October 2020 | Great Western Star

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OCTOBER 2020

Wolverhampton Station Demolition Completed

Network Rail Publishes its Environmental Sustainability Strategy

Network Rail to Inspect Dozens of Sites with Higher-Risk Trackside Slopes

QPR Let the Train Take the Strain!

Steam Locomotive 2857 and the Severn Valley Railway Star in New Netflix Film – Enola Holmes

The End of Rail Franchising

Plans Submitted for Improving the Rail Network in the South-West of England

GB Railfreight Appoints a New Asset Director

Portway Park and Ride slips to 2021

Four Major Rail Freight Companies Come Together at Mossend

Work Continues to Save the Dartmoor Railway

GB Railfreight and Rail Stone Solutions Win Two Major HS2 Contracts

Brunel’s ‘Bristol Old Station’ Now in Network Rail Ownership

GB Railfreight Recognises the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain

World’s Oldest Operating Railway Bridge Given an Upgrade

Denbigh to Corwen Line Set to Reopen

Bala Lake Railway Seeks Welsh Government Support

Totton to Hythe Line – Could it Reopen

Continued Investment in Marches Stations

Second Pacer Train for Mid-Norfolk Railway

Ironbridge Power Station Branch may be Reopened as part of Housing Development

Isle of Wight Moves Ahead with Latest Plans

Factories Taking Shape at HS2 Construction Site

Underneath the Arches – A Strange Find!

Excavated Remains from Site of HS2’s Euston Station To Be Reburied

VTG Launches a New rail Freight Management System

East West Railway Co Invites Interest in Support Contracts

Action Taken to Improve Resilience of Railway Following Stonehaven Tragedy

West Midlands Trains criticised over depot death

Grand Central abandons Blackpool plans

Bridgnorth Cliff Railway Staff Member, 73, Lunged at by Teen after Asking Him to Wear Mask

Extra Funding for Gloucester Station

Composite Footbridge under Development

West Somerset Railway Shared Vision -September 2020

Call for New Carno Station and reintroduction of Aberystwyth to Carmarthen Line

Financial Boost for 2874 Restoration

App Tells if Office Workers are not Socially Distanced

GWR Realises Ambition for Three Trains an Hour on North Downs Line

Consultation Launched on Bid to Upgrade West Norfolk Rail Link

Petition Calls for Stonehouse Railway Station to be Reopened

GWR reveals Winners of Competition to Unearth Potential Train Managers

The Murdér Express Set To Return Next Month

DfT Reveals Rejected Rail Restoration Bids

Labour Tells Government to Bring Railways back into Public Ownership

HS2 Rail Freight Deliveries Set to Take 1.5 million Lorries Off Britain’s Roads

Financial Support for the West Somerset Railway

GWR Train Name Fame for a Hospital Hero and ‘Mask Tree’ Creator

West Midlands Metro Demolishes Tipton Bridge for Extension

FirstGroup Statement Regarding Extension of GWR Emergency Agreement

Facial Recognition Tested on Brent Cross West Station

Funding for Weardale Railway

GTR & Porterbrook announce £55m programme for Southern, Gatwick Express & Nortern Fleet

Atkins Awarded Cost Efficient Electrification - Contact Wire Uplift Contract by Network Rail

Tackling Leaves on the Line!

Atkins Appointed to Design Oxford Railway Station Concept Masterplan

London Transport Will Shut Without Second Bailout

Clegg Wins £16m Dudley Very Light Rail Centre Contract

Views Sought on the Future of the Railway Village

Work Goes Ahead on the East-West Rail Link

Covid Delays Push Crossrail Surface Stations into Next Year

Crossrail Governance Transferred to Transport for London

Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) Should Revolutionise European Rail Freight

Highways England Renews Jacobs Contract for Historical Railways Estate

UK Embraces Hydrogen

Popular Footpath in South Wales Reopened Following Level Crossing Upgrade

HS2 Slab Track Contract Awarded

Reverse Beeching' Rail Plan Could Link Kettering, Corby, Rutland, Stamford and Peterborough

Culture Recovery Fund – £9million Awarded to Heritage Railways

View Sought on Plans for a Major Rail Upgrade in West Yorkshire

The Trans-Siberian Railway to Star at the NRM in 2021

Watford Miniature Railway Equipment Damaged in Flood

Train Carriages on Disused Railway in Yorkshire to be Turned into Holiday Let