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    Swindon Railway Station a 'gateway' for Drug Trafficking
    rodneypitt9
    • 21 hours ago
    • 2 min

    Swindon Railway Station a 'gateway' for Drug Trafficking

    Swindon railway station has become a "gateway" for young people bringing class A drugs into the south west from London, police say. Briti...
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    Network Rail clears Old Oak Common ‘super-hub’ station site
    rodneypitt9
    • a day ago
    • 2 min

    Network Rail clears Old Oak Common ‘super-hub’ station site

    Complex work is underway to decommission railway lines and train depots to make way for a billion pound rail interchange at Old Oak Commo...
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    rodneypitt9
    • a day ago
    • 2 min

    Government Offers £30 million Support for Rail Training Centre of Excellence

    A £30 million UK Government contribution to a planned rail testing complex between Neath Port Talbot and Powys has been welcomed by the l...
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    Okehampton Line could return from May after Budget boost!
    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 2 min

    Okehampton Line could return from May after Budget boost!

    Ex-Southern Railway ‘N’ Class 2-6-0 No 31845 passes the car dock at Okehampton station with a train from Exeter on August 29, 1964. The r...
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    £50m Rail Improvements around HS2 Station unveiled in Budget
    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 2 min

    £50m Rail Improvements around HS2 Station unveiled in Budget

    The government will provide £50m to develop proposals for transport improvements around the High Speed 2 Birmingham Interchange Station. ...
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    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 1 min

    CrossCountry to Provide Vital Support to Medical Sector

    Long distance train operator CrossCountry and InterCity Railfreight are teaming up to provide a key service transporting medical supplies...
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    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 2 min

    Mixed Response from Railway Industry to Budget Speech

    According to Rail News, the railway industry has given a mixed response to the Budget. There has been a welcome for confirmation of £50 m...
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    rodneypitt9
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    Rail Minister’s Plan to Accelerate Major Projects

    Britain’s rail industry has been urged to pioneer “radical” new ways of working to fast-track major projects. Rail minister Chris Heaton-...
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    rodneypitt9
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    More trains for leisure and a new name for Network Rail?

    According to a report in Rail News, the chairman of Network Rail Sir Peter Hendy has predicted that leisure and holiday travel by train i...
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    Final route for Northern Powerhouse Rail agreed
    rodneypitt9
    • 5 days ago
    • 2 min

    Final route for Northern Powerhouse Rail agreed

    Transport for the North has written to Government with its official plan for rail investment over the coming decades. They say now is no...
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    Boris Johnson's Irish Sea tunnels and roundabout have sunk serious plans for bridge claims professor
    rodneypitt9
    • 5 days ago
    • 1 min

    Boris Johnson's Irish Sea tunnels and roundabout have sunk serious plans for bridge claims professor

    The world’s first undersea roundabout, part of an 11km Atlantic tunnel connecting the Faroe islands of Eysturoy andStreymoy and built las...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 9
    • 3 min

    RIA Devolution Week to Discuss and promote key rail issues ahead of elections

    The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the national trade body for the rail supply community, has launched a ‘Devolution Week’ involving...
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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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    Wales and Borders rail franchise into public ownership
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 9
    • 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 W...
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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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    Government and Industry Unite to launch Rail Innovation Exhibition
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 22
    • 1 min

    Government and Industry Unite to launch Rail Innovation Exhibition

    Innovate UK, KTN, the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Railway Industry Association (RIA) are partnering to hold a four-day Rail In...
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    Rail Proposals to 'Strengthen Union'
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 21
    • 3 min

    Rail Proposals to 'Strengthen Union'

    A series of key improvements to the UK's rail network has been proposed to the government in an effort to "strengthen the union". The Hig...
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    First Group Agrees Termination Sums for Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway Franchises
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 2 min

    First Group Agrees Termination Sums for Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway Franchises

    First Group PLC has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Department for Transport over the termination sums for the rail f...
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    How Green is My Railway?
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 2 min

    How Green is My Railway?

    Industry bosses called for battery, hydrogen and electric-powered trains to help meet environmental targets The industry wants to make ra...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 2 min

    Network Rail’s Enhancement Budget for CP6 Cut

    Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has confirmed, in a written answer to a question from Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Jim McMah...
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