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Ports, rail firms and logistics players collaborate to drive French rail freight

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April 18, 2025
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Speaking before a Senate committee last year on the state of rail freight in France, Matthieu Chabanel, the head of the country’s rail infrastructure manager,…

First re-liveried Southeastern Class 376 enters service

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April 18, 2025
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Train operator Southeastern has released into service the first of its Class 376 Electrostar trains that are being refurbished.

American railroads not running scared

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April 18, 2025
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The freight-centric American railroad industry is sanguine about tariffs. The threat of disruption has not yet put up a red signal on investment. The Association…

Zero-emission shunting in the Dutch Port of Moerdijk

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April 18, 2025
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The Dutch Port of Moerdijk is getting a state-sponsored zero-emission shunting pilot. The port says that it has the ambition to develop a net emission-free…

Report released after 100mph train in Bedfordshire narrowly misses hitting worker

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April 18, 2025
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into the near miss of a track worker at Chiltern Green in Bedfordshire.

Funding uncertainty interrupts major crucial rail projects in Germany

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April 17, 2025
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Deutsche Bahn (DB) is putting various highly important rail construction projects on hold. That is according to German publication Der Tagesspiegel, which got its hands…

500th apprentice joins HS2 construction partner

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April 17, 2025
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Balfour Beatty VINCI, one of the contractors constructing HS2, has just taken on its 500th apprentice as part of the project.

Vale of Rheidol Railway gifts steam locomotive to fellow Welsh railway

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April 17, 2025
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The Vale of Rheidol has gifted 0-6-2T Conqueror to the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.

RAIB Report: Track worker near miss at Chiltern Green

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April 17, 2025
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RAIB has today released its report into a track worker near miss at Chiltern Green, between Harpenden and Luton, 23 April 2024. Summary At about 09:53 on 23 April 2024, a train travelling at 104 mph (167 km/h) came very close to striking a track worker who was crossing an underbridge at Chiltern Green, between Harpenden […]

Network Rail Scotland release warning to drivers about the dangers of misusing private level crossings

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April 17, 2025
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Multiple cases of misusing a private level crossing have prompted Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police to issue a safety message.