Latest From Rail
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Network 16 Sep
Lumo launches to provide ECML open access services
A new train operator is set to launch London King’s Cross to Edinburgh rail services from October 25.
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Network 15 Sep
Cancelled Trains at Cleethorpes
Trains serving Cleethorpes will be cancelled over the weekend of September 25-26 to enable vital footbridge work.
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Network 14 Sep
TfN welcomes ‘infill’ wires plan
Transport for the North has welcomed news that what it describes as a “key section of the North West’s rail network” will be electrified.
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Network 14 Sep
HS2 tests pioneering anti-landslip monitoring technology
New fibre optic equipment being tested for HS2 is intended to make sure that sinkholes never become a major problem on Britain’s railways.
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Network 13 Sep
Track relaying removes Bristol Temple Meads bottleneck
Network Rail has completed upgrade work at Bristol East Junction, to remove a bottleneck leading into Bristol Temple Meads station.
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Network 13 Sep
Ernst & Young fined in relation to Stagecoach audit
A fine of £3.5 million - discounted to £2.2m for mitigating factors, admissions and early disposal
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Network 13 Sep
TfL pledges response to “prevent tragedies” after platform death
Transport for London has pledged to “ensure that we do all we can to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again”
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Network 12 Sep
Tyne & Wear Metro increases train order to 46
The order for new Tyne & Wear Metro trains has been increased by four to 46
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Network 12 Sep
Northern Line Extension stations open for business
The two new stations comprising London Underground’s Northern Line Extension are due to open to the public on September 20
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Network 11 Sep
Weekday blockade indicates change in industry outlook
Network Rail is shifting a major engineering blockade to account for changing travel patterns since the pandemic.
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Network 10 Sep
HS2 reveals headhouse designs
HS2 Ltd has unveiled the designs of two ‘headhouses’ that will provide access to tunnels under London and the Chiltern hills.
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Network 10 Sep
UKIB Infrastructure Bank gains permanent CEO
The first permanent chief executive has been appointed for an institution that is set to become a prime funder of new rail infrastructure.
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Network 9 Sep
ECML’s new ‘dive-under’ signalling commissioned
Signalling for the Werrington ‘dive-under’ was commissioned in early September, ready for the new grade-separated junction to come into regular use
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Network 4 Sep
Campaigners make the case for leisure travel by rail
The Campaign for Better Transport is calling on the Government to promote leisure travel through cost-effective ticketing,
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Network 4 Sep
HS2 jobs boost
The London-Crewe section of HS2 could support over 34,000 jobs at the peak of its construction
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Network 3 Sep
Stadler hands over first Merseyrail Class 777
The first of 53 new Class 777 trains being built by Stadler has been officially handed over to Merseytravel
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Network 3 Sep
WCML viaducts reinforced by underwater concrete
Specialist divers are pouring underwater concrete to protect a pair of railway viaducts on the West Coast Main Line in Carlisle.
Top Stories
Cancelled Trains at Cleethorpes
Trains serving Cleethorpes will be cancelled over the weekend of September 25-26 to enable vital footbridge work.
Lumo launches to provide ECML open access services
A new train operator is set to launch London King’s Cross to Edinburgh rail services from October 25.
TfN welcomes ‘infill’ wires plan
Transport for the North has welcomed news that what it describes as a “key section of the North West’s rail network” will be electrified.
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