{"id":11986,"date":"2024-02-16T22:37:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=11986"},"modified":"2024-02-16T22:37:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T12:37:27","slug":"in-the-news-16th-february-2024-latest-rail-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=11986","title":{"rendered":"In The News | 16th February 2024 | Latest Rail News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Click here to listen to the latest rail news on Friday, 16th February 2024.<\/h2>\n<p>InTheNews: The latest rail news on Friday 16th February 2024<\/p>\n<p>Planned strikes next week by\u00a0London Overground\u00a0workers have been called off after a pay offer was improved.<\/p>\n<p>An article on the Mail Online says RMT\u00a0members working for Arriva Rail\u00a0London\u00a0on the London Overground were due to strike on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>They will now vote on the new pay offer next week, the RMT has announced.<\/p>\n<p>A trail blazing seaside railway, a brand-new steam locomotive and a whole fleet of historic coal wagons were among the big winners at the\u00a0Heritage Railway Association\u00a0(HRA) Annual Awards 2024, sponsored by Inspire Structures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Volks Electric Railway has beaten stiff competition to be named \u2018Railway of the Year\u2019 at the biggest awards event in heritage rail on February 10.<\/p>\n<p>Judges were impressed by the authenticity, attention to detail and dedication to the unique history of Brighton\u2019s seafront line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.railbusinessdaily.com\/electric-pioneer-triumphs-in-hra-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A full list of the winners can be found on the Rail Business Daily website.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The relocation of a railway station has been delayed for a second time and will open 12 months behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>An article on the BBC website says the new Waterbeach Station, in Cambridgeshire was expected to open in 2025 to allow for housing development.<\/p>\n<p>A new station was required before 4,500 new homes could be built as part of Waterbeach New Town.<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) said it was aiming to submit a full design package to Network Rail by the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>A narrow gauge locomotive is set to return to steam as a new agreement is signed at the\u00a0Statfold Barn Railway.<\/p>\n<p>An article on the Rail Advent website says Black Hawthorn 0-4-0ST Portugesa has moved to the\u00a0Staffordshire\u00a0railway, where a full restoration will be continued after a previously stalled overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>The 30 year deal has been signed between the Hawthorn Engine and Carriage Trust which owns Portugesa (later named Escucha) and the Statfold Narrow Gauge Museum Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: HRA<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to the latest rail news on Friday, 16th February 2024. InTheNews: The latest rail news on Friday 16th February 2024 Planned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[7,11],"class_list":["post-11986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-news","tag-transport","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}