Latest From Rail
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Network 26 Oct
CBT urges fares freeze to encourage rail travel
The Campaign for Better Transport is arguing for a rail fares freeze “to help get people back on board trains and put the brakes on the car-led recovery”
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Network 25 Oct
Drones survey Metro network
Drones have been introduced to the Tyne & Wear Metro, to carry out infrastructure monitoring.
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Network 25 Oct
HS2 concrete segments contract goes to North East
The North East is celebrating a significant ‘Levelling Up’ success, with the awarding of a contract to cast up to 36,000 concrete segments for HS2
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Network 25 Oct
HS2 launches its Learning Legacy
HS2 Ltd is sharing with the wider UK construction industry the lessons it has learned so far from planning and construction of the new high-speed railway.
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Network 24 Oct
Station ‘visits’ can be made online
Passengers will be able to get to know Northern’s main stations before they even get there, thanks to new 3-D maps that can be viewed online.
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Network 23 Oct
Intervention needed to avoid public transport decline
Increased public transport funding and road charging mechanisms form part of a future outlined by the Independent Transport Commission
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Network 23 Oct
Regulator to review Light Rail safety body
The Office of Rail and Road is reviewing the work of the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board.
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Network 22 Oct
RIA warning over slow progress of electrification
Britain is electrifying its network at less than half the rate needed to decarbonise by 2050, claims the Railway Industry Association.
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Network 22 Oct
Metro extension closer to opening
West Midlands Metro’s new extension to Edgbaston is now only a few weeks away from opening,
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Network 22 Oct
Light rail ‘vital’ but stable policies would give ‘greater confidence’
Light rail “plays a vital role” in supporting the shift from cars to public transport, and the case for it is “stronger than ever”, according to a new report.
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Network 21 Oct
DfT revises East Mids Direct Award plans
The Department for Transport has modified its plans for a Direct Award of the contract to run the East Midlands franchise.
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Network 21 Oct
London Underground night services to restart
London Underground ‘Night Tube’ services are to return from November 27 - but initially only on the Central and Victoria lines.
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Network 20 Oct
Weymouth-Bristol to shut for 16 days
A 16-day closure will be required for what Network Rail describes as “major surgery” for the Weymouth-Bristol line.
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Network 20 Oct
NR chooses heritage traction ETCS suppliers
Network Rail has selected the suppliers that will fit European Train Control System (ETCS) equipment to steam and heritage locomotives.
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Network 20 Oct
ORR demands better planning of engineering possessions
“Improved planning, monitoring and delivery of possessions is essential in not only reducing disruption to passengers, but also in reducing costs.”
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Network 15 Oct
Regular services resume to Okehampton
For the first time in 50 years, regular passenger services will run on the Dartmoor Line from November 20, connecting Okehampton to Exeter.
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Network 14 Oct
£25m to reduce Newport line landslides
Network Rail hopes that a £25 million programme to shore up the landslip-prone Newport-Gloucester line will reduce the number of enforced closures
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Network 13 Oct
UPDATED: Freightliner to withdraw entire electric fleet
Freightliner has confirmed that it will be withdrawing its entire fleet of electric locomotives in response to soaring electricity prices.
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Network 13 Oct
Very Light Rail demonstrator offers reopening hopes
The Revolution Very Light Rail (VLR) demonstration vehicle has been officially launched
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Network 12 Oct
More ticket gates at Surbiton station
Work has begun on a Department for Transport-funded £6.7 million upgrade at Surbiton station in south-west London.
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First GB Railfreight rebuilt '73/9' on test at Loughborough
The first of GB Railfreight’s rebuilt Class 73s was due to begin testing at the Great Central Railway in Loughborough as this issue of RAIL went to press.
HS2 concrete segments contract goes to North East
The North East is celebrating a significant ‘Levelling Up’ success, with the awarding of a contract to cast up to 36,000 concrete segments for HS2
Metro extension closer to opening
West Midlands Metro’s new extension to Edgbaston is now only a few weeks away from opening,
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