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Passengers advised of service changes ahead of extensive engineering work

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September 30, 2025
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A wide range of rail improvement projects will affect passenger journeys on three consecutive weekends. Network Rail is carrying out engineering work at various sites, closing some lines and meaning changes to rail services. The work being carried out while lines are closed includes: Other work taking place includes a £125,000 investment in Nether Poppleton […]

M6 reopens early after weekend HS2 viaduct slide

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September 30, 2025
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Engineers working for the HS2 project have reopened the M6 ahead of schedule after sliding part of a huge new viaduct across the busy motorway. Over the weekend, the 230-metre long East Deck was moved into position over the M6 during a planned closure of the northbound and southbound carriageways near Birmingham Airport. For the […]

New tunnel between France and Spain “perfectly feasible”

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September 30, 2025
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A new rail tunnel between France and Spain would be a “perfectly feasible” endeavour, according to Spanish rail association Corredores.eu. It estimates that a tunnel…

Rijeka-Zagreb future railway gets final environmental approval

Marco Raimondi
September 30, 2025
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The future railway line between Croatia’s biggest port in Rijeka and the country’s capital Zagreb, is one step closer to realisation. The last environmental approval,…

Tarmac opens new rail depot in Rugby

Simon Walton
September 30, 2025
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Tarmac, the aggregates and building materials specialist, has officially opened a new rail depot at Hunters Lane in Rugby. It’s transformed a previously disused siding…

Freight in the North fraught for British Prime Minister

Simon Walton
September 29, 2025
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The future of rail freight in the North of England should be a top priority for the government. That proposal hasn’t been raised at the…

No step-free access at Staffordshire railway station for next two weeks

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September 26, 2025
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For approximately two weeks from 29th September, there will be limited step-free access between the platforms at Stoke-on-Trent railway station.

Brittany Ferries to benefit from 15,4 million euro tunnel upgrades

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September 26, 2025
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Structural work to four tunnels on the line between Poitiers and Bordeaux, in western France, will allow the passage of Brittany Ferries’ recently-launched Cherbourg-Bayonne rail…

Urgent digital migration could save UK services billions

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September 26, 2025
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Migrating the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) from ageing analogue networks to modern digital services could generate a net economic benefit of over £3 billion by 2040. A study – conducted by Assembly Research and released today by BT…

HS2 launches new Innovation Accelerator

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September 25, 2025
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HS2 Ltd is planning to work with “some of the country’s most innovative tech specialists” in its efforts to get the high-speed railway project back on track.