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£70 million Loan to Reopen Rail Link
A £70 million loan to progress plans to re-open the rail line between Newport and Ebbw Vale has been accepted by Blaenau Gwent council....
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Mar 31, 20213 min read
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Six New Train Stations Proposed to Solve M4 Congestion
The network of alternative transport proposed by the commission (South East Wales Transport Commission) Six new train stations between...
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Mar 26, 20214 min read
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Bridge Over Troubled Waters To Be Raised
Network Rail engineers will be raising Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, by one metre to lift it out of the flood zone. This will protect...
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Mar 19, 20212 min read
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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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Mar 15, 20213 min read
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Refurbished TfW Class 150s to enter service alongside Class 769s in Cardiff
More seats and improved trains are coming from Transport for Wales this month thanks to a £15m investment. The next Class 769 train has...
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Mar 12, 20212 min read
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Four-Fold Increase for Flint Line
Train services will increase four-fold on a line dubbed the "Cinderella" route linking north Wales with Merseyside. Only one train an...
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Mar 12, 20212 min read
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Rail Track Reopens More Than Six Months After 'Armageddon Like' Scenes
Back in action - the railway line at Llangennech has been reopened after a freight train derailment damaged the track last August (Image:...
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Mar 10, 20213 min read
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A Step in the Right Direction for Ruabon
Clwyd South MP Simon Baynes has welcomed ‘major progress’ by the UK Government on the future development of step-free disability access...
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Mar 10, 20213 min read
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Major Step Forward for £7.1 million Railway Station Upgrade
Plans for a £7.1 million upgrade of Pontypool and New Inn railway station have taken a major step forward after Torfaen council agreed to...
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Mar 6, 20212 min read
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Longer Platform 4 at Swansea
Construction of a new, longer platform 4 at Swansea station is underway, following a month of demolition work to remove and recycle the...
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Mar 5, 20213 min read
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A Coat of Paint Saves £40 million!
In a world first, electric resistant paint combined with voltage-controlled clearance (VCC) has helped make a Victorian railway bridge...
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Mar 2, 20213 min read
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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...
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Feb 24, 20212 min read
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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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Feb 24, 20212 min read
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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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Feb 9, 20212 min read
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The 200 New Train Driver Jobs for Wales Still on Track
Around 200 new train drivers are wanted in Wales (Image: Birmingham Mail) The creation of 200 new train driver jobs in Wales is still on...
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Jan 27, 20213 min read
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Rail Services from Machynlleth to Pwllheli Resume
RAIL services from Machynlleth to North Wales have resumed following flooding and subsequent damage caused by Storm Christoph. Transport...
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Jan 27, 20211 min read
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New train station in Cardiff takes major step forward
Plans for a new Cardiff Parkway train station in the east of the city have taken a major step forward this week. The train station would...
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Jan 21, 20212 min read
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Work to Remove Diesel Affected Soils from the Llangennech Fuel Spill Site has begun
Diggers "Mussel" in to save the Cockles! Three months on from the Llangennech freight train fire, remediation work to remove and replace...
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Jan 20, 20213 min read
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Welsh Government Assessing Plans for Powys £100m Rail Testing Site
According to a report in the Powys County Times, the Welsh Government is sifting through responses to a pre-application consultation on...
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Jan 20, 20212 min read
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Transport for Wales Trains being Built by CAF and Stadler
Class 769 at Cardiff Queen Street (Transport for Wales) Transport for Wales (TfW) is investing £800 million into new trains and...
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Jan 20, 20212 min read
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