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Channel Tunnel freight traffic down, customs handling upwards

Simon Walton
April 24, 2024
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Fewer freight trucks used the Channel Tunnel in the first quarter of 2024. The LeShuttle Freight trains carried just under 302,000 trucks between the turn of the year and the end of March. Last year (2023), the figure was just below 322,000, representing a six per cent fall, according to Getlink. Getlink has also announced…

Network Rail Scotland and Netball Scotland announce three-year partnership

April 24, 2024
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Network Rail Scotland and Netball Scotland have extended their education partnership to spread vital rail safety messages to young people across Scotland. This a timely […]

New footbridge opens over Midland Main Line in Leicestershire as electrification project continues

April 24, 2024
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A new footbridge over the railway line in Kibworth has opened which will allow Network Rail engineers to continue to electrify the Midland Main Line.

Passengers travelling between London Euston and Scotland urged to ‘check before you travel’ this early May bank holiday weekend

April 24, 2024
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Passengers travelling between London Euston and Scotland over the early May bank holiday are being urged to check before they travel ahead of the long […]

Passengers travelling to and from London Euston urged to ‘check before you travel’ this Early May Bank Holiday

April 24, 2024
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London Euston station will be closed to all but London Overground services on Sunday 5 May for essential railway improvements over the Early May Bank […]

Leighton Buzzard Railway announces a diesel gala with a hint of steam!

April 24, 2024
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Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway’s upcoming Diesel Gala next month will also feature a hint of steam. The Bedfordshire-based railway will showcase its impressive collections […]

Multinational effort supports rail ops at Celsa Steel Cardiff

Simon Walton
April 23, 2024
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A Spanish steel company with a production facility in Wales, supported by a British Rail freight company, running Italian locomotives. It’s like Brexit never happened. Nevertheless, the rail services provided by GB Railfreight keep manufacturing moving at the Celsa steelworks in Cardiff. Now, just like their hi-tech furnaces, rail operations are modernising too. Rolling stock…

Volunteers heartbroken at heritage railway break-in

gobstopper
April 23, 2024
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A theft of rare lamps and other historical items from a heritage railway station has left volunteers “heartbroken”, the organisation has said.

Railway reopened exactly one month after train derailment in Grange-over-Sands

April 23, 2024
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Rail passengers are being thanked for their patience after a train derailed in Grange-over-Sands on Friday 22 March 2024.

Airdrie – Bathgate line to remain closed at Caldercruix as engineers repair sinkhole damage

April 23, 2024
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The sinkhole was discovered by track engineers on 21 April and the line has been closed to allow investigation work to be undertaken.