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rodneypitt9
Nov 11, 20213 min read
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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rodneypitt9
Jul 31, 20213 min read
Council grants planning permission for £150m rail centre despite ‘concerns’
Planners have agreed in principle to building a £150 million train testing centre near Ystradgynlais despite concerns. At a meeting of...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 29, 20212 min read
“The Frying Scotsman” British-made green cars exported by train which runs on used vegetable oil
In a pioneering and environmentally-friendly first for the UK, hybrid cars built in the Midlands will soon be carried to continental...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 28, 20213 min read
Council backs plan for £150m rail centre of excellence in Dulais Valley
Councillors have backed the Welsh Government's plans to build a world-leading railway testing facility in south Wales. Members of Neath...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 28, 20212 min read
Barmouth Viaduct - Stage 2 - a Boost for the Local Economy!
The final stage of the Barmouth Viaduct upgrade project has just been awarded to local contractors Alun Griffiths, which will see the...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 26, 20211 min read
Damage to German rail company after flood disaster totals over €1 billion
The cost of damage to industry after the devastating floods in western Germany will total well over 1 billion euros. Most severely...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 23, 20214 min read
Network Rail builds Scotland’s first ‘Beaver tunnel’ under the Highland mainline
Network Rail engineers have constructed what is believed to be the first ‘beaver pass’ in the country under the Highland mainline. The...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Facelift for Barry Station
Network Rail is upgrading Barry Station with lifts and a brand-new footbridge. Passengers will soon benefit from an improved travel...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20213 min read
Broad support for heritage steam exemption in the Lords’ Environment Bill debate
Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Railways during their historic visit to the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway as they...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Grand Central and G-Volution - Decarbonising passenger rail with gas
As part of a UK RSSB (Rail Safety and Standards Board) funded project and in support of the project lead, G-volution Ltd, Clean Air...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20212 min read
British class 66 to trial hydrogen-bio gas combination
TRIALS using a Freightliner class 66 locomotive powered by diesel, biogas and hydrogen will begin this month and last nine months. The...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20212 min read
Jacobs Takes the Biscuit on East-West Rail
The East West Railway Company (EWR Co) has appointed international technical and professional services firm, Jacobs, as its programme...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 14, 20211 min read
H2 Green and Eversholt Rail target green future for Britain’s railways
H2 Green and Eversholt Rail have joined forces to bring hydrogen supply to UK rail. On 6 July, Eversholt Rail announced it had entered...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20213 min read
First recycled plastic railway sleepers laid on Network Rail tracks
Trains in Wiltshire are now running on top of old bottles, food packaging and other unwanted plastics, with the introduction of the first...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20213 min read
Rising to the challenge: Bridge successfully lifted out of flood zone in Wales railway first
Following 30 flood closures in the last decade, this innovative £3.6m project will reduce disruption and improve passengers’ journeys on...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20212 min read
BRITISH STEEL LAUNCHES WEATHERING STEEL STRUCTURAL SECTIONS
British Steel has unveiled another new product for the construction market – weathering steel structural sections. Self-protecting,...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 9, 20212 min read
Rail Minister praises emission reduction technology trialled by EMR
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has praised the trial of a new piece of emission reduction technology fitted to a train running between...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 8, 20212 min read
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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rodneypitt9
Jul 8, 20212 min read
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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