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Nov 11, 20212 min read

Combe Rail on Track for Tawlink

Dave Griffin, North Devon Gazette Combe Rail trustees Barry Hodgson, David Luggar and John Burch with plans for the proposed Tarka Trail...

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ORR’s assessment of Network Rail’s Wales and Western region finds it successfully delivered

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Jul 27, 20212 min read

ORR’s assessment of Network Rail’s Wales and Western region finds it successfully delivered

The Office of Rail and Road’s annual assessment of Network Rail’s performance shows the Wales and Western region was able to complete...

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Signal hit by a boat is replaced with a Folding Signal!

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Jul 22, 20212 min read

Signal hit by a boat is replaced with a Folding Signal!

Colas Rail UK’s signalling team has completed a rapid turnaround to replace a damaged signal 11 weeks from the contract award. On the...

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Network Rail Purchases Okehampton Line and Station

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Jul 9, 20213 min read

Network Rail Purchases Okehampton Line and Station

Another ‘key’ milestone in reopening the Dartmoor Line has been reached with the completion of the purchase of the railway and Okehampton...

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Jun 23, 20213 min read

Okehampton Remembered!

1972: It was the year the Watergate Scandal broke, Emmerdale Farm first appeared on our TV screens, Mary Peters won pentathlon gold at...

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Graffiti hotspots tidied up in major cleaning blitz on the railway

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Jun 22, 20212 min read

Graffiti hotspots tidied up in major cleaning blitz on the railway

Communities across the south west are to benefit from a tidier, cleaner-looking railway following a spring clean of graffiti-affected...

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Low-Carbon Concrete Turns Dawlish Sea Wall a Greener Shade of Grey

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Jun 22, 20213 min read

Low-Carbon Concrete Turns Dawlish Sea Wall a Greener Shade of Grey

A rail resilience project reduces carbon impact by two-thirds with use of low carbon concrete leading to a 1,130-tonne carbon dioxide...

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Royal Train carrying the Queen seen travelling through Devon and Somerset

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Jun 22, 20212 min read

Royal Train carrying the Queen seen travelling through Devon and Somerset

The Queen was spotted travelling through Somerset on board the Royal Train towards Cornwall where the G7 Summit is under way. A video...

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Work progressing at pace on new Marsh Barton rail station

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Jun 1, 20212 min read

Work progressing at pace on new Marsh Barton rail station

Work on the new Marsh Barton rail station, which began in April, is progressing at pace. Preparatory works to the site, near to the...

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Minister calls on Hitachi and train operators to end disruption and looks at Compensation

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May 11, 20213 min read

Minister calls on Hitachi and train operators to end disruption and looks at Compensation

Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has called on train manufacturer Hitachi to set out a safety inspection plan and long-term repair...

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May 8, 20212 min read

Rock Fall Shelter Plans Approved

Teignbridge District Council has approved Network Rail’s proposal to extend an existing rockfall shelter over the railway line between...

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Hitachi HST's Doing a Cracking Job for GWR and LNER Services

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May 8, 20212 min read

Hitachi HST's Doing a Cracking Job for GWR and LNER Services

Significant rail disruption is expected after two major operators announced they have cancelled high-speed trains over fears of cracks in...

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Apr 9, 20212 min read

SDR on the Move!

This photo at Buckfastleigh was taken on the first full training run for footplate staff and guards with an empty passenger train which...

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Apr 9, 20212 min read

Access Improved at St James Park

Passengers will benefit from having better access when boarding and leaving trains following the completion of upgrades to the platforms...

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Apr 8, 20214 min read

South Devon Railway Fights back

(Andy Lock) After more than a year of being closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the South Devon Railway has announced a programme of...

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Mar 25, 20212 min read

Bullhead’s Best for Buckfastleigh

British Steel’s ongoing support for UK heritage railways has continued with a sizeable delivery of brand new, 95 pound/ metre, or 47.07...

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Government's £40 million to reopen First Line under Restore Your Railway Scheme

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Mar 19, 20213 min read

Government's £40 million to reopen First Line under Restore Your Railway Scheme

The Okehampton to Exeter line is the first railway line to be reopened and "will quite literally lay the tracks to more jobs, tourism and...

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Mar 15, 20213 min read

Restoring Your Railway Fund - Round 3 Bids Received

The Department for Transport is two thirds through its £500 million Restoring Your Railway Fund. The Fund is now closed for any further...

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Okehampton Line could return from May after Budget boost!

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Mar 4, 20212 min read

Okehampton Line could return from May after Budget boost!

Ex-Southern Railway ‘N’ Class 2-6-0 No 31845 passes the car dock at Okehampton station with a train from Exeter on August 29, 1964. The...

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Plans Submitted for Rockfall Shelter Extension in Devon

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Feb 25, 20213 min read

Plans Submitted for Rockfall Shelter Extension in Devon

An artist's impression of the proposed shelter Network Rail has submitted plans to Teignbridge District Council to extend an existing...

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