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, 2021
- 3 min
Pioneering pilot helps Birmingham street homeless into housing
Birmingham New Street station staff have joined forces with the housing charity Shelter to help people sleeping rough around the major...
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rodneypitt9
- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
National Strategy to Boost Accessibility for Disabled Passengers – A Start at Reading
Disabled passengers will have better access to public transport and a bigger say in how they travel, under a new strategy which will...
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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 27, 2021
- 2 min
Shocking footage released of children playing on live railway lines
Network Rail has released alarming footage of children playing near live railway lines in Worcestershire as a warning to local families...
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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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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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rodneypitt9
- Jul 20, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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 14, 2021
- 1 min
No More Human Look-Outs in Wales
Engineering work on the railway in Wales has been made safer with the ending of human lookouts which are used to warn the workforce of...
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rodneypitt9
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Network Rail condemns 'shocking' survey results on Trespass
People taking "selfies" on a level crossing A NEW survey which suggests that a third of British adults are prepared to risk their lives...
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rodneypitt9
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Jun 25, 2021
- 1 min
Network Rail volunteer leads mental health first aider training
Earlier in June (Monday 7 to Thursday 10), Network Rail mental health first aider, Shaun Giddins volunteered to run a two-day mental...
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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
- 2 min
Secure 'cycle pod' opens at Birmingham New Street
A secure ‘cycle pod’ has been created at Birmingham New Street for city centre commuters to store their bikes and interchange from cycle...
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rodneypitt9
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Manchester Piccadilly escalator trials virus busting technology
Space-age technology is being trialled at Manchester Piccadilly station to give passenger escalators added protection from COVID-19. A...
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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 1, 2021
- 2 min
Historic Oxfordshire railway bridge set for new lease of life
A deteriorating Nineteenth Century railway bridge in Oxfordshire is to be restored to its former glory as part of a renovation project...
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rodneypitt9
- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
South Gloucestershire community will soon be planting their own woodland – thanks to unique land dea
Residents in Old Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, are set to benefit from a new five-hectare woodland after Network Rail sold them the...
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rodneypitt9
- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
New school play puts epilepsy centre stage
This May and June, South Western Railway (SWR) and Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC) are bringing ‘The Purple Princess’, a short play...
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