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Britain’s most bashed bridge is at Hinckley
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A 15ft high railway bridge across one of Britain’s main trunk roads has been revealed by Network Rail as the structure most hit by HGVs.
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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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UK railway news round-up
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A new national COVID-19 lockdown running from November 5 to December 2 has had another damning effect on the UK rail scene.
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Network Rail sets world-first targets to combat global warming
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Network Rail has announced a major step forward in tackling climate change by becoming the first railway company in the world to set the most ambitious Science-Based Targets to limit global warming.
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Hull Trains suspends services for second time due to COVID-19
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Hull Trains is suspending its daily services to London for the second time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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RMT union leader Mick Cash retires after ‘campaign of harassment’
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The leader of the biggest rail workers’ union has announced his retirement, blaming a “campaign of harassment” against him by factional groups within the union.
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Railway line reopens after fatal derailment near Stonehaven
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The railway line between Aberdeen and Dundee has reopened almost three months after a crash near Stonehaven which claimed three lives.
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Mayor claims victory in ‘killing off’ proposals in £1.8bn TfL bailout
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Sadiq Khan claims he succeeded in “killing off the very worst Government proposals” as Transport for London (TfL) secured a £1.8 billion bailout.
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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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Heritage lines hit by second national lockdown
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The announcement of a second national coronavirus lockdown by Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hit English heritage railways for a second time this year. The lockdown runs from November 5 to December 2.
