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    Oswestry Mayor Pledges Letter of Support for Railways Plan
    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 2 min

    Oswestry Mayor Pledges Letter of Support for Railways Plan

    The trains that would link Gobowen and Oswestry. Oswestry's mayor has assured a railway group trying to connect the town to the national ...
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    Pontypool & New Inn Railway Station Upgrade Costs Soar
    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 2 min

    Pontypool & New Inn Railway Station Upgrade Costs Soar

    Pontypool & New Inn station Plans to upgrade facilities at Pontypool and New Inn railway station are on course to cost more than double t...
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    Hanwell off the “At Risk” List
    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 4 min

    Hanwell off the “At Risk” List

    Hanwell Station looking east Transport for London (TfL) working with the Railway Heritage Trust have brought Hanwell station up to modern...
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    Midlands Leaders Reveal £400m Plan to Improve Road, Rail And Metro Services
    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 3 min

    Midlands Leaders Reveal £400m Plan to Improve Road, Rail And Metro Services

    Snow Hill Station, 1962 (Geoff Hill) The region is asking Chancellor Rishi Sunak for funding for improvements including a new platform at...
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    New trains are driving home support for Hope House
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 2 min

    New trains are driving home support for Hope House

    One of the new Mark 4 trains Transport for Wales will be raising awareness of Hope House Children’s Hospices and two other charities on n...
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    Major Metro extension works set to start in Dudley
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 3 min

    Major Metro extension works set to start in Dudley

    PLANS to extend the Metro between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill are set to intensify this spring when main construction works get underway...
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    HS2: Next phase gets the Green Light
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 2 min

    HS2: Next phase gets the Green Light

    The go-ahead for the next phase of Britain’s controversial HS2 high-speed rail network has been approved. Phase 2A of the project will be...
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    West Midlands Railway Makeover for Popular Branch Line
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 2 min

    West Midlands Railway Makeover for Popular Branch Line

    (West Midlands Railway) One of the best-loved train services in the West Midlands – the Stourbridge Town branch line – is getting a makeo...
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    Flythrough of Luton Airport’s new Automated Cable Railway
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 2 min

    Flythrough of Luton Airport’s new Automated Cable Railway

    Trains under construction ((c) London Luton Airport) Luton Airport is currently building a new light rail link, and they’ve released a fl...
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    HS2’s Chiltern Tunnel Headhouse Vent Shaft gains Planning Approval
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 2 min

    HS2’s Chiltern Tunnel Headhouse Vent Shaft gains Planning Approval

    The headhouse will have a 78m ventilation shaft reaching down to the twin tunnels below, regulating air quality and temperature, removing...
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    Transport for Wales completes further Metro works
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 2 min

    Transport for Wales completes further Metro works

    (Image: Transport for Wales) Transport for Wales has reopened the railway lines north of Radyr following a successful three-week blockade...
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    Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Performs Well in DB Cargo UK Tests
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 18
    • 1 min

    Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Performs Well in DB Cargo UK Tests

    A trial using a Class 66 diesel locomotive powered by Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and hauling a long-welded steel track train from ...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 9
    • 3 min

    £9 million Fund opens to Railway Innovators and Inventors

    A new £9 million competition to find cutting-edge ideas set to transform the future of the railways has opened, as Rail Minister Chris He...
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    Dawlish: New Wall Working Well
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 8
    • 4 min

    Dawlish: New Wall Working Well

    The completed first section of new sea wall effectively deflecting waves back out to sea Following the Government’s commitment to spend £...
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    MP’s Renew Push to Reopen Two Rail Stations in South Devon
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    MP’s Renew Push to Reopen Two Rail Stations in South Devon

    Two MPs are renewing their joint push for the reopening of two railway stations in south Devon. Totnes MP Anthony Mangnall and Kevin Fost...
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    Morgan Sindall Team Completes 11,000-Tonne Rail Tunnel Push
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    Morgan Sindall Team Completes 11,000-Tonne Rail Tunnel Push

    An 11,000tonne curved concrete box has been pushed under the East Coast Main Line near Peterborough, in what is being hailed as a first f...
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    £760m will lay new track for trains to Cambridge from Oxford
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 23
    • 3 min

    £760m will lay new track for trains to Cambridge from Oxford

    A train leaving Oxford station. Picture: Jon Lewis A £760m fund will be spent to break ground on a new railway link between Oxford and Ca...
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    Wolverhampton's Railway Station Set to Fully Open in the Spring
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 22
    • 2 min

    Wolverhampton's Railway Station Set to Fully Open in the Spring

    Wolverhampton's new railway station is set to open fully to the public in the spring, as work on the exterior of the building nears compl...
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    A Network Rail Design Competition Could Benefit Push for New Wellington Station
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 22
    • 2 min

    A Network Rail Design Competition Could Benefit Push for New Wellington Station

    Possible Site of New Wellington Railway Station, seen from Palmers Mead (Image: Daniel Mumby) Efforts to reopen a railway station in Well...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 22
    • 2 min

    Major Rail Schemes Have Key Role in Economic Bounceback

    The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the trade body for UK rail suppliers, has published its submission to Parliament’s Transport Comm...
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