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Rail Magazine - Page 14

News

£69m Victoria signal contract goes to Alstom

Alstom has been awarded a £69 million contract to resignal lines from London Victoria.

9 Apr

News

Forth Bridge Experience: contractor sought

Network Rail has begun the process of appointing a main contractor to build the new Forth Bridge Experience reception hub outside Edinburgh.

7 Apr

News

New ballast and tracks as storm-damaged Cambrian Line reopens

The Cambrian Line reopened between Shrewsbury and Newtown over the weekend of April 2-3, following extensive damage caused by Storm Franklin on February 21.

6 Apr

News

Construction of Victoria Road tunnel shaft completed

Work at HS2’s Victoria Road site in Acton has taken a significant step forward

5 Apr

News

Third of LU stations now step-free

Transport for London has now made a third of all London Underground stations step-free, following the completion of work at Harrow-on-the-Hill.

29 Mar

News

Gatwick Express eases back into business

Gatwick Express eases back into business

29 Mar

News

Work under way at White Rose station

Construction has commenced on a new station at White Rose in Leeds.

28 Mar

News

42 locations in the running to be GBR’s HQ

Forty-two towns and cities from across the UK have applied to become the new home of Great British Railways.

28 Mar

News

First track in place on new Levenmouth line

Reopening of the five-mile line to Levenmouth on the Fife coast has reached a significant milestone, with the first rails installed.

27 Mar

News

Go-Ahead fined £23.5m for Southeastern breaches

The Go-Ahead Group has been fined £23.5 million for breaching its agreement with government for the former London and South Eastern Railway franchise.

26 Mar

News

Wareham to Swanage service postponed to 2023

A regular service connecting the Swanage Railway with South Western Railway trains has been postponed again.

25 Mar

News

Huddersfield station lift to open in April

Passengers using Huddersfield station are being reminded that the lift on platform 1 will remain out of action until April 4.

25 Mar

News

TSSA members vote for US merger

TSSA union members have voted by a margin of more than eight to one in favour of merging with US-based union the Boilermakers.

24 Mar

News

Progress on Fawley reopening, but plans scaled back

Plans to reopen the former branch line to Fawley (Hampshire) for passenger services have taken another step forward… but have also been scaled back.

24 Mar

News

Info sought after vandals throw log

Northern and Network Rail are appealing for information after a group of vandals threw a log into the path of an oncoming train near Bolton.

23 Mar

News

Moveable electrification system could replace diesel shunting

Wellingborough has become the first freight terminal to demonstrate a moveable electrification system that could help eliminate diesel shunting.

22 Mar

News

BCRRE to host world railway research conference

Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) is gearing up to host a major world conference in three months’ time.

22 Mar

News

Children warned of trespass danger

GB Railfreight’s safety team is warning schoolchildren across the East Midlands of the dangers of trespass.

21 Mar

News

GA registers its best autumn yet

Despite difficult autumnal weather conditions, Greater Anglia maintained a high punctuality score of 94.48% from September 19 2021-January 8 2022

21 Mar

News

Hitachi track monitoring trial spreads to ScotRail

Hitachi is to further develop on-train track monitoring equipment for Network Rail

19 Mar

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