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Advice for rail passengers to only travel if absolutely necessary in weather warning areas extended

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June 25, 2026
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Request for rail passengers to only travel if absolutely necessary as Met Office weather warning is extended into Friday 26 June. Rail users have already been urged to only make necessary journeys on Wednesday 24 June and Thursday 25 June, to, from or within the current red weather warning zone for extreme heat in parts […]

Work starts on constructing platforms at HS2 station in Birmingham

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June 25, 2026
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Work has started on the construction of an enormous deck that will help support the platforms at the new Curzon Street station for HS2 in Birmingham.

Lancashire train involved in fatal collision as emergency services attend scene

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June 25, 2026
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Sadly, a Lancashire train has been involved in a fatal collision this morning near Bamber Bridge. The 07:51 from Colne to Preston has hit a…

Pissier restores rail freight from Ormes after decade-long gap

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June 25, 2026
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The train carried corn to Montauban-de-Bretagne in western France for Sanders, returning rail freight activity to the site after more than 10 years.

Pissier restores rail freight from Ormes after decade-long gap

gobstopper
June 25, 2026
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The train carried corn to Montauban-de-Bretagne in western France for Sanders, returning rail freight activity to the site after more than 10 years.

Pissier restores rail freight from Ormes after decade-long gap

gobstopper
June 25, 2026
0

The train carried corn to Montauban-de-Bretagne in western France for Sanders, returning rail freight activity to the site after more than 10 years.

Pissier restores rail freight from Ormes after decade-long gap

gobstopper
June 25, 2026
0

The train carried corn to Montauban-de-Bretagne in western France for Sanders, returning rail freight activity to the site after more than 10 years.

Unlike Germany, Sweden only takes two months to renovate its main railway

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June 25, 2026
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Sweden has embarked on a major railway renovation project. Works are now taking place on a large part of the Western Main Line, which runs…

Unlike Germany, Sweden only takes two months to renovate its main railway

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June 25, 2026
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Sweden has embarked on a major railway renovation project. Works are now taking place on a large part of the Western Main Line, which runs…

Communities invited to celebrate their new railway stations as passenger numbers revealed

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June 25, 2026
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More than 130,000 passengers have already used the new stations on the Camp Hill line since opening their doors to the public in April new figures have revealed. And almost 42,000 trips have been taken through Willenhall and Darlaston Stations in the three months since opening. For the first time in decades residents and businesses […]