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MPS PUBLISH SCATHING REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF RAIL
The Department for Transport (DfT) “has neither the necessary urgency nor appreciates the scale of the challenge ahead” about the future...
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Jul 8, 20213 min read
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Network Rail volunteer leads mental health first aider training
Earlier in June (Monday 7 to Thursday 10), Network Rail mental health first aider, Shaun Giddins volunteered to run a two-day mental...
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Jun 25, 20211 min read
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Beyond wood – 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...
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Jun 25, 20213 min read
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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...
rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
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Birmingham brick Victorian viaducts get railway revamp
Two Victorian-built railway viaducts in Birmingham are having essential repairs to make them more reliable for passenger and freight...
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Jun 22, 20211 min read
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Secure 'cycle pod' opens at Birmingham New Street
A secure ‘cycle pod’ has been created at Birmingham New Street for city centre commuters to store their bikes and interchange from cycle...
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Jun 22, 20212 min read
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Edwardian era station improved for 21st century Chiltern passengers
Major improvements at Gerrards Cross have now been completed in order to improve the station for Chiltern main line passengers. A £2.4m...
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Jun 22, 20211 min read
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Manchester Piccadilly escalator trials virus busting technology
Space-age technology is being trialled at Manchester Piccadilly station to give passenger escalators added protection from COVID-19. A...
rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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...
rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20213 min read
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Swansea railway station sees biggest refurbishment in more than a decade
Swansea railway station has been given a dramatic transformation after Network Rail and Transport for Wales came together to deliver key...
rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20213 min read
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Now ‘eyesore’ rail bridge is covered in graffiti tags
A RAILWAY bridge branded an “eyesore” by the chairman of a Henley conservation group has now been targeted by vandals. Graffiti “tags”...
rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
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GBRf runs first Stanton Gate service since 2009 for Ward
GB Railfreight, one of the UK’s leading transport companies and the fastest growing rail freight operator, has operated the first loaded...
rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20212 min read
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"Dragons' Den" Approach to lowering Pollution levels
Online ‘Dragon’s Den’ presentations have been used to identify ten ways for rail freight companies to reduce their carbon footprint. The...
rodneypitt9
Jun 21, 20211 min read
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Historic Oxfordshire railway bridge set for new lease of life
A deteriorating Nineteenth Century railway bridge in Oxfordshire is to be restored to its former glory as part of a renovation project...
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Jun 1, 20212 min read
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New Piles to be a Great Relief!
(HS2 Ltd) HS2 Ltd has revealed a new vacuum excavation technique for piling which could have massive benefits for the international...
rodneypitt9
Jun 1, 20213 min read
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Snakes and Adders!
Network Rail is helping to protect snakes and lizards which have made the railway their home in Cumbria. South and west facing railway...
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Jun 1, 20212 min read
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South Gloucestershire community will soon be planting their own woodland – thanks to unique land dea
Residents in Old Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, are set to benefit from a new five-hectare woodland after Network Rail sold them the...
rodneypitt9
Jun 1, 20213 min read
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Surveying the entirety of Scotland’s rail network
FUGRO has been awarded a contract to survey Scotland’s entire rail network to support the continued safe passage of trains. The work will...
rodneypitt9
Jun 1, 20211 min read
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Testing Continues on HybridFlex
(L-R): Richard Allan; Helen Simpson; David Eaton; Stephen McGurk The HybridFLEX battery-diesel train is currently undertaking a programme...
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Jun 1, 20212 min read
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Water Bottles travel by Rail
In France, Nestlé Water is bringing more trains to the rails for the transport of reusable water bottles to and from the production site....
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Jun 1, 20212 min read
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