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Mar 10, 20213 min read

A Step in the Right Direction for Ruabon

Clwyd South MP Simon Baynes has welcomed ‘major progress’ by the UK Government on the future development of step-free disability access...

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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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Major Step Forward for £7.1 million Railway Station Upgrade

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Mar 6, 20212 min read

Major Step Forward for £7.1 million Railway Station Upgrade

Plans for a £7.1 million upgrade of Pontypool and New Inn railway station have taken a major step forward after Torfaen council agreed to...

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Llangollen Railway Board vows to Fight for Line’s Survival

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Mar 6, 20212 min read

Llangollen Railway Board vows to Fight for Line’s Survival

According to the latest report in the Shropshire Star, the trust behind Llangollen’s steam railway has pledged that it will try to work...

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Network Rail clears Old Oak Common ‘super-hub’ station site

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Mar 5, 20212 min read

Network Rail clears Old Oak Common ‘super-hub’ station site

Complex work is underway to decommission railway lines and train depots to make way for a billion pound rail interchange at Old Oak...

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Mar 5, 20212 min read

Government Offers £30 million Support for Rail Training Centre of Excellence

A £30 million UK Government contribution to a planned rail testing complex between Neath Port Talbot and Powys has been welcomed by the...

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Petition Calls for Village Railway Station to be Reopened

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Mar 5, 20212 min read

Petition Calls for Village Railway Station to be Reopened

According to a report in the Whitchurch Herald, A petition calling for a village railway station to be brought back into use has reached...

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Mar 5, 20214 min read

Hitachi Rail Starts Welding Brand New British Trains as Investment in Factory Reaches £110 million

A watershed moment has been reached for train building in the North East as Hitachi Rail starts welding new passenger trains at its...

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Mar 5, 20213 min read

Longer Platform 4 at Swansea

Construction of a new, longer platform 4 at Swansea station is underway, following a month of demolition work to remove and recycle the...

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Mar 5, 20213 min read

Starring Role for Bristol Temple Meads

Bristol Temple Quarter Ambitions for Bristol Temple Meads to become “a world class rail interchange” for 22 million passengers each year...

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Mar 4, 20212 min read

Chancellor Gives Go head for WM stations and help for Apprenticeships

Plans to re-open rail stations in Darlaston and Willenhall will go ahead after Chancellor Rishi Sunak provided funding in his Budget. The...

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Mar 4, 20212 min read

Churnet Valley Delays Refunds

Churnet Valley Railway - According to a report by StokeonTrentLive, angry customers have called in trading standards after waiting weeks...

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Public Support Grows for Struggling Llangollen Railway!

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Mar 4, 20212 min read

Public Support Grows for Struggling Llangollen Railway!

According to a report in the Shropshire Star, the public is rallying to support the debt-laden Llangollen Railway. News that the...

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Mar 4, 20213 min read

Seaward Way Crossing MUST be Upgraded

A Somerset MP says restoring train services between Bishop's Lydeard and Minehead should be an "absolute priority", as delays will cause...

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Kent & East Sussex Fundraising for its Future

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Mar 4, 20211 min read

Kent & East Sussex Fundraising for its Future

Picture: Stuart Kirk An historic railway needs to raise £100,000 in four months in order to ensure its survival. The Kent and East Sussex...

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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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£50m Rail Improvements around HS2 Station unveiled in Budget

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Mar 4, 20212 min read

£50m Rail Improvements around HS2 Station unveiled in Budget

The government will provide £50m to develop proposals for transport improvements around the High Speed 2 Birmingham Interchange Station....

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Paddington Crossrail Station on the Elizabeth Line to Reading is Finally Finished

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Mar 4, 20212 min read

Paddington Crossrail Station on the Elizabeth Line to Reading is Finally Finished

The £150m Paddington Crossrail station on the Elizabeth line to Reading is finally finished and the long-awaited rail line is now...

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Modular Wagons for UK Rail Infrastructure Services

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Mar 4, 20212 min read

Modular Wagons for UK Rail Infrastructure Services

GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Wascosa have unveiled a new partnership to supply innovative modular wagons for UK Rail Infrastructure...

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Mar 4, 20212 min read

GBRf Kick Off New Service from Portbury

GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the largest rail freight operators in the UK, has officially begun a new service from Portbury to Acton, in...

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