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Blocked train sanders found as RAIB release interim report into fatal Mid-Wales train crash

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April 30, 2025
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released an interim report into the crash between two Transport for Wales Class 158 trains in Mid-Wales. The accident…

Rotterdam port blockers will also move to other transport modes, but ‘rail is not off the hook’

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April 30, 2025
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Dutch climate and human rights activists have shaken up the Port of Rotterdam. In the past month, they have blocked the port railway five times.…

Network Rail signs new deal to keep tracks clear in autumn and winter

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April 30, 2025
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A new five-year deal has been signed to run Network Rail’s fleet of autumn and winter treatment trains, keeping tracks clear and passengers and freight on time. The c£850 million contract covers weedkilling, leaf-blasting, anti-ice, and snow ploughing trains, with optional three yearly extensions on the table. The services will begin from August 2025 and […]

‘ERTMS implementation costs have doubled between 2018 and 2022’

Marco Raimondi
April 30, 2025
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The deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) keeps being a problem for many of the stakeholders involved. A recent study has shown…

Yorkshire railway purchases steam locomotive

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April 30, 2025
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Hunslet 0-4-0T No. 1684 has been purchased by the Middleton Railway in Leeds.

Will France fund rail infrastructure upgrades with road tolls money?

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April 30, 2025
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France’s transport minister Philippe Tabarot pledged support to redirect the proceeds from the country’s network of toll motorways to rail with the aim of modernising…

Northampton terminal goes online as freighter goes offline

Simon Walton
April 30, 2025
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Over an Easter possession, strategic infrastructure developers SEGRO connected up their dramatic Logistics Park Northampton, enabling freight trains to access the site ahead of the…

Sofia gets ready to handle trains of 740 metres

Marco Raimondi
April 30, 2025
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The village of Voluyak, northwest of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, is on par to become a new rail freight hub for connectivity throughout the Balkans.…

Airport Rail to throttle train services in $15bn Metro Tunnel

Bardy Bigglesworth
April 30, 2025
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New track diagrams show rail lines from Melbourne’s west are likely to have to limit services running through the $15 billion Metro Tunnel once it opens.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Annouce Final Visiting Locomotives For Gala

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April 30, 2025
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) have announced their final three visiting steam locomotives for their upcoming Gala.