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First train in GTR’s fleet modernisation programme back in service
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The first of 270 trains in Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) new £55 million fleet modernisation programme has returned to service with a host of new features.
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Report warns ‘forensic focus’ needed to deliver Crossrail
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A “forensic focus” is required to complete Crossrail within its revised budget and timescale, an inquiry has found.
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HS2 protesters will stay in tunnels ‘for as long as it takes’
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Anti-HS2 protesters say they will stay in underground tunnels for as long as it takes even after a judge rejected a legal bid to halt efforts to evict them.
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Network Rail fined £135,000 after boy injured while trespassing on tracks
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Network Rail has been fined £135,000 after a teenager suffered serious burns in an incident on tracks in East Lothian, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
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Hitachi Rail to launch UK first long distance battery trains
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Long-distance trains will run on battery power in a UK first, manufacturer Hitachi Rail has announced.
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Digital signalling roll-out set to bring more reliable journeys
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The roll-out of digital signalling – set to improve safety and slash delays – has been accelerated through £1.2 million of new government funding announced by Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris.
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UK must ‘step up our game’ over electrification of railways
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Improvements to Britain’s railways must speed up as new figures show less than 40% of the network is electrified, the Campaign for Better Transport charity has claimed.
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Motherwell to become major Avanti West Coast calling point
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Plans have been approved for a North Lanarkshire rail station to become a major calling point for the Avanti West Coast train service.
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East Midlands Railway’s new Intercity fleet named Aurora
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East Midlands Railway’s new Intercity fleet will be known as Aurora after the name was chosen from more than 2,000 competition entries.
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Rail industry experts call for green investment post-pandemic
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A new report from leading rail industry professionals calls for the government to put rail at the heart of a green post-pandemic economic recovery.
