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Demolition of the Tame Valley canal bridge is the latest step in the work to extend the West Midlands Metro from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill.
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The ‘Network of Alternatives,’ which included a major focus on using available rail capacity on the South Wales Main Line (SWML), was put forward by the South East Wales Transport Commission in November.
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A major track renewal project is about to get underway at Slade Green junction, near Dartford.
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Rail Operations (UK) Limited has signed a framework agreement with Stadler for the supply of 30 Class 93 tri-mode locomotives, of which an initial batch of 10 locomotives will be due for delivery in early 2023.
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The old footbridges at Kidsgrove station, which has an unusual triangular shape, are to be replaced with new bridges and lifts as part of the Access for All scheme, providing step-free access to all four platforms for the first time.
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A picturesque footbridge over the Chiltern main line in Buckinghamshire is to undergo a major overhaul to make it safer and more reliable for passengers and the public.
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Part of a rail bridge has collapsed near the site of the fatal Stonehaven train derailment.
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Bombardier Transportation’s Gautrain commuter fleet in South Africa has now completed forty million kilometres in service since operations began in 2010.
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A police dog helped officers sniff-out drugs and a large knife during a joint operation at a railway station.
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A north-east railway line will be closed this week after part of a bridge wall collapsed – close to the site of a fatal train crash
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A reckless TikTok video showing a car parked on a railway line in Greater Manchester in the UK is being investigated by the police.
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British infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) awarded the company a £300m contract to complete the 25kV 50Hz electrification of the Midland Main Line from Bedford to Kettering and Corby in November 2017, under the Midlands Main Line Upgrade project.
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The Northern Line Extension passed a major milestone at Christmas after test passenger trains successfully completed the journey through the new tunnels from Kennington to Battersea Power Station.
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Three Network Rail employees have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list 2020, published on 30 December.
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The images show the extent to which work has progressed at some of the project’s biggest sites on the route between London and the West Midlands.
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The National Railway Museum’s Station Hall is set to receive a £500,000 refurbishment, thanks to the Friends of the National Railway Museum.
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The first freight rail trains for HS2’s construction site in Buckinghamshire have started delivering aggregate to support the construction of a temporary railhead at the town of Calvert.
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So far, since the regulations came into effect about wearing a face covering on public transport, 170 people have been prosecuted in court for non-compliance.
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The Class 800/801/802 inter-city trainsets supplied and maintained by Hitachi are to be fitted with a new generation of brake pads and discs which has been developed by Knorr-Bremse to improve brake system performance and reduce life-cycle costs by facilitating longer maintenance intervals.
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Stadler and Rail Operations (UK) Limited have announced that they have signed a framework agreement for the supply of 30 Class 93 tri-mode locomotives. Deliveries are expected to start in early 2023.
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The Bo-Bo mixed-traffic locomotives are based on Stadler’s class 68 and class 88 locomotives, supplied to Direct Rail Services, and will have a maximum speed of 177km/h. The locomotives will be manufactured at Stadler’s Albuixech site near Valencia, Spain.
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Birmingham’s historic Curzon Street Station will be integrated into the city’s new HS2 terminus.
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Unipart Rail, the leading specialist provider of technology and supply chain solutions to the rail industry, has been awarded a prestigious Sword of Honour by the British Safety Council.
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National Express will fully suspend its network of coach services as new lockdown measures take effect across the UK. The coach operator will cease operation temporarily from Sunday.
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Stadler and Rail Operations (UK) Ltd have signed a framework agreement for the supply of 30 Class 93 trimode locomotives, with an initial batch of 10 scheduled for delivery in early 2023.
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