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    More Electric Trains for Wales
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    More Electric Trains for Wales

    Avanti West Coast is set to invest more than £100 million to replace 20 old polluting diesel trains in Wales with greener alternatives,...
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    Hitachi Rail strike deal with ScottishPower over renewable supply
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Hitachi Rail strike deal with ScottishPower over renewable supply

    Hitachi Rail has announced a three-year deal with ScottishPower to supply its operations with 100% renewable electricity. An estimated...
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    Huge support' for Midlands Connect rail upgrade plan in two polls
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Huge support' for Midlands Connect rail upgrade plan in two polls

    The Censuswide poll saw 91% of the 800 Black Country residents questioned back proposals to make trains faster, electrify the line and...
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    Environmental groups blamed for Portishead rail delay
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Environmental groups blamed for Portishead rail delay

    Abandoned Portishead rail line. (Credit: Barry Cash) North Somerset's MP Dr Liam Fox and council are both frustrated by the delay to...
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    Looking for More Investment for Dasher
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Looking for More Investment for Dasher

    A PLAN to bring rail passenger services between Stourbridge to Brierley Hill is on the lookout for funding opportunities. If given the...
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    DfT minister tours green trains with Network Rail at COP26
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    DfT minister tours green trains with Network Rail at COP26

    Trudy Harrison MP, DfT minister and Member of Parliament for Copeland, was joined by Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines to get a...
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    TFW FLIRTs with New Trains
    rodneypitt9
    • Oct 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    TFW FLIRTs with New Trains

    New trains being built as part of the transformation of the Wales and Borders network have reached another key milestone as testing gets...
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    First ever electric-only train runs to Cardiff
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    First ever electric-only train runs to Cardiff

    The first electric-only train to go to and from south Wales has been run by Great Western Railway. The train operator carried out a test...
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    Testing begins on new Transport for Wales trains
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Testing begins on new Transport for Wales trains

    New trains being built as part of the transformation of the Wales and Borders network have reached another key milestone as testing gets...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Plan sets out key projects to enhance light rail safety

    An intensive programme of initiatives to further boost light rail safety has been highlighted in a new document. A focus on the continued...
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    Successful consultation on track standard proposals
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    Successful consultation on track standard proposals

    The development of a European standard for urban rail track design parameters has taken a significant step forward following a...
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    Tram work on track at Wolverhampton
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Tram work on track at Wolverhampton

    Following the successful commissioning and opening of the second phase of Wolverhampton Railway Station, the Midland Metro Alliance (MMA)...
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    Electrifying a Freight terminal
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Electrifying a Freight terminal

    A prototype electrified rail freight terminal in Dunbar is one of 30 projects to have received funding from Innovate UK and the...
    4 views0 comments
    Passenger trains converted to deliver parcels to city centres
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 9, 2021
    • 3 min

    Passenger trains converted to deliver parcels to city centres

    High-speed parcel deliveries will soon be made by rail to satisfy a growing demand for faster freight. Network Rail and distribution firm...
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    £67MILLION PROJECT COULD SEE RAILWAY EXTENDED FROM SANDOWN TO NEWPORT
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    £67MILLION PROJECT COULD SEE RAILWAY EXTENDED FROM SANDOWN TO NEWPORT

    One of the new trains now running on the Island Line The Island Line could be extended from Sandown to Newport at an initial cost of...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Rail Electrification Plan Needed, DfT Told by the PAC

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has been told to draw up a rail electrification plan before the end of the year or risk jeopardising...
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    Draw Up a Rail Electrification Plan, DfT Told
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Draw Up a Rail Electrification Plan, DfT Told

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has been told to draw up a rail electrification plan before the end of the year or risk jeopardising...
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    Dudley’s pioneering Very Light Rail project remains firmly on track
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    Dudley’s pioneering Very Light Rail project remains firmly on track

    Cllr Patrick Harley, Cllr Simon Phipps inside the innovation centre on the VLR site Dudley Council bosses joined their counterparts from...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    MPS PUBLISH SCATHING REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF RAIL

    The Department for Transport (DfT) “has neither the necessary urgency nor appreciates the scale of the challenge ahead” about the future...
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    ‘New global rail testing centre on track to transform western valleys’, says Minister
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    ‘New global rail testing centre on track to transform western valleys’, says Minister

    Train Testing Centre Graphic (Arup) A new world-class rail testing facility will transform the western valleys by creating new...
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