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News 30 Apr
Four defects found on sanding equipment of TfW '158' involved in head-on collision
RAIB interim report details four defects on automatic equipment of unit that slid for more than one kilometre.
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News 30 Apr
Greater Anglia boss hoping for "earned autonomy" from DfT as public ownership looms
Martin Beable sits down with RAIL to talk about his hopes for rail reform as operator continues strong performance.
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Fleet 30 Apr
Class 93 set for loaded tests hauling up to 2,000 tonnes over Shap
Tri-mode locomotive has passed initial tests with "flying colours".
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News 30 Apr
More than 1,500 level crossing near-misses in four years as Network Rail launches new campaign
Network Rail campaign to focus on mobile phone distraction when using crossings.
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News 30 Apr Advertisement feature
Keeping the UK on Track for over 40 years
Advertisement feature from KGJ Price
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Features 30 Apr
Inside Newton Heath's historic maintenance depot
Northern’s principal maintenance depot has a rich history, and is playing its part in the railway’s future as well. Paul Bigland is given an extensive tour.
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News 29 Apr
Grand Central Cleethorpes-King's Cross service "would not affect ECML capacity"
Grand Central outlines draft timetable in forms submitted for industry consultation.
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News 29 Apr
Network Rail narrows down RHTT operators from five to two
GB Railfreight and Colas have been chosen as the operators to manage the trains over the next five years.
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News 29 Apr
Liverpool's £100 million Baltic station gets planning approval
Construction on Liverpool Baltic railway station is set to begin after Liverpool City Council approved plans for the £100 million station.
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Opinion 29 Apr
Comment: The Channel Tunnel has so much more potential
Regular RAIL columnist Christian Wolmar on the Tunnel’s untapped potential for international travel.
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News 28 Apr
Network Rail states objections to Hull Trains' Sheffield plan and proposed extra LNER service
Network Rail raises ECML capacity issues as it says it cannot support either plan.
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Fleet 28 Apr
Converted GBRf ‘69s’ all in traffic by end of summer
Work on the final two examples was continuing in mid-April, although no more Class 56s are planned to be converted
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Features 28 Apr
Review: 170 (minutes) on a crowded Class 170
RAIL’s Mystery Shopper travels from Birmingham to Cambridge on a CrossCountry Turbostar.
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News 25 Apr
Trenitalia submits Section 17 application for Temple Mills Depot access
Trenitalia submits section 17 application for Temple Mills Depot access
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News 25 Apr
New Grand Central bid for direct Newcastle-Brighton service submitted
Arriva Group has unveiled plans to introduce the first-ever direct rail service between Newcastle and Brighton, passing through London Gatwick Airport.
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News 25 Apr
Freightliner starts running Peak District to Manchester cement flow for Tarmac
Tarmac says new service will "meet demand from city centre projects".
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Features 25 Apr
“A generational jump” in training drivers
Tom Ingall sits behind the controls in one of Northern’s new driving simulators.
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News 24 Apr
Alexander takes centre stage at Transport Select Committee
The Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander MP attended her first House of Commons Transport Select Committee since taking up the role in December on April 23.
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News 24 Apr
Construction of new electrified track at Long Marston continues
Construction is continuing at pace at Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre (RIC) as it installs its 3.5 kilometre (2.1 miles) electrified track.
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News 24 Apr
New station on Midland Main Line set to be expanded after Universal Park approval
Wixams near Bedford was originally planned as a two-platform station.
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News 24 Apr
Council leader fears city will be left behind in Transpennine Route Upgrade
"There is too little detail from the government on how exactly funding will support the ambitious plans we have."
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News 23 Apr
Heidi Alexander quizzed by MPs over South Western Railways blunder
MPs have quizzed Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander after national media reports of a rail nationalisation blunder that is claimed to have cost taxpayers £250 million.
Top Stories
Rail’s retirement challenge and the looming skills shortage
Nine per cent of people working on the railway left last year. Paul Clifton asks whether enough is being done to to fill the empty seats they leave behind.
Comment: Competition hots up on the Channel Tunnel route
Paths are available for trains to and from the continent, but maintenance facilities and stabling berths are in shorter supply, notes Philip Haigh.
Rail devolution… and integration
The English Devolution White Paper and the government’s rail reform consultation are together proposing a major shift of power from central to local government.
Guest Comment: Rail devolution under GBR
Will there be local control or a guiding mind, asks Rail Partners Chief Executive Andy Bagnall.
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