Rail.co Latest News. 17th November 2011

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• Cupar station named ˜Best Adopted Station 2011" Cupar Station in Fife has been named as Scotland's ˜Best Adopted Station 2011" by Passenger Focus, the independent passenger watchdog. The award follows the creation of a ...
• Sittingbourne station footbridge lifted into place  Passengers at Sittingbourne station were recently greeted with their new station footbridge, which was lifted into place over the weekend. Together with the installation of two new ...
• Kirby Cross station blossoms National Express East Anglia, Parker's Garden Company and local station adopter Tim Ward have worked together to transform the station garden at Kirby Cross, Essex. Parkers ...
• Alex Hynes appointed Go-Ahead's new Managing Director of Rail Development  Alex Hynes, Commercial Director of London Midland has been appointed Go-Ahead's Managing Director – Rail Development. Alex succeeds Patrick Verwer, who has been appointed Managing Director ...
• Chris clocks off after 33 years on the rails  Chris Hopkins of National Express East Anglia (NXEA) has just retired after completing over 33 years on the railway. Friends and colleagues were on hand to ...
• Merseyrail takes top honour at Excellence Awards  A passenger train operator has been named as the overall winner of the North of England Excellence Awards 2011. Merseyrail, which provides rail services within Liverpool ...
• VTG continues on its path of growth  With its third-quarter results, the Hamburg based wagon hire and rail logistics company VTG Aktiengesellschaft saw the positive trend of the first six months of 2011 ...
• The National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition  The National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition will be held on 25 and 26 November 2011 at the NEC in Birmingham. Located in Hall 11, the ...
• New Western route opens for business  Network Rail has set out its vision and priorities for the railway in South West of England as it launches a new independent business unit based ...
• Leicester station to be ˜lighter and brighter"  Leicester is getting a freshen up and a lighter, brighter entrance to the station. Listed building consent was recently received to complete the works inside the ...
• Railfest 2012 celebration in York  The National Railway Museum in York is planning a nine day celebration of Britain’s railways next year. The festival will bring together over 30 record-breaking locomotives ...

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