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🚨 £5bn a year at stake? The CMA says UK road & rail procurement is broken – and calls for Treasury‑led reform to cut costs and unlock innovation 🚆🛣️ • Strategic pipelines, smarter procurement, real change Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/cma-c… @CMAgovUK @ICE_engineers @CECAPolicy #RailIndustry #Infrastructure #CivilEngineering #UKTransport

🚆 A defining moment for UK rail reform. The first Great British Railways‑branded train is now on the network as GTR prepares to enter public ownership. • A visible step towards a joined‑up railway Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/full-… @transportgovuk #GreatBritishRailways #UKRail #RailReform

🚆🌈 BIG NEWS for #BrightonPride 2026! @GTRailUK confirms longer trains & extra services on Southern, @TLRailUK and @GatwickExpress for Pride’s 35th anniversary 🎉 Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/gtr-c… #UKRail #RailIndustry #BrightonPride2026 #LGBT

🚆 Britain’s first ‘no signals’ commuter railway just hit a major milestone. One year on, the Northern City Line is shaping the future of digital rail on the ECML • 70,000 services run under ETCS Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/north… @networkrail @GTRailUK @SiemensMobility @ASLEFunion #DigitalRail #ETCS #EastCoastDigitalProgramme ⚡

🚆 Tap. Travel. Go. Contactless pay as you go rail travel is now live across North East Wales & the borders — no tickets, best‑value fares, seamless journeys. • Live at 15 stations, with more coming soon Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/trans… @tfwrail #Contactless #Rail #Wales 🚄

🚆 HS2 has been taken off “life support” 🚆 The Government ends an “era of neglect” on #HS2 — cutting costs, slowing speeds, and resetting delivery dates to get trains running sooner. • Savings of up to £2.5bn 📉 Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/hs2-r… @transportgovuk @HS2ltd #UKRail #Infrastructure #TransportPolicy

🚆 Setting the standard in rail employment @merseyrail has achieved Accredited Status under the Liverpool City Region Fair Employment Charter 👏 • Fair, inclusive & healthy workplaces in action Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/merse… #FairEmploymentCharter #LiverpoolCityRegion #UKRail

🚆 Digital signalling milestone for the ECML Thameslink’s Class 700 fleet has successfully completed high‑speed ETCS 3.6.0 testing — a major step towards a more reliable, greener railway. • Largest passenger fleet in the £1.4bn Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/thame… @networkrail @SiemensMobility @TLRailUK #ETCS #DigitalRailway #ECML #ECDP🚦

🚆🏗️ HS2’s tallest bridge is ready to move. Curzon 2 – a 4,200‑tonne engineering landmark – is preparing for launch over Birmingham’s Cross City line. • A defining moment for the Curzon approaches Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/hs2-c… @HS2ltd #HS2 #UKRail #Birmingham

🚆 BIG moment for UK rail in Anglia 🚆 Track & train are coming together as c2c, Greater Anglia and Network Rail Anglia unite under one leadership team ahead of GBR. • Less disruption. Faster decisions. Better railways. Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/angli… @NetworkRailAng @transportgovuk #GreatBritishRailways #UKRail #AngliaRail

🚨 Major London Rail Disruption – Summer 2026 🚨 Charing Cross & Waterloo East will close for 22 days as @Se_Railway delivers a £20m upgrade to future‑proof one of the UK’s busiest corridors. Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/londo… #UKRail #RailInfrastructure #TransportPlanning 🚆

🚆🔥 A game‑changer for European freight? RTC has started Euro9000 test runs on the Brenner corridor after Italian approval — and the results could reshape cross‑border rail. • Single‑loco heavy freight on one of Europe’s toughest routes Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/rtc-b… #EuropeanLocPool #RailFreight #BrennerCorridor #Interoperability 🚄

🚆Cambridge South opens to passengers on 28 June — the first ever @GreatBritishRailways‑branded station, unlocking faster access to jobs, science and growth. • £250m investment transforming connectivity Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/cambr… @transportgovuk #CambridgeSouth #GreatBritishRailways #UKRail 🇬🇧

🚄🇬🇧🇨🇭 London–Switzerland by direct train? SBB and @Eurostar partners SNCF Voyageurs sign an MoU to explore through‑services to Basel, Geneva & Zurich. • 5–6 hour journey times could reshape UK–Swiss travel Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/memor… #UKRail #Eurostar #HighSpeedRail #SBB

🚆 HS2 hits major milestones as the programme reset gathers pace @HS2ltd CEO Mark Wilde confirms station progress and a renewed focus on safety & productivity 👷‍♂️⚠️ ✅ Tunnelling complete | Earthworks accelerating Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/hs2-c… #HS2 #UKRail #RailInfrastructure #Construction 🚧

🔍 Results from this year’s local elections are coming through! Here is the current state of play 👇 publicsectorexecutive.com/articles/2026-… #Elections2026 #LocalElections #ReformUK #Labour #Green #Elections

🚆 £548m Belfast–Dublin Enterprise rail upgrade signed A landmark cross‑border partnership will deliver a new tri‑mode fleet, transforming accessibility, capacity and journey times on one of the island’s most critical rail corridors. • Delivery from 2028 with under‑2‑hour express services targeted Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/landm… #RailIndustry #EnterpriseService #SustainableTransport #Stadler @Translink_NI @IrishRail @SEUPB

🚨New podcast episode🚨 Discover how AI is revolutionising surgical caseload management in the NHS. Join our expert panel as they discuss the challenges and opportunities of integrating AI into surgical caseload management. Watch or listen 👇 @StrokeDSinha @BHRUT_NHS @Becsjlittle @BNSSG_ICB @EKHUFT #Innovation #AI #HealthcareInnovation #NHS #Healthcare #HealthTech #MedicalInnovation

🚆 A major milestone for European regional rail! ÖBB & Stadler launch the new Cityjet double‑decker, boosting capacity and comfort across Austria’s busiest routes 👏 • 109 new trains by 2030 Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/obb-a… #Rail #RollingStock #PublicTransport #SustainableMobility @unsereOEBB

🚝 Monorail is now live in Cairo @AlstomAMECA and partners launch commercial service on the East of Nile Monorail — a 56km, driverless system reshaping urban mobility 🌍 • Journey times cut almost in half Read more: railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/alsto… #Monorail #RailInnovation #SustainableTransport #Egypt 🚆