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Rail cyber-resilience collaboration

2024-12-20T11:00:00+00:00

INTERNATIONAL: A memorandum of understanding to collaborate on enhancing the cyber-resilience of rail operations was signed by rail cybersecurity specialist RazorSecure, Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Mitsubishi Electric Europe and EKE Electronics during the 18th UK-Japan Rail Working Group hosted by the Department for Transport in London on December 11.

Inside cab of 805011 on driver training run - 1205 Euston to Crewe 070624 TM6

Train driver psychometric assessment standard updated

2024-12-20T05:00:00+00:00

UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has updated the standard related to psychometric assessments in train driver selection, to provide greater clarity on the process and validity of psychometric tests and to increase the number of attempts that can be made at passing from two to three.

Tyne & Wear Metro Stadler Class 555 train (Photo Nexus)

Tyne & Wear Metro’s first Stadler train enters passenger service

2024-12-19T11:00:00+00:00

UK: The first of the 46 custom-designed Class 555 trainsets that Stadler is supplying to replace the Tyne & Wear Metro fleet entered passenger service on December 18.

Greater Anglia Orient Way depot (Photo Greater Anglia)

UK railway news round-up

2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00

This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry.

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Manchester to host the 2025 Rail Business Awards

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UK: The annual Rail Business Awards which recognise and reward excellence across every aspect of the industry will be back in Manchester in 2025.