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New design of modular bridge being installed at Suffolk station

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December 9, 2024
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A new footbridge being installed at Stowmarket station is the first ‘AVA’ bridge in the UK, which is modular and cheaper and quicker to construct.

Are UK railways ready for more storms?

Simon Walton
December 9, 2024
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Named storms come with such frequency that the weekend hit of Storm Darragh may well be followed by Storm Zachariah before Winter is out. This…

New Class 99 locomotives to use vegetable oil

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December 9, 2024
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GB Railfreight has today announced that its new Stadler-built Class 99 locomotives will run off electricity or renewable fuels such as HVO, or Hydrotreated Vegetable…

SNCF deal with labour unions might reduce impact of strikes in France

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December 9, 2024
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A recent agreement between SNCF’s management and the four French state railway’s labour unions might significantly decrease the impact of the general strike called for…

How To Return Trains To Horsham

Bardy Bigglesworth
December 9, 2024
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Momentum is really starting to build on this again, and I suspect we’ll see some of service returned within the next 5-10 years.

Russian state-owned bank VTB sold Freight One, buyer remains unknown

Marco Raimondi
December 9, 2024
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Three months after the acquisition Freight One, Russia’s largest rail freight operator, state-owned bank VTB has sold it to an undisclosed buyer. The deal is…

Important rail freight arteries to reopen in Austria and Germany

Marco Raimondi
December 9, 2024
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The Neue Weststrecke in Austria, between Vienna and St.Polten, and the German Riedbahn, between Frankfurt/Main and Mannheim, will both reopen on Sunday 15 December. The…

Book Review: Class 37 locomotives in Scotland by Colin J. Howat

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December 9, 2024
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This book shows Class 37s around the length and breadth of Scotland working on passenger and freight trains and at rest in maintenance depots.

Milan gets two new rail freight services

Marco Raimondi
December 9, 2024
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Two new rail freight services were launched to intermodal hubs near Milan, in northern Italy. One connects the Maddaloni- Marcianise terminal, north of Naples, to…

Various Welsh railway lines remain closed after Storm Darragh

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December 9, 2024
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Transport for Wales is urging passengers to check before travelling, as a number of lines remain suspended after Storm Darragh. No Transport for Wales service…