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Iron Ore Line to fully reopen this week after derailment

Marco Raimondi
March 5, 2024
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Traffic along the Iron Ore Line should fully restart on Thursday, 7 March, after a train derailed near Vassijaure, not far from the Sweden-Norway border, on 24 February. The particularity of this derailment is that it took place only four days after an adjacent section of the Line was reopened following another derailment in the […]

Network Rail finishes repair work on landslip between Rainham and Sittingbourne

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March 4, 2024
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Network Rail has completed emergency repairs allowing the railway line to reopen between Rainham and Sittingbourne following a landslip

£100m investment by Siemens for new Wiltshire facility

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March 4, 2024
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Siemens has announced that it is to invest £100m in a new facility in Chippenham, Wiltshire.

West Yorkshire trains to be disrupted as upgrade work takes place

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March 3, 2024
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Transpennine Route Upgrade engineering works will severely disrupt services between Manchester and York on most weekends until the end of April.

Russia, China and Kazakhstan eye new transport hub near Moscow

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March 1, 2024
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Russia, China and Kazakhstan want to build a new transport hub near Moscow and develop a direct transport link between Chinese city Xi’an and Moscow. Russian firm Slavtrans, the Chinese company Xi’an Free Trade Port Construction and Operation and Kazakh Railways have signed a memorandum of understanding that envisions these ideas. In order to further […]

ASIO chief warns of critical infrastructure sabotage threat

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March 1, 2024
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Mike Burgess, Director General of Security at Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), has raised concerns over the potential for sabotage targeting critical infrastructure. Speaking at ASIO’s annual threat assessment, Burgess…

Pictures showcase new Yorkshire railway station

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March 1, 2024
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Network Rail has released images d showing what a new multimillion pound station at Haxby in York will look like.

Reminder issued as work continues at Scottish station

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February 29, 2024
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Passengers reminded by Network Rail that 129 parking spaces will be temporarily out of action from Monday the 4th of March

Vodafone UK completes 3G shutdown to enhance 4G/5G services

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February 28, 2024
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Vodafone UK has followed EE’s announcement this week by officially shutting down its 3G mobile network nationwide. This transition allows for the repurposing of related radio frequencies to bolster the faster 4G and 5G services. While Vodafone cl…

Judge puts St Albans freight terminal back in doubt

Simon Walton
February 28, 2024
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Plans for a strategically important rail freight terminal attached to an extensive logistics park near St Albans are in flux once again. A UK judge has ruled that a challenge to the sale of land for the development can be heard in court later this year. Campaigners against the proposals have hailed this as a […]