News - Page 10
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Rail Partners: inflexible contracts deny revenue opportunities
Train operators must be given greater freedoms to attract customers back and help the network return to growth.
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Industry finances reveal signs of recovery
The railway spent £22.8 billion (£1.5bn more than its income) in the financial year to March 31
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TfL acclaims early successes of Elizabeth line
Christmas closures of part of the new Elizabeth line are needed to prepare the ground for the full opening of the 73-mile route and a record-breaking 2023
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RAIB issues briefing on emergency speed restrictions
Poor communication needs to be resolved to prevent inadvertent speeding by trains during blanket emergency speed restrictions, says the RAIB
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HS2’s Dorothy starts to dig second tunnel bore
HS2’s 125-metre-long Tunnel Boring Machine Dorothy has been relaunched to dig the second of the one-mile twin bores under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire.
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Merriman keen to back rail investment projects
Newly appointed Rail and HS2 Minister Huw Merriman has pledged to focus on signing off on a growing backlog of projects
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DfT pledges millions for latest rail innovation schemes
A self-powered bogie, technology to pinpoint cable theft, and decarbonisation schemes are among the winners of the latest ‘First of a Kind’ government grants.
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HS2 signs boost RBL Industries
HS2 Ltd’s contract for the supply of temporary signs for its construction sites has taken its spending with Royal British Legion companies to over £100,000
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Industry urged to get behind ETCS digital signalling
The challenge of introducing in-cab-only ‘moving block’ signalling on a busy main line “is worth it - but everyone must own the project”.
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£745m business case prepared for Leamside revival
The reopening of at least part of the mothballed 21-mile Leamside Line in County Durham could become a serious prospect