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The first stage of the bat mitigation structure being built in April 2025. HS2 LTD.

News

HS2 "bat tunnel" costs broken down as claims price has gone up are dismissed

Tunnel to be installed near Calvert in Buckinghamshire is costing approximately £100m.

HS2 26 Jun 2025

GB Railfreight 60087 joins the Settle and Carlisle at Horton-in-Ribblesdale station on June 19 with the 1510 Horton Quarry to Tuebrook service. PHIL METCALFE.

News

Quarry's S&C rail link reinstated after 60 years

Heidelberg Materials reinstalls rail link to Horton Quarry in Yorkshire which was previously taken up in 1965.

Rail freight 26 Jun 2025

A mechanical axle end generator, one of the pieces of equipment fitted to a vehicle to make it an iWagon. VTG RAIL.

News

More than 80 retrofitted iWagons to be in service by end of 2025

Dozens of wagons are being retrofitted with more brand new wagons on order.

Rail freight 26 Jun 2025

A GWR Hitachi unit at London Paddington

News

New technology to scrap mobile signal blackspots due from 2026

New partnership aims to improve 4G/5G connectivity on trains and in stations.

technology 26 Jun 2025

A Great Western Railway IET enters Hereford station on March 5 2022, prior to working a service to Paddington via Worcester and Oxford. Lumo trains would head south from Hereford and reach London via Abergavenny and Bristol Parkway. JACK BOSKETT.

News

FirstGroup explains why it chose Hereford for next Lumo plan

FirstGroup plans to fit Hereford services into its Carmarthen operation once that starts in December 2027.

First Group 25 Jun 2025

A new CAF-built Docklands Light Railway set being tested at Canary Wharf. TRANSPORT FOR LONDON.

News

DLR rolling stock issues explained ahead of reduced timetable

Delays to the new stock being introduced come as some current units need to be scrapped.

Docklands Light Railway 25 Jun 2025

66732 dragging 810003 through Tapton bridge 30 minutes late working from Old Dalby-Merchant Park Sidings on June 16. LOGHAN SMEDLEY.

News

Delay in EMR Class 810 delivery could affect other operators

New bi-mode units are set to replace Class 222s which are due to go off-lease from this autumn.

East Midlands Railway 25 Jun 2025

Man cleaning rail equipment

Advertisement feature

These Industrial Range wipes unlock better hygiene and maintenance

Advertisement feature from Harrisons.

25 Jun 2025

News

"A potential gamechanger": Siemens Mobility launches new Rail Charging Converter

Siemens Mobility launched its "potential gamechanger" Rail Charging Converter (RCC) at Rail Live on June 19.

Siemens Mobility 24 Jun 2025

Off-lease Class 769s parked up at Porterbrook's Long Marston site. DAVID STUBBINGS.

News

Go-op targeting Class 769s for open access regional services

Open access co-operative firm announces plans to use bi-mode units instead of Class 150s or '153s'.

Go-op 24 Jun 2025

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67003 in EWS livery whilst stabled at Plymouth in August 2001. MARK PIKE.

No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

DB Cargo UK 2 Jun

Curzon Street station, Birmingham

HS2 faces £100bn cost and delay until late-2030s, government told

HS2 14 May

Artist's impression of a Class 222 in Lumo colours. LUMO.

FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

6 Jun

GBRF Railfreight Construction 66793 stands at Derby, working 6M72 0322 Grain Oil Terminal Gbrf to Sinfin Sdgs, on Tuesday 12th November 2024. STEVEN DONALD.

GB Railfreight planning to repurpose at least 12 more Class 66s for heavy trainloads

GB Railfreight 22 May

DB Cargo 66181, in red livery, passes Barrow upon Soar on the Midland Main Line on September 6 2024, with the 1055 East Midlands Gateway-Felixstowe North intermodal. The unit has been identified as one of those next in line for conversion. PAUL BIGGS.

DB Cargo UK discussing transferring drivers to rival as it deals with Network Rail contract loss

DB Cargo UK 27 May

An East Midlands Railway Class 222 approaches Braybrooke on the Midland Main Line. PAUL BIGGS.

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

Lumo 2 Jun

TransPennine's Mk 5A stock is currently in storage

Chiltern Railways on verge of agreeing deal to take ex-TransPennine Express Mk 5s

Chiltern Railways 14 May

67004 pulling the 0450 Edinburgh-Fort William Caledonian Sleeper at Achallader on March 30 2013. ANTHONY HICKS.

Why the Class 67s have been running on borrowed time for nearly the whole of their lives

DB Cargo UK 5 Jun

The New Measurement Train. COLIN G WOOD.

Network Rail begins process to replace rail infrastructure monitoring trains

Network Rail 20 May

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