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“The current line between Italy and France is dead, we need the Turin-Lyon”

Marco Raimondi
September 5, 2025
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Last month’s Implementing Decision for the Turin-Lyon project sparked further discussion on the mastodontic cross-border initiative. Despite some doubts persisting, Paolo Foietta, President of the…

Dualling: The A9 or Highland Mainline?

Simon Walton
September 5, 2025
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Scotland wants to see a radical modal shift to rail freight. Yet, there’s a blocked artery that cries out for investment to help make that…

Dualling: The A9 or Highland Mainline?

Simon Walton
September 5, 2025
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Scotland wants to see a radical modal shift to rail freight. Yet, there’s a blocked artery that cries out for investment to help make that…

LNER to make biggest timetable change in a decade

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September 5, 2025
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LNER has announced its largest timetable change in over a decade, promising more trains, more seats and faster journeys from December.

London trains to be affected by track work

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September 5, 2025
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On the 20th September, journeys on the Midland Main Line will be affected while 565 metres of new rail is installed.

All trains at new Cambridgeshire station will stop there from day one

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September 5, 2025
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Network Rail is promising that when Cambridge South station opens early next year, all services will stop at the new station from day one.

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Electro-Wind Ltd manufactures bespoke transformer for Hinkley Point C nuclear power project

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September 5, 2025
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Electro-Wind Ltd, designer and manufacturer of transformers and electrical equipment for numerous industries including rail, has announced the design, manufacture, and delivery of a custom-built 500kVA 3PH 415V/690V transformer for the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. Working in partnership with leading a electrical wholesaler, Electro-Wind was entrusted with supplying a highly robust […]

Upgrades to Newquay station are authorised

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September 5, 2025
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has authorised significant upgrades to Newquay station in Cornwall. The station’s second platform has been reintroduced, and the project is part of a wider scheme to allow coast-to-coast services to operate, including the introduction of a new train passing loop at Goss Moor, and the upgrading or removal […]

Branch Line Society to visit unusual East Sussex garden railway

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September 5, 2025
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On 12th September, the Branch Line Society is visiting a delightful garden railway in Willingdon, East Sussex.

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Clarity needed on rail improvements says RIA

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September 5, 2025
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New data released by HM Treasury (HMT) has revealed an underspend of £3.2 billion on infrastructure and construction projects in the financial year 2024-25. The figures show the schemes being developed by the Department for Transport (DfT) recorded an underspend of £264 million from a baseline budget of £6.8 billion across all the different categories […]