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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rodneypitt9
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Enhancing Biodiversity at Railway Stations in Wales
Transport for Wales has been awarded £100,000 to enhance local biodiversity at and near its railway stations. TfW will introduce green...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Blessed as a Newt!
Network Rail has signed a ‘groundbreaking’ industry first agreement to protect newts during the construction of a major track upgrade....
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20211 min read
Heritage railway ahead of schedule with modern toilet system
According to a report in The Northern Echo, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is nearing the end of a £1m project to install...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20212 min read
New Signals for Royal Windsor
Network Rail has completed almost week of engineering work on the line from Staines to Windsor and Eton Riverside to improve services and...
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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 25, 20213 min read
Stonehaven Derailment: Could Drones be the Answer?
The line at the scene of the crash was repaired and reopened to trains in November (Network Rail Scotland) Drones and helicopters should...
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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 19, 20213 min read
UK's Heaviest Freight Train
The heaviest freight train ever to run on the West Coast main line has made its debut journey from the Peak District to London with...
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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 19, 20211 min read
New Bridge Will Take The Biscuit!
An historic railway bridge will be replaced this weekend by Network Rail to allow trains to run at full speed again. The Huntley and...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Bridge Over Troubled Waters To Be Raised
Network Rail engineers will be raising Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, by one metre to lift it out of the flood zone. This will protect...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Wolverhampton's new Station Complete
The main construction of Wolverhampton’s new railway station is set to be completed this week. It is part of the transformation taking...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 19, 20211 min read
New Hub for Network Rail
Network Rail has agreed a ten-year lease at IM Properties’ industrial and distribution scheme The Hub in Birmingham. The new 30,000 sq ft...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 15, 20212 min read
Catching Up With Time at Great Malvern
Rail passengers at Great Malvern station are set to be right on time as renovations to a Victorian clock are now complete. The ornate...
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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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