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    Combe Rail on Track for Tawlink
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    ORR’s assessment of Network Rail’s Wales and Western region finds it successfully delivered
    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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    Signal hit by a boat is replaced with a Folding Signal!
    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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    Network Rail Purchases Okehampton Line and Station
    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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    Okehampton Remembered!
    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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    Graffiti hotspots tidied up in major cleaning blitz on the railway
    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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    Low-Carbon Concrete Turns Dawlish Sea Wall a Greener Shade of Grey
    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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    Royal Train carrying the Queen seen travelling through Devon and Somerset
    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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    Work progressing at pace on new Marsh Barton rail station
    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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    Minister calls on Hitachi and train operators to end disruption and looks at Compensation
    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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    Rock Fall Shelter Plans Approved
    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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    Hitachi HST's Doing a Cracking Job for GWR and LNER Services
    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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    SDR on the Move!
    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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    Access Improved at St James Park
    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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    South Devon Railway Fights back
    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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    Bullhead’s Best for Buckfastleigh
    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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    Government's £40 million to reopen First Line under Restore Your Railway Scheme
    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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    Okehampton Line could return from May after Budget boost!
    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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    Plans Submitted for Rockfall Shelter Extension in Devon
    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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