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Plenty of variety for early-season Weardale Railway diesel operations

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Sam Hewitt

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27th March 2019

The Weardale Railway (WR) heritage service began on March 23 and runs through to November 3.
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‘Holly’ and ‘Ivy’ speed up Whiteball Tunnel repairs

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Sam Hewitt

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24th March 2019

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.
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Lee Valley route capacity upgrades near completion

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Sam Hewitt

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20th March 2019

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 at Meridian Water, and additional platforms at Tottenham Hale and Northumberland Park, which will allow an extra two trains per…
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Modernisation plan edges forward on Seaford line

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Sam Hewitt

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20th March 2019

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 place over the weekend of January 19-20. Once commissioned, the equipment will be controlled from Three Bridges Railway Operating Centre…
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Upgraded Lime Street is top station in Britain

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Sam Hewitt

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20th March 2019

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 (93.6%) and King’s Cross (92.9%) to top the list for Network Rail managed stations. NETWORK RAIL Read more News and…
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£13m refurbishment for Glasgow Clyde bridge

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Sam Hewitt

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20th March 2019

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 the West Coast Main Line, Lanarkshire, Inverclyde and Ayrshire. The Grade A-listed structure will undergo extensive refurbishment and repair works,…
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Major improvements at Dawlish to reduce sea wall disruption

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Sam Hewitt

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6th March 2019

Network Rail has spent months compiling a detailed report on the options for the future of the famous sea wall railway at Dawlish.
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Bombardier to fit ETCS kit on Heathrow Express ‘387s’

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd March 2019

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 at £11million. GWR is having 12 Class 387s converted for the airport express work, with No. 387140 having already been…
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Port operator criticises ‘short-sighted’ trans-Pennine route upgrade plans

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2019

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 and Manchester without any provision for freight traffic “unwelcome” and “deeply troubling for the economy and businesses in the North…
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Mangapps expands its collectionwith former Network Rail Class 31s

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2019

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 in recent times, after being transferred to new homes with longer operating lines. The Class 31s are in good condition,…
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