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UK nationalises Chinese-owned steel plant

Simon Walton
April 15, 2025
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Britain may have to source raw materials from Japan in order to keep its last steelworks open. That’s the situation after an extraordinary intervention by the UK Government over the weekend.

UK rail track manufacturer saved – for now

Simon Walton
April 14, 2025
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Virgin steel is needed to make rail tracks. For that, you need steel blast furnaces. On Saturday, Britain’s last remaining blast furnaces were saved by…

British rail manufacturing plant to close?

Simon Walton
April 7, 2025
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Doubts hang over the future of Scunthorpe Steel Works, the UK’s only rail manufacturing centre. The blast furnaces there are loss-making, say the owners, and…

Steel for Peel Ports Liverpool but Scunthorpe faces closure

Simon Walton
April 7, 2025
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Peel Ports Group is positioning the Port of Liverpool as a global hub for steel handling, having posted a record-breaking year for bulk imports in…

Plans unveiled for Lincolnshire – London train service

Guest authors
March 25, 2025
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Plans to be submitted by Grand Central to reinstate direct services from London to Cleethorpes via Scunthorpe and Grimsby for the first time in 33 years

Rail accessibility improvements continue across Yorkshire

Guest authors
March 22, 2025
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Dewsbury, Scunthorpe and Grimsby Town stations to receive upgrades by the end of April

Dozens of bird and bat boxes installed at Yorkshire and Lincolnshire railway stations

Guest authors
March 17, 2025
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Train operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has installed dozens of bird and bat boxes at nine of itself stations, aiming to provide additional habitats for native wildlife.

South Yorkshire railway work to disrupt travel

Guest authors
January 28, 2025
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Network Rail is advising motorists and rail passengers to allow more time for their journeys while it works on upgrading two level crossings in Doncaster next month.

Faulty railway bridge closes Lincolnshire canal to boaters

Guest authors
August 4, 2024
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The Stainforth and Keadby canal is closed to canal users because of a problem with a railway bridge across the canal at Keadby near Scunthorpe.

More ‘Secret Fare’ train tickets for TransPennine Express passengers

Guest authors
July 11, 2024
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TransPennine Express extends routes available for Secret Fare savings.