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Feb 24, 20212 min read

HS2’s Chiltern Tunnel Headhouse Vent Shaft gains Planning Approval

The headhouse will have a 78m ventilation shaft reaching down to the twin tunnels below, regulating air quality and temperature, removing...

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Transport for Wales completes further Metro works

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Feb 24, 20212 min read

Transport for Wales completes further Metro works

(Image: Transport for Wales) Transport for Wales has reopened the railway lines north of Radyr following a successful three-week blockade...

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Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Performs Well in DB Cargo UK Tests

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Feb 18, 20211 min read

Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Performs Well in DB Cargo UK Tests

A trial using a Class 66 diesel locomotive powered by Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and hauling a long-welded steel track train from...

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Feb 9, 20213 min read

£9 million Fund opens to Railway Innovators and Inventors

A new £9 million competition to find cutting-edge ideas set to transform the future of the railways has opened, as Rail Minister Chris...

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Feb 8, 20214 min read

Dawlish: New Wall Working Well

The completed first section of new sea wall effectively deflecting waves back out to sea Following the Government’s commitment to spend...

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MP’s Renew Push to Reopen Two Rail Stations in South Devon

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Jan 27, 20212 min read

MP’s Renew Push to Reopen Two Rail Stations in South Devon

Two MPs are renewing their joint push for the reopening of two railway stations in south Devon. Totnes MP Anthony Mangnall and Kevin...

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Morgan Sindall Team Completes 11,000-Tonne Rail Tunnel Push

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Jan 27, 20212 min read

Morgan Sindall Team Completes 11,000-Tonne Rail Tunnel Push

An 11,000tonne curved concrete box has been pushed under the East Coast Main Line near Peterborough, in what is being hailed as a first...

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£760m will lay new track for trains to Cambridge from Oxford

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Jan 23, 20213 min read

£760m will lay new track for trains to Cambridge from Oxford

A train leaving Oxford station. Picture: Jon Lewis A £760m fund will be spent to break ground on a new railway link between Oxford and...

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Wolverhampton's Railway Station Set to Fully Open in the Spring

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Jan 22, 20212 min read

Wolverhampton's Railway Station Set to Fully Open in the Spring

Wolverhampton's new railway station is set to open fully to the public in the spring, as work on the exterior of the building nears...

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A Network Rail Design Competition Could Benefit Push for New Wellington Station

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Jan 22, 20212 min read

A Network Rail Design Competition Could Benefit Push for New Wellington Station

Possible Site of New Wellington Railway Station, seen from Palmers Mead (Image: Daniel Mumby) Efforts to reopen a railway station in...

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Jan 22, 20212 min read

Major Rail Schemes Have Key Role in Economic Bounceback

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the trade body for UK rail suppliers, has published its submission to Parliament’s Transport...

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Bridport to Maiden Newton - is it feasible?

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Jan 22, 20212 min read

Bridport to Maiden Newton - is it feasible?

According to a report in the Bridport & Lyme Regis News, a plan to resurrect a railway in Bridport has sparked debate across the town –...

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Concerns Remain Over Construction of Five New Railway Stations for Walsall and Birmingham

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Jan 21, 20213 min read

Concerns Remain Over Construction of Five New Railway Stations for Walsall and Birmingham

The construction of five new railway stations across the region has been agreed in principle, although concerns remain as to how they...

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Welsh Government Assessing Plans for Powys £100m Rail Testing Site

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

Welsh Government Assessing Plans for Powys £100m Rail Testing Site

According to a report in the Powys County Times, the Welsh Government is sifting through responses to a pre-application consultation on...

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First Group Agrees Termination Sums for Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway Franchises

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

First Group Agrees Termination Sums for Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway Franchises

First Group PLC has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Department for Transport over the termination sums for the rail...

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

Five Design Practices Triumph in Next Phase of Railway Station Design Competition

Network Rail and RIBA Competitions have revealed the names of the five design practices selected to compete in the next phase of their...

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Jan 20, 20213 min read

Marsh Barton to Have a New Station

Plans for a new train station at Marsh Barton have finally been approved – four years after trains should have been running. The planning...

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

Metro Extension to Digbeth Moves Closer

A West Midlands Metro extension linking Digbeth with the city centre has moved a step forward with the much-anticipated light rail route...

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

Network Rail’s Enhancement Budget for CP6 Cut

Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has confirmed, in a written answer to a question from Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Jim...

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New Designs for Railway Station Redevelopment

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Jan 20, 20212 min read

New Designs for Railway Station Redevelopment

Updated plans for the redevelopment of Perry Barr railway station have been submitted to Birmingham City Council, after the original...

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