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"Passengers and stakeholders alike have welcomed the step change in service quality and customer numbers are rising as a result." Jamie Burles on the news Greater Anglia has marked the 5th anniversary of its first new train entering passenger service. More details here: #UKrail #railways

Alstom has signed a £10.4 million contract extension with passenger operator TransPennine Express to maintain their Class 397 fleet. Read more from Peter Broadley and Chris Jackson. #UKrail #railways

A major milestone has been hit as Network Rail teams have successfully electrified the line between Kettering and Wigston, allowing for greener and quieter journeys along the Midland Main Line in the future. Read more here from Chris Morgan-Jones, and Simon Skinner C.Eng FIET FPWI. #UKrail #railways

As the deliberations end and BCIMO awaits the arrival of Cohort 2 of the Clean Futures programme – and so the range of exciting innovations their new SMEs will bring to the rail sector – it reflects on where the sector is at the moment and, most importantly, the track it’s on. More details here: #UKrail #railways

North Yorkshire Moors Railway has announced the conversion of steam locomotive USATC 2253 “Omaha” from coal to oil. More details from Davidson Ward and Paul Middleton here: #UKrail #railways

Torrent Trackside Limited is on track to help deliver a cleaner and greener future for the UK rail industry. Read the full story here: #UKrail #railways

"Completing the installation of the first ‘Beacon’ bridge is a significant achievement in the project and we are now one step closer to making Garforth station fully accessible for passengers." Anna Weeks on the news Network Rail is building the fully accessible ‘Beacon’ bridge in West Yorkshire which will soon also be served by two lifts providing step-free access to platforms. More details here from AmcoGiffen's Peter Laws. #UKrail #railways

Sensonic is now delivering Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing capability within its sensing units to improve railway infrastructure monitoring with Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS). More details here: #UKrail #railways

“The Big Rail Diversity Challenge continues to grow as a must-attend event for the industry.” Dozens of teams and hundreds of people have taken part in the annual Big Rail Diversity Challenge. Rail Director was there taking part in the activities. Read more here from Marie Daly, Vicky Binley, Aamina Shah, Nicola McGuire and Darren Caplan: #UKrail #railways #RailDirector Women in Rail

The RSSB has been working with the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) and industry to ensure good contractual structure and a collaborative approach to rolling stock maintenance. Read more here: #UKrail #railways #rollingstock