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    Huge support' for Midlands Connect rail upgrade plan in two polls
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Huge support' for Midlands Connect rail upgrade plan in two polls

    The Censuswide poll saw 91% of the 800 Black Country residents questioned back proposals to make trains faster, electrify the line and...
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    Firm’s new heritage railways recruit from Halifax has links to the Flying Scotsman
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Firm’s new heritage railways recruit from Halifax has links to the Flying Scotsman

    Simon Holroyd, from Halifax who has helped to restore a series of famous locomotives, has taken up a sales role as Heritage Account...
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    Rising to the challenge: Bridge successfully lifted out of flood zone in Wales railway first
    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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    Faster trains planned for Shropshire
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Faster trains planned for Shropshire

    All change – Shrewsbury Station is currently served by diesel-run trains, which are slower and more polluting than electric The scheme,...
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    £250,000 major refurbishment at world’s largest operating mechanical signal box
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    £250,000 major refurbishment at world’s largest operating mechanical signal box

    The largest operational mechanical signal box in the world has just had its biggest refurbishment in more than a decade with work on the...
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    Wales and Borders rail franchise into public ownership
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    Wales and Borders rail franchise into public ownership

    THE Wales and Borders rail franchise - which runs trains running through north Shropshire - has been taken into public ownership by the...
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