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Norfolk’s Berney Arms named Britain’s least used railway station

1st December 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News
Berney Arms named Britain’s least used railway station

Just 42 passengers used the isolated station between April 2019 and March 2020.

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Construction traffic boom keeps UK railfreight stable

4th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Freight, Network, News

A FIVE per cent increase in construction traffic took the sector to its highest quarterly volume in the first three months of 2019/20, according to new figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). 

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TransPennine accepts first Hitachi-built ‘Nova 1’ set

3rd September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

TRANSPENNINE Express has accepted the first Hitachi Class 802 bi-mode train into its fleet. Dubbed ‘Nova 1’, TPE received the set following approval from the Office of Rail and Road.  TPE has ordered 19 five-carriage

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Green light for TransPennine Class 802s

6th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has given authorisation for TransPennine Express to introduce Hitachi Class 802/2 bi-mode units. TPE has ordered 19 five-car trains, and the ORR approval covers operation in both five-

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Stadler 755/4 approved for use by ORR

6th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved the use by Greater Anglia (GA) of the Stadler ‘Flirt’ Class 755 four-car bi-mode multiple units.  These are the first Swiss trains to be built for

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Freight tonnage slumps to lowest point since 1996/97

27th February 2019 Sam Hewitt Freight, Network, News

BRITISH rail freight operators recorded the lowest total volume of freight lifted since 1996/97 for the period between July and September 2018. Figures compiled by the Office of Rail and Road show that although the

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Transport group criticises hikes in access charges

29th December 2018 Sam Hewitt Freight, News

Logistics lobby group the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has criticised what it believes are the ‘mixed signals’ being received by the rail freight sector from the Government and the Office of Rail and Road. While

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WSR to close for three-month ‘re-group’ after investigation

3rd December 2018 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE West Somerset Railway (WSR) has made the unprecedented decision to voluntarily close for three months from January 2 to April 1, 2019 in order to ‘re-group’ following a visit by the Office of Rail

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Vintage Trains starts work as an independent TOC

28th November 2018 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

VINTAGE Trains started work as an independent Train Operating Company (TOC) in October. The move comes after the company received its licence from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) in September. Ex-GWR ‘Hall’ 4-6-0

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Railfreight rises by 3% – but still at record low levels

22nd November 2018 Sam Hewitt Freight, News

The total amount of freight lifted rose by 2% to 19.1 million tonnes compared to 2017/18.

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