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More than 1,000 actions for improvement identified on struggling rail route

February 27, 2024
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More than 1,000 areas for improvement have been identified on a major rail line plagued by faults. Network Rail said it will carry out work […]

Machine digging HS2’s longest tunnel breaks through

February 27, 2024
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The machine digging the 10-mile tunnel under the Chiltern Hills broke through on Tuesday. Aaron Chown/PA Wire The machine digging the 10-mile tunnel under the […]

Wow: Delta Air Lines & Virgin Atlantic Have Record US-London Heathrow Flights This Summer

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February 27, 2024
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Departures are 6% above the previous record.

Network Rail completes major engineering work at UK’s only sliding bridge

February 27, 2024
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Network Rail engineers have completed a mammoth nine-day programme of engineering work at the UK’s only sliding canal bridge in Keadby, near Scunthorpe.

£11.2m enhancement work completes at Dunblane station

February 27, 2024
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Network Rail has completed works as part of an £11.2m investment at Dunblane station that will improve train performance and reliability on the wider route.

Network Rail holds security awareness event at Bristol Temple Meads

February 27, 2024
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Network Rail is holding a security awareness day at Bristol Temple Meads on Tuesday 27 February where passengers will be able to learn about how […]

Network Rail Property and Bloc announce strategic partnership with Citra Living

February 27, 2024
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A unique partnership between blocwork, a Network Rail and bloc group joint venture, and Citra Living, has been agreed that plans to build over 2,000 […]

TRU extends thanks to passengers after five days of major upgrades

February 27, 2024
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From Monday 19 to Friday 23 February, engineers on the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) worked around the clock in Morley and Dewsbury to complete key […]

PM sets out £4.7bn ‘local transport fund’ plans for redirected HS2 funds

February 26, 2024
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Rishi Sunak has set plans for how transport funding redirected from the Government’s axed HS2 plans will be shared across regional councils as he holds […]

Great British Railways prepares for freight growth target

Simon Walton
February 26, 2024
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The UK Government freight growth target, aimed at almost doubling overall volume by 2050, will help unlock demand to move more goods by rail. That’s the view of the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT), the management already in place to oversee the move from the existing infrastructure agency, Network Rail, to a new overarching […]