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Steelpaint coating promises faster steel protection for rail

Simon Walton
September 8, 2025
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A newly certified protective coating system from German manufacturer Steelpaint GmbH is making waves in the UK rail sector after winning Network Rail approval. The…

Road and rail closure to affect London commuters this month

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September 5, 2025
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At the end of October, train services between Clapham Junction, Willesden, and Watford Junction will be disrupted due to Network Rail engineering work.

Kent heritage railway hosts demonstration of innovative track maintenance solutions

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September 5, 2025
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The Kent & East Sussex Railway is collaborating in trials of game-changing solutions for the maintenance of the national rail network.

“The current line between Italy and France is dead, we need the Turin-Lyon”

Marco Raimondi
September 5, 2025
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Last month’s Implementing Decision for the Turin-Lyon project sparked further discussion on the mastodontic cross-border initiative. Despite some doubts persisting, Paolo Foietta, President of the…

“We are the victims of subpar infrastructure” says Norwegian rail challenger

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September 4, 2025
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The Norwegian Rauma Line is closed for traffic. The reason for the closure is a landslide, so not much could have been done to prevent…

Train services to be disrupted in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk

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September 4, 2025
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From October to mid-November, train services through parts of north Cambridgeshire and Norfolk will be liable to disruption.

All locomotives delivered for Zaragoza–Algeciras rail highway

Marco Raimondi
September 3, 2025
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Rail & Truck, the company in charge of the future rail highway service between Algeciras and Zaragoza, received the last of the seven locomotives it…

Norway to increase capacity to Narvik for military mobility

Marco Raimondi
September 3, 2025
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The Ofot Line connects the Norwegian port of Narvik with the Swedish Iron Ore Line. The line is now being upgraded to accommodate longer and…

Investment in new rail to boost track reliability in East Midlands

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September 3, 2025
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A project to install 565 metres of new rail will affect Midland Main Line journeys on Saturday 20 September. Services between Nottingham and Leicester will be affected, along with some Midland Main Line journeys to/from London St Pancras. Network Rail teams will be putting down 109 pre-curved rails at Syston North Curve, along with 3,500 […]

Network Rail and WSP partner on flooding and coastal erosion

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September 2, 2025
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Network Rail and supplier WSP are working together to create a framework to improve the railway’s readiness for – and resistance to – potential floods and coastal erosion. Climate change has led to an increase in disruption from extreme weather over the last five years, with the worst year for flooding – 2023/24 – seeing […]