Combe Rail on Track for Tawlink
Dave Griffin, North Devon Gazette Combe Rail trustees Barry Hodgson, David Luggar and John Burch with plans for the proposed Tarka Trail...
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rodneypitt9
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
ORR’s assessment of Network Rail’s Wales and Western region finds it successfully delivered
The Office of Rail and Road’s annual assessment of Network Rail’s performance shows the Wales and Western region was able to complete...
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rodneypitt9
- Jul 22, 2021
- 2 min
Signal hit by a boat is replaced with a Folding Signal!
Colas Rail UK’s signalling team has completed a rapid turnaround to replace a damaged signal 11 weeks from the contract award. On the...
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rodneypitt9
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
Network Rail Purchases Okehampton Line and Station
Another ‘key’ milestone in reopening the Dartmoor Line has been reached with the completion of the purchase of the railway and Okehampton...
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rodneypitt9
- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
Okehampton Remembered!
1972: It was the year the Watergate Scandal broke, Emmerdale Farm first appeared on our TV screens, Mary Peters won pentathlon gold at...
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rodneypitt9
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Graffiti hotspots tidied up in major cleaning blitz on the railway
Communities across the south west are to benefit from a tidier, cleaner-looking railway following a spring clean of graffiti-affected...
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rodneypitt9
- Jun 22, 2021
- 3 min
Low-Carbon Concrete Turns Dawlish Sea Wall a Greener Shade of Grey
A rail resilience project reduces carbon impact by two-thirds with use of low carbon concrete leading to a 1,130-tonne carbon dioxide...
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rodneypitt9
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Royal Train carrying the Queen seen travelling through Devon and Somerset
The Queen was spotted travelling through Somerset on board the Royal Train towards Cornwall where the G7 Summit is under way. A video...
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rodneypitt9
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
Work progressing at pace on new Marsh Barton rail station
Work on the new Marsh Barton rail station, which began in April, is progressing at pace. Preparatory works to the site, near to the...
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rodneypitt9
- May 11, 2021
- 3 min
Minister calls on Hitachi and train operators to end disruption and looks at Compensation
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has called on train manufacturer Hitachi to set out a safety inspection plan and long-term repair...
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rodneypitt9
- May 8, 2021
- 2 min
Rock Fall Shelter Plans Approved
Teignbridge District Council has approved Network Rail’s proposal to extend an existing rockfall shelter over the railway line between...
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rodneypitt9
- May 8, 2021
- 2 min
Hitachi HST's Doing a Cracking Job for GWR and LNER Services
Significant rail disruption is expected after two major operators announced they have cancelled high-speed trains over fears of cracks in...
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rodneypitt9
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
SDR on the Move!
This photo at Buckfastleigh was taken on the first full training run for footplate staff and guards with an empty passenger train which...
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rodneypitt9
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
Access Improved at St James Park
Passengers will benefit from having better access when boarding and leaving trains following the completion of upgrades to the platforms...
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rodneypitt9
- Apr 8, 2021
- 4 min
South Devon Railway Fights back
(Andy Lock) After more than a year of being closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the South Devon Railway has announced a programme of...
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rodneypitt9
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Bullhead’s Best for Buckfastleigh
British Steel’s ongoing support for UK heritage railways has continued with a sizeable delivery of brand new, 95 pound/ metre, or 47.07...
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rodneypitt9
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Government's £40 million to reopen First Line under Restore Your Railway Scheme
The Okehampton to Exeter line is the first railway line to be reopened and "will quite literally lay the tracks to more jobs, tourism and...
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rodneypitt9
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
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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rodneypitt9
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Okehampton Line could return from May after Budget boost!
Ex-Southern Railway ‘N’ Class 2-6-0 No 31845 passes the car dock at Okehampton station with a train from Exeter on August 29, 1964. The...
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rodneypitt9
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
Plans Submitted for Rockfall Shelter Extension in Devon
An artist's impression of the proposed shelter Network Rail has submitted plans to Teignbridge District Council to extend an existing...
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