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The Railway Industry Association (RIA) and Women in Rail (WR) launched a Charter to champion equality, diversity and inclusion in the UK railway industry. The joint ‘Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Charter’  is a commitment to work together to build a more balanced, fair and high performing sector. This is a voluntary initiative, open to all […]

Porterbrook and the University of Birmingham unveiled HydroFLEX, Britain’s first hydrogen powered train, as it started operational trials on the mainline railway. The start of mainline testing is the result of almost two years development work and more than a million pounds investment in HydroFLEX by both Porterbrook and the University of Birmingham. The HydroFLEX […]

Network Rail has announced a major step forward in tackling climate change by becoming the first railway company in the world to set the most ambitious Science-Based Targets to limit global warming. The targets – and the plans to achieve them – means the company will be the first railway to commit to cutting emissions […]