Latest From Rail
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Network 25 Nov
Keep pace with change… then get ahead of the curve
RAIL's webinar, which was the fourth in RAIL’s Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail series, focused on Accelerating innovation and modernisation.
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Network 25 Nov
Ambassador role for teenager Harry
Rail Forum Midlands has appointed Harry Burr (15) as its Young Persons Ambassador.
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Network 24 Nov
West Midlands halts trams after discovery of cracks
Tram services in the West Midlands have been suspended after cracks have been suspended after cracks were discovered on a number of vehicles.
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Network 23 Nov
Okehampton’s special day as passenger trains return
The first passenger service ran on the newly reopened Dartmoor Line between Okehampton and Exeter on November 17, three days ahead of its official reinstatement
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Network 23 Nov
Bridge bashes: drivers are still ignoring warning signs
Somewhere in the UK, a road lorry or bus bashes into a railway bridge every five hours, leaving Network Rail to pick up a £5.5 million bill
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Network 22 Nov
Salisbury Tunnel reopens after clean-up operation
Salisbury’s Fisherton Tunnel reopened on November 16, 16 days after a crash between two trains that injured 14 people
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Network 22 Nov
Teenager designs Dartmoor Line logo
Teenager Tom Watts won Great Western Railway’s competition to design a logo marking November’s reopening of the Dartmoor Line.
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Network 19 Nov
Freightliner claims emissions success
Freightliner says trials with a new lower-emission fuel for its diesel fleet have been a success
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Network 19 Nov
NR told to increase competition for signalling projects
Network Rail “needs to transform its approach to procuring and delivering signalling projects”, the Office of Rail and Road has reported.
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Network 16 Nov
New Immingham to Doncaster flow
New twice-daily freight connections have begun running from the Port of Immingham to Doncaster’s iPort distribution hub.
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Network 15 Nov
Renfe targets high-speed London-Paris services
Spanish operator Renfe has confirmed its intention to launch a high-speed London-Paris service, to rival those currently operated by Eurostar.
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Network 15 Nov
Bank branch closure for upgrade…
A large section of London Underground’s Northern Line Bank branch will be closed for 17 weeks from mid-January, Transport for London has confirmed.
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Network 14 Nov
RIA survey reveals growing optimism
Confidence in the rail industry has returned to pre-2019 levels, according to new polling carried out on behalf of the Railway Industry Association.
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Network 14 Nov
EMR begins £2 million Eastcroft depot upgrade
Work has begun on a £2 million project to upgrade East Midlands Railway’s Eastcroft train depot in Nottingham.
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Network 14 Nov
Barking Riverside extension on track for autumn 2022 opening
London Overground’s £328 million extension to Barking Riverside remains on course to meet its revised opening date next autumn.
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Network 13 Nov
‘Future rail engineers’ ride the rails on HydroFLEX
Competition-winning school pupils journeyed on Porterbrook’s tri-mode HydroFLEX Class 799 unit
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Network 13 Nov
Harrison signs up to Smart Transport conference
Harrison signs up to Smart Transport conference
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Network 12 Nov
Leaked NR log and statement prompted media chaos
Early news coverage of this incident on Sunday October 31/Monday November 1 was blighted by misinformation arising from an early Network Rail official statement
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Network 12 Nov
RAIB’s early analysis pinpoints low adhesion
A Rail Accident Investigation Branch interim report has stated that signal SY31 was set at danger, to protect the movement of the Great Western Railway train
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Network 12 Nov
Damaging strike action called off after RMT agrees 2.5% deal…
Strikes that would have crippled ScotRail throughout COP26 were averted - after the RMT union agreed a pay deal that it described as leaving workers “quids in”.
Top Stories
Okehampton’s special day as passenger trains return
The first passenger service ran on the newly reopened Dartmoor Line between Okehampton and Exeter on November 17, three days ahead of its official reinstatement
Keep pace with change… then get ahead of the curve
RAIL's webinar, which was the fourth in RAIL’s Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail series, focused on Accelerating innovation and modernisation.
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.
Launched in 2003, the RAIL100 Breakfast Club is a business networking club for the industry’s senior managers. It helps members keep abreast of current topics within the industry and gives them the ability to discuss these with their peers.
Membership includes 4 breakfast meetings and a dinner in November.
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