Good News Friday: Your weekly round-up of positive rail news!
In this week’s ‘Good News Friday’, we cover GTR’s 'Boys Need Bins' initiative, TPE’s special service for Taylor Swift fans and QTS Group’s achievement of the Social Value Silver Award.
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TransPennine Express is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the TransPennine Express franchise. It runs regional and intercity rail services between the major cities of Northern England and Scotland.
In this week’s ‘Good News Friday’, we cover GTR’s 'Boys Need Bins' initiative, TPE’s special service for Taylor Swift fans and QTS Group’s achievement of the Social Value Silver Award.
LNER, Northern, Southeastern and TransPennine Express have set 16 June 2024 as the deadline for tech start-ups to apply to their collaborative initiative, Future Labs, aimed at innovating the rail industry.
In this week's 'Good News Friday', we cover Colas Rail UK becoming a Gold Partner with RSF, Northern's 'Rail Oscar' nominations, and TPE's involvement with the Great North Run!
TransPennine Express (TPE) are flying the Pride flag and running extra services to York for customers attending celebrations.
The Diversity and Inclusion Manager at TPE, Harriet Harbridge, has been shortlisted for a prestigious Women in Rail Award.
TransPennine Express (TPE) have installed new accessible seating at their Hull Paragon station.
The UK Labour Party has confirmed their policy and plans for the rail sector and network. Industry figures have issued their reactions.
British train operator Northern have appointed Mark Cutter as the new chair of the independent accessibility group, NAUG.
Northern have appointed Nush Price as their new head of legal, after the departure of Jenny Henderson, who has been appointed to DOHL.
The UK Government's Department for Transport have announced a £3.9 billion boost for their new Network North plan.
TransPennine Express have commissioned local artist Andy Pea to create a mural, demonstrating the rich history of Hull across the station.
Hitachi Rail have been awarded an eight-year contract worth £240 million to maintain the TransPennine Express 19 ‘Nova 1’ intercity trains.
The Office of Rail and Road has praised train operators for the progress they have made in training staff to support disabled passengers.
As part of the €530 million contract extension, Siemens Mobility will maintain 51-strong Class 185 train fleet for a further eight years, until 2031.
Northern have announced that Craig Harrop will be the new interim Regional Director for Northern in the North West.