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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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rodneypitt9
Apr 9, 20212 min read
Rail improvements to impact journeys on the Tarka Line
Plans to carry out track improvement and platform extension work will see the railway line between Barnstaple and Crediton closed for...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 9, 20212 min read
Anderton Concrete to supply more than 6,000 metres of precast concrete troughing
Anderlite C/1/43 straight concrete troughs have been manufactured in half lengths of 500mm with one-metre lids. The signals are being put...
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rodneypitt9
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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rodneypitt9
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Doubts over Heathrow Link
According to a report in The New Civil Engineer, plans to build a £900M western rail link to Heathrow Airport have been brought to a...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Bristol Temple Meads Station gets £10.2m upgrade
Bristol Temple Meads Station Main Entrance Bristol Temple Meads railway station is set to get a £10.2m upgrade. The station will be...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20211 min read
7822 Foxcote Manor on her way back
7822 ‘Foxcote Manor’ arrives at Carrog on the Llangollen Railway (Pictures of Wales / Steam Trains) The West Somerset Railway PLC,...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Progress for Good Manors!
Bradley Manor - 7802 The replacement cylinders and valve liners have now arrived at Tyseley Locomotive Works, have been unwrapped and...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Great Western Railway ‘Large Prairie’ 2-6-2T Locomotive 5164
(Martin Creese) The Erlestoke Manor Fund is delighted to announce that it is in discussion with the 5164 Preservation Group and the...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20215 min read
Reflections of a Trainspotter as Devizes Station could reopen
A Warship Class diesel hauls a long passenger train into Devizes station Moves are afoot to reopen Devizes station, hopefully later this...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Oxford to Witney railway: Call to protect 'future' route
Passenger trains ran between Oxford and Witney until 1962 (Ben Brookshank) A group campaigning to re-establish an Oxfordshire railway has...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 24, 20213 min read
Investment in Simulation and Reality at Plymouth
In the driver’s seat: Council leader Tudor Evans got a taste of life in the hot seat testing the new train driver simulator at Plymouth’s...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 24, 20214 min read
GWR helps more than 200 victims of domestic abuse get to a place of safety
The Great Western Railway (GWR) ‘Rail to Refuge’ scheme has helped more than 150 adults and 70 children flee domestic abuse by providing...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Funding to Protect Cornish Rock Falls
Plans to extend a rockfall shelter that will protect the only railway line into the south-west for the next 100 years, have today (Friday...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 16, 20212 min read
Pick Up a Penguin!
Great Western Railway is strengthening its long affiliation with Penguin Books by teaming up for a competition to win copies of a...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 16, 20212 min read
GWR Partners with Olio to Help Combat Food Waste
Great Western Railway (GWR) has launched an exciting new scheme to help tackle food waste in the rail industry, while supporting families...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 12, 20212 min read
West Country Integrated transport Proposal
Bristol City Council wants drivers to ditch polluting cars and get more people onto public transport. It has now proposed a mass transit...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 12, 20212 min read
Bid Submitted for Corsham And Wilton Railway Station Study
Corsham Station site from Potley Lane Bridge (Photo Trevor Porter) A NEW funding bid for train stations in Corsham and Wilton have been...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 12, 20212 min read
Putting an Official Brake on History
GWR Toad Brake Van No 68684 built in 1924 as a 20T Brake Van (Didcot Railway Centre) According to a report in Rail News, a long-standing...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 10, 20213 min read
Wiltshire Council Bids for Funding To Create Two New Stations
Wiltshire Council has submitted bids to the Department for Transport (DfT) for funding to develop feasibility studies for two new...
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