Francis Bourgeois Network Porterbrook Rail News The Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre Warwickshire Britain’s first electrified testing loop officially opened Guest authors June 5, 2026 0 Porterbrook has opened the UK’s first electrified loop of railway track designed specifically for testing railway vehicles.
Disruption HS2 Network Rail News video Warwickshire Water Orton West Midlands YouTube M6 and M42 motorway closures confirmed for HS2 work until November Guest authors May 19, 2026 0 Work due to start in June to construct viaducts over the M6 and M42 in the West Midlands will require occasional closures of the motorways.
Great Western Railway New Build Steam Rail News The 4709 Group Tyseley Warwickshire Steam locomotive 4709 – update released Guest authors April 17, 2026 0 A pair of vacuum reservoir tanks and the front and rear drawhooks have been ordered for the project to construct new-build 2-8-0 No. 4709.
Charity Cycle HS2 Infrastructure Network Rail News Warwickshire Installation of new cycle bridge over HS2 starts in Warwickshire Guest authors April 15, 2026 0 Work has started on installation of a new cycle bridge in Warwickshire, where National Cycle Route 41 crosses the new HS2 high-speed railway line.
HS2 Infrastructure Rail News Warwickshire Warwickshire railway viaduct slid into place Guest authors March 12, 2026 0 Engineers have completed the launch of a bridge deck weighing 1,620 tonnes over the Grand Union Canal at Longhole near Ufton in Warwickshire.
Buckinghamshire Cheshire Class 730 Crewe London Euston London Northwestern Railway Milton Keynes Network Nuneaton Rail News Staffordshire Warwickshire West Coast Main Line Working on the railway A dream comes true for ten young railway enthusiasts Guest authors February 15, 2026 0 A dream came for ten young railway enthusiasts when London Northwestern Railway (LNR)gave them the chance to become guards for day.
Birmingham Birmingham Curzon Street HS2 News Rail News Warwickshire West Coast Main Line Milestone reached for HS2’s Warwickshire viaducts Guest authors February 12, 2026 0 HS2 has successfully finished building four parallel viaduct decks on a complex triangular intersection located to the east of Birmingham.
Bletchley Buckinghamshire Kilmarnock London Northwestern Railway Porterbrook Rail News Rolling Stock Scotland The Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre Warwickshire Porterbrook secures funding to refinance public bond Guest authors December 14, 2025 0 Leasing company Porterbrook has signed a Private Placement of approximately £300m to refinance a bond due to mature in October 2026.
Coventry HS2 Infrastructure Leamington Spa Rail News Rugby Warwickshire HS2 opens Warwickshire cycle and road bridges Guest authors October 25, 2025 0 High-speed railway HS2 has opened two bridges near Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, which carry a local road and a long-distance cycle track across the new railway.
Gloucester Gloucestershire Long Service Award Rail News Railway 200 standard gauge Toddington Warwickshire Winchcombe Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Celebrates Railway 200 This September Guest authors September 18, 2025 0 On the 27th and 28th of September, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) is celebrating Railway 200.