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Network 20 Jan
NRA 2022: recognising railway excellence
Entries for RAIL’s 2022 National Rail Awards judging season open on January 28.
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Network 19 Jan
“Intolerable” service cuts under emergency COVID timetables
Train operators have further reduced rail services, in response to surging staff sickness levels due to COVID.
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Network 18 Jan
Samaritans Brew Monday returns to station concourses
Samaritans volunteers joined Network Rail and train operating company staff on January 17 to hold the first ‘Brew Monday’ station outreach events in two years
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Network 17 Jan
SWR retains 12 Class 707s
South Western Railway is to retain 12 units from its Class 707 fleet until August.
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Network 16 Jan
Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information
Transport Minister Baroness Vere has conceded that the Government does not yet know how its Integrated Rail Plan “will actually work on the ground”.
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Network 15 Jan
Direct Rail Services disposes of heritage locomotives
Direct Rail Services has announced details of its much-anticipated plan to sell off some of its heritage fleet of locomotives and coaching stock.
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Network 15 Jan
Work begins on Disabled Persons Passenger Charter
Work has commenced to develop a new Disabled Persons Passenger Charter for rail, bus, coach, taxi and private hire vehicles
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Network 14 Jan
Ecology audits demanded for structures at risk of infilling
Campaigners are urging a minister to commission independent ecology audits for the areas around some 75 redundant railway tunnels and bridges
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Network 14 Jan
New freight trips for Tesco and DRS
Tesco has partnered with Direct Rail Services (DRS) to launch a new refrigerated rail freight service from Tilbury to Coatbridge.
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Network 13 Jan
Wylde leaves role as Lumo MD
Helen Wylde has stepped down as managing director of Lumo, to take up a post outside the rail industry.
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Network 13 Jan
TBMs arrive as HS2 prepares for London tunnel boring
The start of tunnelling for HS2 in London is set to begin, following the delivery of two giant Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) to the HS2 site in West Ruislip.
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Network 12 Jan
Morton is new rail minister as Heaton-Harris moves on
Chris Heaton-Harris has been replaced as Rail Minister by Wendy Morton, following the resignation of Lord Frost as Brexit Minister on December 18 2021.
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Network 22 Dec
Four miles of Heart of Wessex route renewed
Network Rail has relaid four miles of track on the Heart of Wessex route
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Network 21 Dec
E-scooters ban widens after fire scares
Transport for London and the Tyne & Wear Metro have banned the use of privately owned e-scooters on railway premises from December 13
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Network 20 Dec
Go-Ahead Group admits “serious errors” in running of Southeastern
Trading in shares for the Go-Ahead Group is likely to be suspended in the New Year, following its admission that “serious errors” were made
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Network 20 Dec
Headbolt Lane station given the green light
Planning permission has been granted for a new station at Headbolt Lane in Kirkby.
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Network 19 Dec
Firms encouraged to ready HS2 bids
West Midlands businesses are being actively encouraged to prepare for £25 billion worth of HS2 contracts that will soon start to flow into the supply chain.
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Network 18 Dec
Robots to clean hard-to-get areas
Hard-to-reach areas between and underneath coach seats may soon be much cleaner, thanks to a new robot designed by a research study group in Scotland.
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Network 17 Dec
NR travel guide for autistic people
Vulnerable autistic people can now better travel independently, thanks to a Network Rail online guide
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Network 17 Dec
EMR offers help on train basics
Non-English-speaking teenagers who have never ridden on a train have been taken on special outings from Nottingham to Sleaford and Skegness
Top Stories
“Intolerable” service cuts under emergency COVID timetables
Train operators have further reduced rail services, in response to surging staff sickness levels due to COVID.
SWR retains 12 Class 707s
South Western Railway is to retain 12 units from its Class 707 fleet until August.
Direct Rail Services disposes of heritage locomotives
Direct Rail Services has announced details of its much-anticipated plan to sell off some of its heritage fleet of locomotives and coaching stock.
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