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UK railway round-up

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
Union welcomes inquest into death of rail worker Belly Mujinga

Ms Mujinga, who worked in Victoria Station in central London, died with coronavirus in April 2020.
Commuters still asked to wear masks despite law change

Legal measures requiring masks and Covid passes in England have been dropped, but commuters in some settings will still be asked to wear face coverings.
Swan rescued from tracks after blocking trains

An injured swan had to be rescued after it made its way on to the tracks at a station in west London, causing hours of delays.
London Transport Museum reveals exhibition to celebrate Caribbean contribution to transport history

A new exhibition Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce will open at London Transport Museum, Covent Garden on 11 February where visitors will learn about the huge contribution that people of Caribbean heritage have made to transport history and present-day London.
Show some ambition, Burnham tells government over HS2 plans

Andy Burnham has called on the Government to “show ambition for the North” as he panned current plans in the HS2 bill laid in Parliament on Monday.
Protesters plan ‘national day of action’ over HS2 rail expansion

Environmental activists are planning a “national day of action” to protest against the expansion of the HS2 high-speed railway.
Grant Shapps: We aim to silence ‘endless torrent’ of train announcements

The “endless torrent” of announcements on trains will be scrapped, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said.

UK railway round-up

28th January 2022 Shannon Butcher

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

Union welcomes inquest into death of rail worker Belly Mujinga

27th January 2022 Sam Hewitt

Ms Mujinga, who worked in Victoria Station in central London, died with coronavirus in April 2020.

Commuters still asked to wear masks despite law change

27th January 2022 Sam Hewitt

Legal measures requiring masks and Covid passes in England have been dropped, but commuters in some settings will still be asked to wear face coverings.

Swan rescued from tracks after blocking trains

26th January 2022 Shannon Butcher

An injured swan had to be rescued after it made its way on to the tracks at a station in west London, causing hours of delays.

London Transport Museum reveals exhibition to celebrate Caribbean contribution to transport history

26th January 2022 Sam Hewitt

A new exhibition Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce will open at London Transport Museum, Covent Garden on 11 February where visitors will learn about the huge contribution that people of Caribbean heritage have made to transport history and present-day London.

Show some ambition, Burnham tells government over HS2 plans

25th January 2022 Shannon Butcher

Andy Burnham has called on the Government to “show ambition for the North” as he panned current plans in the HS2 bill laid in Parliament on Monday.

London Transport Museum reveals exhibition to celebrate Caribbean contribution to transport history

26th January 2022 Sam Hewitt

Fifty years ago: New trains for the Northern and Piccadilly lines

26th January 2022 Darren Hendley

From the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine Authority has been given to London

Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 5

25th January 2022 Shannon Butcher

Increasing affluence and a second-hand car allowed the author a geographical range previously denied to him and with various pals he embarked in the 1970s and 1980s on a number of expeditions.

Puffing Billy – the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive

18th January 2022 Robin Jones

It is not often the name of a railway locomotive becomes adopted as an everyday saying in the English language, but many believe that happened in the case of the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive. Heritage Railway editor Robin Jones has the story.