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Mar 19, 20213 min read

Troubles Continue For Llangollen Railway Trust

Llangollen Railway Trust has launched a funding appeal that could lead to bids being made to purchase assets of the railway company that...

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Government asked for Funding for Anglesey Railway Lines

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Mar 19, 20213 min read

Government asked for Funding for Anglesey Railway Lines

The short branch leading away west from the disused line to Amlwch served the former Shell Oil Depot near Rhosgoch. (Ralph Rawlinson,...

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Bridge Over Troubled Waters To Be Raised

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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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Llangollen Railway: Plea to Save Stricken Heritage Line

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Mar 16, 20213 min read

Llangollen Railway: Plea to Save Stricken Heritage Line

The COVID pandemic has prevented tourists riding along the Llangollen Railway Volunteers have pleaded for financial help to save a...

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Plea for Rail Link to Hospital to be Reinstated

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Mar 15, 20212 min read

Plea for Rail Link to Hospital to be Reinstated

Owen Paterson MP at the Park Hall Halt Transport minister Grant Shapps is being urged to fund a project to reopen a short stretch of...

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Mar 15, 20213 min read

Restoring Your Railway Fund - Round 3 Bids Received

The Department for Transport is two thirds through its £500 million Restoring Your Railway Fund. The Fund is now closed for any further...

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Refurbished TfW Class 150s to enter service alongside Class 769s in Cardiff

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Mar 12, 20212 min read

Refurbished TfW Class 150s to enter service alongside Class 769s in Cardiff

More seats and improved trains are coming from Transport for Wales this month thanks to a £15m investment. The next Class 769 train has...

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Mar 12, 20212 min read

Four-Fold Increase for Flint Line

Train services will increase four-fold on a line dubbed the "Cinderella" route linking north Wales with Merseyside. Only one train an...

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Rail Track Reopens More Than Six Months After 'Armageddon Like' Scenes

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Mar 10, 20213 min read

Rail Track Reopens More Than Six Months After 'Armageddon Like' Scenes

Back in action - the railway line at Llangennech has been reopened after a freight train derailment damaged the track last August (Image:...

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A Step in the Right Direction for Ruabon

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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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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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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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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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Protech Training Academy - Further Education Links with Industry for 11 New Apprentices

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Mar 5, 20214 min read

Protech Training Academy - Further Education Links with Industry for 11 New Apprentices

One of the largest further education colleges in South Wales has teamed up with leading rail industry names to train the next generation...

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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, 20212 min read

Tanat Valley To Reopen This Year

Adrian Semmence and Mark Hignett on one of the largest monorail engines in the collection... Although the Tanat Valley Light Railway near...

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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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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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