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A Network Rail engineer who upgraded the signalling at London King’s Cross station is using this year’s International Women in Engineering Day (Wednesday, 23 June) to encourage more women to consider a railway career.

Thousands of pounds have been spent clearing illegal fly tipping dumped metres away from live railway lines in Tameside.

Space-age technology is being trialled at Manchester Piccadilly station to give passenger escalators added protection from COVID-19.

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.

A bid to beat the fastest London to Glasgow time for a train, set 37 years ago by British Rail’s APT-P has missed out by just 21 seconds.

An attempt to break the 36-year-old record for the fastest rail journey between London and Glasgow has failed.

Avanti West Coast and Network Rail , in association with The Railway Magazine, have teamed up today to attempt to break the record for the fastest journey from London to Glasgow.

Avanti West Coast and Network Rail , in association with The Railway Magazine, are teaming up today (June 17) to attempt to break the record for the fastest journey from London to Glasgow.