🏆 Innovators Wanted! The Dr. William W. Hay Award recognizes groundbreaking achievements in railway engineering, from innovation and safety to service performance and reliability.
Entries due May 22. https://t.co/t0PwSP3YaT
#RailwayInnovation#HayAward#AREMA
[#événement 📢] La deuxième séance du webinaire sur le fret ferroviaire coorganisé par les associations Rails & histoire et Ferinter aura lieu le jeudi 9 avril 2026 ⤵️
🗣️ Avec : Margot Abord de Chatillon (sociologue des mobilités, chercheuse post-doctorante à l'Université Gustave Eiffel) et Dominique Andolfatto (Professeur des universités en sciences politiques à l’Université de Bourgogne)
🗓️ Le jeudi 9 avril 2026, de 17h00 à 19h00
🖥️ En présentiel, au 9 rue du Château Landon à Paris, et à distance sur Zoom (le lien sera communiqué ultérieurement)
✅ Détails et inscriptions à venir
Great to be at the launch of Richard Brown’s book “Changing Times, Changing Trains” this evening. Looking forward to reading his account of Richard’s time leading InterCity, Midland Mainline, @Eurostar and more - and his insights for the future GB railway! The book is available to buy from the usual online places.
Working on rail design, construction, or maintenance?
Have you explored the 2025 AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering?
✔️ 6,100+ pages
✔️ 95 updated parts
✔️ 22 technical chapters
Get yours here: https://t.co/B5RNX7WRzK
#railwayengineering#AREMA#infrastructure
Join us on Thursday 26 Feb for 'Compassionate Leadership for the Digital Railway', a presidential lecture presented by Vanessa Wragg (Network Rail).
The lecture will be live-streamed. All are welcome to join ➡️ https://t.co/R0h4kLLUIS
#IRSEevent#IRSE#Rail#Railindustry
In case you missed it 👀
Six new tour dates and destinations have been announced for 'Inspiration', the #Railway200 exhibition train - including Lewes, Bristol and Newquay 🚂
Book your tickets to access the amazing stories and interactive fun on board 🎟️ https://t.co/mAr32kL1Nz
Inspiration, the touring exhibition train visits Swanage from 16 February, just in time for the February Half Term.
Telling the story of railways – a British invention that changed the world – and co-curated with the National Railway Museum, this family-friendly experience is not to be missed and the perfect family day out.
Book your free tickets here: https://t.co/lIcDUkftRW
You'll discover:
🚆Railway Firsts: A celebration of pioneering milestones in rail history
🌀Wonderlab on Wheels: Interactive activities exploring the science of rail
🎓Your Railway Future: Discover lesser-known rail careers shaping the next 200 years
🚄 Great ideas are born in #rail research—but too many stall in the “Valley of Death” due to cost, fragmentation & poor coordination.
🌉The #EU_RAIL Deployment Group bridges the gap, turning innovation like #FRMCS & #DAC into real-world impact.
The railways were originally built for cargo: horses pulling coal-laden wooden wagons.
Today, as we mark the bicentenary of the modern railway, rail freight contributes £2.45 billion to the UK economy every year, removing 5.35 million lorries from our congested roads and reducing CO2 emissions.
Every day, freight trains carry materials to build our homes, repair our roads, feed us, keep the nation’s lights on, as well as delivering many other benefits to households and industries.
The railway is one of Britain’s most transformative exports. Across the world long freight trains snake through vast landscapes, connecting communities and commerce, and help to power global economies.
Here, @RailFreight Group’s CEO Tim Shoveller explains the crucial, but sometimes unnoticed, role of rail freight in our lives:
Thanks to the incredible dedication of volunteers and support from Railway 200, a replica of the world’s first steam railway locomotive - based on Richard Trevithick’s pioneering design - is now fully restored and ready to run again.
After nearly two years out of action, the team spent around 500 hours bringing the track and engine back to life, just in time for the bicentenary celebrations. Visitors can now enjoy this remarkable piece of history in action at Blists Hill Victorian Town.
Read the full press release here: https://t.co/WqtI9khORg
📅 Catch “The Trevithick” on:
•Wednesday 5 November
•Thursday 6 November
•Saturday 8 November
Happy 200th anniversary! We're delighted to be commemorating 200 years since the birth of the modern railway today, and we're back in the North East, the cradle of the railway! Stay tuned today for updates throughout the day, including from BBC Radio 3 who have dedicated today's entire programme to the anniversary. Don't forget to tag us in your photos as you celebrate today too!
El Regiotram de Occidente reducirá a 58 minutos el trayecto entre Facatativá y Bogotá. Integrantes de la SCI conocieron de cerca los avances en el Patio Taller y la Cultura Regio que busca preparar a los ciudadanos como usuarios responsables.
📲 Lee más: https://t.co/RnHImkv34D
📍 Integrantes de la SCI visitaron el Patio Taller del Regiotram de Occidente, donde conocieron cómo avanzan las obras de este sistema tren-tram que conectará a Bogotá con Mosquera, Madrid, Funza y Facatativá.
International rail services are fantastic for leisure travel, but they also drive jobs, investment and opportunity in places like Ashford, Ebsfleet and Stratford.
That's why this government welcomes firms who want to get these stations back into use.🚆
https://t.co/LNBNBbxXtG
As we approach the modern railway's 200th anniversary date on Saturday, here's a short film of some of the bicentenary highlights so far. There's much more to come, including history-making events this weekend on parts of the original Stockton & Darlington Railway (https://t.co/CT9Rq7VpkP).
Huge thanks to all the Railway 200 partners for your immense contributions to date. They really make a difference to this national celebration of a British invention that changed the world
You can find out what’s happening this weekend near you here https://t.co/ksz8DmGQzn
As part of the bicentenary, the first of a BBC 2 two-part special documentary, with Michael Portillo, airs at 8pm tonight. The episode will include Alstom's The Greatest Gathering and a visit to the National Football Museum. The second one-hour episode is on at 8pm next Tuesday (23rd).
BBC Radio 3 today announced that it will celebrate 200 years of the modern railway with an unprecedented all-day broadcast on 27 September, the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Throughout the day, presenter Petroc Trelawny will take listeners on a journey from Inverness to London, exploring how train travel has inspired composers over the last two centuries.
Read more here: https://t.co/1vMeHi51wN
Los invitamos a conocer nuestra última edición de los "Apuntes para la historia de la Ingeniería en Colombia" en su Vol. XV-XVI https://t.co/HcHy3qkk9r