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More Electric Trains for Wales
Avanti West Coast is set to invest more than £100 million to replace 20 old polluting diesel trains in Wales with greener alternatives,...
rodneypitt9
Nov 11, 20212 min read
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Environmental groups blamed for Portishead rail delay
Abandoned Portishead rail line. (Credit: Barry Cash) North Somerset's MP Dr Liam Fox and council are both frustrated by the delay to...
rodneypitt9
Nov 11, 20213 min read
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Council grants planning permission for £150m rail centre despite ‘concerns’
Planners have agreed in principle to building a £150 million train testing centre near Ystradgynlais despite concerns. At a meeting of...
rodneypitt9
Jul 31, 20213 min read
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“The Frying Scotsman” British-made green cars exported by train which runs on used vegetable oil
In a pioneering and environmentally-friendly first for the UK, hybrid cars built in the Midlands will soon be carried to continental...
rodneypitt9
Jul 29, 20212 min read
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Council backs plan for £150m rail centre of excellence in Dulais Valley
Councillors have backed the Welsh Government's plans to build a world-leading railway testing facility in south Wales. Members of Neath...
rodneypitt9
Jul 28, 20213 min read
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Barmouth Viaduct - Stage 2 - a Boost for the Local Economy!
The final stage of the Barmouth Viaduct upgrade project has just been awarded to local contractors Alun Griffiths, which will see the...
rodneypitt9
Jul 28, 20212 min read
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Damage to German rail company after flood disaster totals over €1 billion
The cost of damage to industry after the devastating floods in western Germany will total well over 1 billion euros. Most severely...
rodneypitt9
Jul 26, 20211 min read
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Network Rail builds Scotland’s first ‘Beaver tunnel’ under the Highland mainline
Network Rail engineers have constructed what is believed to be the first ‘beaver pass’ in the country under the Highland mainline. The...
rodneypitt9
Jul 23, 20214 min read
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Facelift for Barry Station
Network Rail is upgrading Barry Station with lifts and a brand-new footbridge. Passengers will soon benefit from an improved travel...
rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20212 min read
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Broad support for heritage steam exemption in the Lords’ Environment Bill debate
Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Railways during their historic visit to the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway as they...
rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20213 min read
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Grand Central and G-Volution - Decarbonising passenger rail with gas
As part of a UK RSSB (Rail Safety and Standards Board) funded project and in support of the project lead, G-volution Ltd, Clean Air...
rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20211 min read
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British class 66 to trial hydrogen-bio gas combination
TRIALS using a Freightliner class 66 locomotive powered by diesel, biogas and hydrogen will begin this month and last nine months. The...
rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20212 min read
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Jacobs Takes the Biscuit on East-West Rail
The East West Railway Company (EWR Co) has appointed international technical and professional services firm, Jacobs, as its programme...
rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20212 min read
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H2 Green and Eversholt Rail target green future for Britain’s railways
H2 Green and Eversholt Rail have joined forces to bring hydrogen supply to UK rail. On 6 July, Eversholt Rail announced it had entered...
rodneypitt9
Jul 14, 20211 min read
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First recycled plastic railway sleepers laid on Network Rail tracks
Trains in Wiltshire are now running on top of old bottles, food packaging and other unwanted plastics, with the introduction of the first...
rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20213 min read
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Rising to the challenge: Bridge successfully lifted out of flood zone in Wales railway first
Following 30 flood closures in the last decade, this innovative £3.6m project will reduce disruption and improve passengers’ journeys on...
rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20213 min read
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BRITISH STEEL LAUNCHES WEATHERING STEEL STRUCTURAL SECTIONS
British Steel has unveiled another new product for the construction market – weathering steel structural sections. Self-protecting,...
rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20212 min read
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Rail Minister praises emission reduction technology trialled by EMR
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has praised the trial of a new piece of emission reduction technology fitted to a train running between...
rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20212 min read
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Rail Electrification Plan Needed, DfT Told by the PAC
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been told to draw up a rail electrification plan before the end of the year or risk jeopardising...
rodneypitt9
Jul 8, 20212 min read
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Draw Up a Rail Electrification Plan, DfT Told
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been told to draw up a rail electrification plan before the end of the year or risk jeopardising...
rodneypitt9
Jul 8, 20212 min read
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