Rail Magazine - Page 20

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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

22 Nov

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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.

22 Nov

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Freightliner claims emissions success

Freightliner says trials with a new lower-emission fuel for its diesel fleet have been a success

19 Nov

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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.

19 Nov

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New Immingham to Doncaster flow

New twice-daily freight connections have begun running from the Port of Immingham to Doncaster’s iPort distribution hub.

16 Nov

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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.

15 Nov

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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.

15 Nov

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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.

14 Nov

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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.

14 Nov

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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.

14 Nov

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‘Future rail engineers’ ride the rails on HydroFLEX

Competition-winning school pupils journeyed on Porterbrook’s tri-mode HydroFLEX Class 799 unit

13 Nov

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Harrison signs up to Smart Transport conference

13 Nov

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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

12 Nov

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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

12 Nov

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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”.

12 Nov

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