Rail improvements on the Cotswolds Line
Plans to carry out track improvement, and bridge refurbishment, work saw the railway line between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub...
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Jun 1, 20211 min read
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...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 1, 20213 min read
Rail revolution’ in Shropshire & Black Country
Midlands Connect is proposing that rail electrification, faster local trains and a new hourly train to London from Shrewsbury, would...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 1, 20212 min read
Renew Invests for Electrification
Infrastructure engineering services company Renew announced on Tuesday 25th May that its wholly owned subsidiary QTS Group has acquired...
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rodneypitt9
May 11, 20213 min read
GWSR volunteers take occupation of ‘The Goods Shed’
(Ian Crowder/GWSR) Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) volunteers have taken occupation of a new welfare building, which is...
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rodneypitt9
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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rodneypitt9
Apr 21, 20213 min read
New Hope for Portishead Line
Portishead Station 1867 According to a report in the New Civil Engineer, construction and flood risk concerns have been alleviated as...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 21, 20211 min read
£300,000 Boost for Talyllyn
The complete original Victorian train hauled by locomotive No.1 ‘Talyllyn’.Photo (David Mitchell) A project by the world’s first...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 20, 20212 min read
Fundraiser for campaign to reinstate Aberystwyth-Carmarthen rail line
A campaign group calling for the reintroduction of the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen railway line has launched a fundraising bid. Traws Link...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Bedminster station becomes the End of The Line!
A minor train station on the mainline into Bristol is to become the new railway terminus for passengers arriving in the city. Bedminster...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Eurostar Secures Lender Support as it eyes Government Bailout
Eurostar is said to have signed a deal with its lenders to refinance hundreds of millions of pounds of debt as it looks to secure...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Cultured Support for Dinmore Manor
(Ian Crowder) Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd is to receive £12,800 from the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. It is...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Llangollen Auction Sale on May 12th
Railway coaches will be among the items going under the hammer when the administrators of the Llangollen Railway PLC auction off the...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 9, 20212 min read
Further £33 million COVID-19 support funding announced for light rail and trams
The Government has announced additional funding to support tram and light rail operators during the coronavirus pandemic. The...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 8, 20212 min read
Volunteers Hopeful at Cambrian Heritage Railway
Working on the railway line, are volunteers Nick Culliford, Joanne Knight, Anne Boden, and Norman Knight Volunteers are continuing to...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 8, 20211 min read
Government Fund Boosts Avon Valley Railway
The Avon Valley Railway has received a grant of £97,400 from the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation...
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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 31, 20213 min read
£70 million Loan to Reopen Rail Link
A £70 million loan to progress plans to re-open the rail line between Newport and Ebbw Vale has been accepted by Blaenau Gwent council....
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rodneypitt9
Mar 26, 20214 min read
Six New Train Stations Proposed to Solve M4 Congestion
The network of alternative transport proposed by the commission (South East Wales Transport Commission) Six new train stations between...
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