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Mar 4, 20212 min read

Mixed Response from Railway Industry to Budget Speech

According to Rail News, the railway industry has given a mixed response to the Budget. There has been a welcome for confirmation of £50...

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New West Midlands Rail Stations get £60m boost

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Mar 2, 20211 min read

New West Midlands Rail Stations get £60m boost

Plans have been put forward for Kings Heath station and two others in Birmingham on the Camp Hill line (West Midlands Rail Executive) The...

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Mar 2, 20212 min read

Rail Minister’s Plan to Accelerate Major Projects

Britain’s rail industry has been urged to pioneer “radical” new ways of working to fast-track major projects. Rail minister Chris...

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Mar 2, 20212 min read

More trains for leisure and a new name for Network Rail?

According to a report in Rail News, the chairman of Network Rail Sir Peter Hendy has predicted that leisure and holiday travel by train...

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Contractors Sought for Portishead Rail Line

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Mar 2, 20214 min read

Contractors Sought for Portishead Rail Line

The Bristol to Portbury railway line where the track splits at Pill (Image: PAUL GILLIS/Western Daily Press) Preparations are being made...

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Mar 2, 20213 min read

A Coat of Paint Saves £40 million!

In a world first, electric resistant paint combined with voltage-controlled clearance (VCC) has helped make a Victorian railway bridge...

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Final route for Northern Powerhouse Rail agreed

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Mar 1, 20212 min read

Final route for Northern Powerhouse Rail agreed

Transport for the North has written to Government with its official plan for rail investment over the coming decades. They say now is...

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Network Rail Invests in Rail Investment Centre of Excellence

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Mar 1, 20214 min read

Network Rail Invests in Rail Investment Centre of Excellence

Network Rail remains committed to being easier to engage with, agile, and an efficient and dependable partner, and has created the Rail...

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West Midlands Stations Awarded £59m Funding

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Mar 1, 20212 min read

West Midlands Stations Awarded £59m Funding

Moseley Station 1910 (Courtesy Andy Doherty) The opening of five new rail stations in the West Midlands is set to be bolstered after the...

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Boris Johnson's Irish Sea tunnels and roundabout have sunk serious plans for bridge claims professor

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Mar 1, 20211 min read

Boris Johnson's Irish Sea tunnels and roundabout have sunk serious plans for bridge claims professor

The world’s first undersea roundabout, part of an 11km Atlantic tunnel connecting the Faroe islands of Eysturoy andStreymoy and built...

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Llangollen Railway PLC asks Bank to Appoint Receiver

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Mar 1, 20212 min read

Llangollen Railway PLC asks Bank to Appoint Receiver

Llangollen Railway has today, Monday 1st March 2021, issued a formal announcement about its future. It reads: "It is with great regret...

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Oswestry Mayor Pledges Letter of Support for Railways Plan

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Feb 25, 20212 min read

Oswestry Mayor Pledges Letter of Support for Railways Plan

The trains that would link Gobowen and Oswestry. Oswestry's mayor has assured a railway group trying to connect the town to the national...

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Pontypool & New Inn Railway Station Upgrade Costs Soar

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Feb 25, 20212 min read

Pontypool & New Inn Railway Station Upgrade Costs Soar

Pontypool & New Inn station Plans to upgrade facilities at Pontypool and New Inn railway station are on course to cost more than double...

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Feb 25, 20214 min read

Hanwell off the “At Risk” List

Hanwell Station looking east Transport for London (TfL) working with the Railway Heritage Trust have brought Hanwell station up to modern...

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Midlands Leaders Reveal £400m Plan to Improve Road, Rail And Metro Services

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Feb 25, 20213 min read

Midlands Leaders Reveal £400m Plan to Improve Road, Rail And Metro Services

Snow Hill Station, 1962 (Geoff Hill) The region is asking Chancellor Rishi Sunak for funding for improvements including a new platform at...

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New trains are driving home support for Hope House

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Feb 24, 20212 min read

New trains are driving home support for Hope House

One of the new Mark 4 trains Transport for Wales will be raising awareness of Hope House Children’s Hospices and two other charities on...

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Major Metro extension works set to start in Dudley

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Feb 24, 20213 min read

Major Metro extension works set to start in Dudley

PLANS to extend the Metro between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill are set to intensify this spring when main construction works get underway...

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Feb 24, 20212 min read

HS2: Next phase gets the Green Light

The go-ahead for the next phase of Britain’s controversial HS2 high-speed rail network has been approved. Phase 2A of the project will be...

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West Midlands Railway Makeover for Popular Branch Line

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Feb 24, 20212 min read

West Midlands Railway Makeover for Popular Branch Line

(West Midlands Railway) One of the best-loved train services in the West Midlands – the Stourbridge Town branch line – is getting a...

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Flythrough of Luton Airport’s new Automated Cable Railway

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Feb 24, 20212 min read

Flythrough of Luton Airport’s new Automated Cable Railway

Trains under construction ((c) London Luton Airport) Luton Airport is currently building a new light rail link, and they’ve released a...

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