The Weardale Railway (WR) heritage service began on March 23 and runs through to November 3.
Read morePlenty of variety for early-season Weardale Railway diesel operations
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‘Holly’ and ‘Ivy’ speed up Whiteball Tunnel repairs
A THREE-WEEK closure of the West of England main line between Taunton and Exeter saw essential repairs made to two Victorian tunnels on the route.
Read moreLee Valley route capacity upgrades near completion
WORK to boost capacity on the Lee Valley route in north-east London is on schedule for completion by May 2019. The £170million programme of work includes a third track between Stratford and the new station
Read moreModernisation plan edges forward on Seaford line
NETWORK Rail has replaced switches and crossings at Southerham Junction, near Lewes, which controls access to the Seaford branch. New signalling equipment was also installed between Lewes and Seaford during the closure. The work took
Read moreUpgraded Lime Street is top station in Britain
LIVERPOOL’S recently upgraded Lime Street station is the highest rated of Britain’s major stations by passengers in the latest National Passenger Rail Survey. Scoring a 93.8% satisfaction rating, Lime Street narrowly beat St Pancras International
Read more£13m refurbishment for Glasgow Clyde bridge
A TWO-YEAR, £13million renovation project is underway on one of Scotland’s busiest railway bridges. The 200 metre-long Clyde Bridge on the approach to Glasgow Central is used by up to 1,300 trains every day, serving
Read moreMajor improvements at Dawlish to reduce sea wall disruption
Network Rail has spent months compiling a detailed report on the options for the future of the famous sea wall railway at Dawlish.
Read moreBombardier to fit ETCS kit on Heathrow Express ‘387s’
PORTERBROOK has signed a contract with Bombardier Transportation to fit ETCS digital signalling equipment to Great Western Railway Class 387 EMUs, which are being converted for Heathrow Express services. The investment by Porterbrook is valued
Read morePort operator criticises ‘short-sighted’ trans-Pennine route upgrade plans
PD Ports, which operates Teesport in Middlesbrough, has criticised the lack of provision for freight growth in Network Rail’s £3 billion trans-Pennine route upgrade. It called the decision to upgrade the 76-mile route between Leeds
Read moreMangapps expands its collectionwith former Network Rail Class 31s
THE Mangapps Railway, Essex has acquired two former Network Rail Class 31s – Nos. 31105 (D5523) and 31233 (D5660). The privately owned railway has lost all of its big diesels of Classes 31, 33 and 47
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