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Haropa Port and SNCF Réseau team up to promote rail freight

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April 11, 2025
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Haropa Port, the public authority managing the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, has teamed up with SNCF Réseau, France’s rail infrastructure manager, to…

Major engineering work across the south coast to impact services in Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth during the Easter holidays

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April 11, 2025
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Rail passengers are being advised to plan their journeys in advance over Easter as Network Rail delivers an £86m investment programme consisting of more than 300 upgrade projects across the country. Across the Wessex route, train services along the south coast in Hampshire, notably between Southampton and Portsmouth, will be amended between 12 and 20 […]

Watch: Immersive experience unveiled in Edinburgh to teach children about rail safety

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April 11, 2025
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Network Rail has unveild a new, interactive experience to promote railway safety to children from Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Dutch climate activists target… the rails?

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April 11, 2025
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Rail freight all around Europe is struggling to stay afloat financially. A real shame, because it has so much to offer for emission reductions in…

Česká Třebová works improve passenger traffic at the expense of freight

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April 11, 2025
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A long overdue infrastructure upgrade project in Czechia started at the turn of the year. The critical rail junction Česká Třebová will undergo five years…

‘Royal Oak’ to visit Kent & East Sussex Railway for Summer Diesel Gala

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April 11, 2025
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The Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) has announced the first guest locomotive for its three-day Summer Diesel Gala in July.

Alstom seeks workers for train build

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April 11, 2025
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ALSTOM Ballarat is preparing to become a final assembly and testing factory for twenty-five of Melbourne’s new X’Trapolis 2.0 trains. Minister for Public Transport Ben […]

West Midlands heritage railway to progress restructure plans

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April 10, 2025
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The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) in the West Midlands has confirmed that it will proceed with ‘One Railway’, the organisational restructure that it announced in December 2024.

Arrow train to return to West Ireland for first time in 20 years

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April 10, 2025
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On 5th April, an Irish Rail 2600 Class adorned in an “Arrow” livery made a first appearance at Galway in the far west of Ireland over 20 years.

Telent Secures First CP7 Telecoms-Only Framework to Enhance Rail Reliability in Western and Wales

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April 10, 2025
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As part of Network Rail’s five-year planning and funding cycle, Control Period 7 (CP7), Telent has been appointed to deliver a telecoms renewal programme throughout the Wales and Western Region, which spans London to Penzance, Bristol, the Cotswolds and the whole of Wales. This first telecoms-only framework to be awarded in CP7, will see Telent, […]