaborating with GB Railfreight since 2018 to move household and commercial waste out of London using rail transport. With the expansion of the London...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton

HS2: Another week, another tunnel

HS2 Limited, the company building the high-speed railway between London and Birmingham, has launched the next phase of tunnelling on the enormous infrastructure project. The first of six tunnel boring machines that will dig over...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton
Welder at work on the railway with sparks flying

UK August renewals programme benefits freight

Tracks and signalling around Ely will be among the long list of renewals and improvements scheduled from the end of this week in the Great Britain. The traditional late August Bank Holiday (public holiday) weekend...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton