Montenegro’s transport ministry has opened a World Bank-financed tender for the design, supply and installation of safety equipment at 22 railway level crossings.
Network Rail will spend £1.75m to renew 1,300 metres of track, sleepers and ballast on a bridge between Rishton and Accrington in East Lancashire. The East Lancashire line will close on 22, 28 and 29 November, with rail replacement buses operating during the work.
Freightliner renamed locomotive 90040 as The Railway Mission at a ceremony in Crewe. It is the first locomotive to carry Freightliner’s refreshed branding after the CMA CGM takeover, and Freightliner also donated £1,000 to Railway Mission.
Hitachi Rail signed a contract to supply railway signalling systems for the T26 tunnel and Bilecik depot on Turkey’s Ankara–Istanbul line.
Ground movement near Bentley on the South Western Railway line will require urgent embankment strengthening work from 6 to 8 November, with buses replacing trains between Farnham and Alton and speed restrictions in place before the work starts.
Llangollen and Corwen Railway is seeking volunteers from North Wales for customer-facing roles during its Christmas Santa Special services. The appeal covers roles such as stewards, greeters, Welsh-speaking volunteers and Santa’s elves, with festive operations starting on 28 November 2026.
BASF InfraService & Solutions Lausitz will haul quartz sand between Hohenbocka and Schwarzheide for Captrain subsidiary RBB using its industrial railway, locomotives and staff. BASF also plans to use spare rail capacity for further third-party freight contracts.
Network Rail completed nine days of work to renew and strengthen Saxmundham junction on East Suffolk Line, converting it from manual to powered operation and upgrading signalling and infrastructure. The improvements support increased freight traffic to the Sizewell C construction site and resumed Greater Anglia services between Halesworth and Ipswich.
The Watercress Line in Hampshire will run Steam Illuminations from 27 November 2026 to 2 January 2027, featuring a steam train with synchronised LED lights, music, interactive activities, and festive station attractions.
Berlin-based Rail Unit received a Stadler EuroDual and an Alstom TRAXX MS3 in October 2026 as it expands from railway personnel services into its own freight operations in Germany. The locomotives were leased from European Loc Pool and Northrail, following the company’s railway undertaking licence and safety certification.
Network Rail will replace a substandard railway bridge over Agbrigg Road in Wakefield for £5m over the Christmas period. The work will require a line closure between Doncaster and Leeds and road closures near Sandal and Agbrigg station.
Ukraine’s ministry, Ukrzaliznytsia and the PPP Agency signed a memorandum to prepare two railway projects in Zakarpattia: a 1,435 mm standard-gauge electrified line from Uzhhorod to the state border via Pavlovo, and modernisation of the Korolevo–Khust route. The work will be supported by the World Bank PREPARE programme.
Southeastern held its annual Remembrance Service in Dover on 4 November, with veterans, cadets and railway colleagues attending. The operator also reminded veterans, serving personnel and bereaved family members that they can travel to Remembrance services for free.
Paul Middleton returns with a new five-episode Steam Train Diaries series on More4 from 12 November. The programme visits several heritage railways, including North Yorkshire Moors Railway, where bridge repairs are under way and locomotive Omaha is being converted from coal to oil.
GBR Anglia is offering free return travel for veterans and serving military personnel attending Remembrance services on 7–8 November on c2c and Greater Anglia, with similar support from London Northwestern Railway. The offer also now includes one immediate bereaved family member, using proof of eligibility and a complimentary ticket process.
Amorim Cork Solutions supplied under ballast mats for a railway infrastructure project in Pampilhosa do Botão, Portugal, to help control vibration in a track transition zone beside a bridge. The mats were selected for their elastic support and ability to reduce vibration transmission under repeated train loading.
PKP PLK is considering converting some existing Polish electrified main lines from 3 kV DC to 2×25 kV AC. The programme has two phases through 2045, with consultations planned in November 2026 and a final programme expected by year-end, subject to financing.
A signalling fault caused by a power issue is disrupting trains on the West of England main line between London Waterloo, Salisbury, Yeovil Junction and Exeter St Davids. Engineers are replacing a cable, with delays, cancellations, diversions and rail replacement buses expected until about 3 pm.
Bachmann Europe announced its winter 2026 model railway releases, led by an OO-scale exclusive of LNER A2 No. 60532 Blue Peter in Express Blue. The range also includes new N and OO scale locomotives, wagons, coaches, buildings and accessories.
Track work and tamping at Mossley Hill will affect most train services at Liverpool Lime Street on Sunday, 8 November. Avanti West Coast will divert via Earlestown, while several other operators will terminate short or run amended services. Merseyrail services are unaffected.
Train services between Peterborough and London King’s Cross will be disrupted on 28–29 November due to digital signalling installation work on the East Coast Main Line. The work includes diagnostic system and software updates, track renewal, step-free access works, canopy work, and overhead line equipment upgrades.
Transport for Wales has proposed a Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro with new stations, extra services, a new platform at Swansea, track links and signalling-related enabling works. Phase A and Phase B plans are open for public feedback until 13 December 2026, with funding still to be secured.
India’s first indigenous bullet trainset, B28, is taking shape at BEML’s Bengaluru facility for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor. The train is designed for a maximum test speed of 280 km/h, with rollout expected by end-2026 or early 2027 and a tentative inaugural run on the Surat–Vapi section in August 2027.
UIC will hold the 5th Global FRMCS Conference on 24–25 November 2026 in Paris. The event will cover FRMCS technical developments, V3p specifications, large-scale testing under FP2 MORANE 2, and global deployment challenges for next-generation railway communications.
Opinion piece on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), saying the project is approaching a defining moment in Malaysia’s infrastructure development and discussing benefits for passengers.