WORK to upgrade Bank Tube station passed a milestone in early September when the roof over the new entrance on Cannon Street was topped out. This entrance will provide direct access to the Northern Line
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Hitachi is no longer in the running to build the next generation of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro
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GOVERNMENT approval for the West Midlands Metro’s £137million Eastside extension to Digbeth, which would serve the proposed HS2 station at Curzon Street, is being delayed by uncertainty over the high-speed rail project. The extended tramline,
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HE new £21million transport interchange in South Shields opened on August 4, with the first Tyne & Wear Metro train departing at 07.00 that day. The station replaces the previous South Shields Metro stop, which
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This week we cover Stephenson’s Rocket returning to the National Railway Museum, a senseless attack at a tube station in London, a Caledonian sleeper service strike and a UN report that claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100.
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The UK’s oldest train fleet is to be replaced through a £26 million investment into the Isle of Wight’s railway, the Government has announced.
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London Underground drivers have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over the level of noise on the Tube. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) on the Jubilee, Central, Northern and
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ARGENTINA president Mauricio Macri officially opened the second new elevated commuter railway in Buenos Aires on July 10. It has replaced ground-level railways with new routes on viaducts, eliminating 11 level crossings, and releasing some
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SOUTH Shields station on the Tyne and Wear Metro system was permanently closed from the end of service on July 7. This is the first and only T&W station to close since operations began in
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HS2 has unveiled designs for a driverless people mover that will connect its Interchange station in Solihull with Birmingham Airport, Birmingham International station and the National Exhibition Centre. The people mover will feature 20-metre vehicles
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