The Railway Magazine
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Bespoke footbridge for South Downs park site
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A UNIQUE new footbridge has been designed to provide safer access across the railway at Tide Mills, near Seaford, in the South Downs National Park. Planning permission has been granted for the bespoke design, which is intended to blend with the local landscape and the old village of Tide Mills. Once funding has been secured,…
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Strong growth for rail in city regions ‘bucks trend’
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RAIL travel continues to grow rapidly in the UK’s urban centres. This increase is bucking the trend for reduced commuting that has seen car use and bus patronage fall in recent years, according to a new report by the Urban Transport Group (UTG). Regional rail, which includes most train services in major metropolitan areas, has…
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Art project lights up Cannon Street bridge
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A £45MILLION project to illuminate 15 bridges over the River Thames in central London is underway, with four of the city’s most famous crossings now completed. Network Rail’s Cannon Street bridge is one of the initial quartet featuring multi-coloured lighting, as the result of a collaboration between London-based and international creative artists and around 50…
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Long-term rail plan for Sheffield region unveiled
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SHEFFIELD City Region has revealed its long-term plan to increase rail travel over the coming years. The Rail Plan is designed to take advantage of the planned north and south connections to HS2 Phase 2b and the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) scheme. It envisages a new station at Goldthorpe, linking Barnsley and the Dearne…
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NR annual report highlights delivery successes – but debt grows again
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NEW and expanded stations, electrification schemes and capacity for an additional 3,000 trains a week are all highlighted as successes in Network Rail’s 2018/19 annual report. The year to March 31, 2019, saw £7billion invested in targeted improvements to the British rail network, and although many of those were delayed, the benefits of various major…
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New canopy for Dore and Totley after long campaign
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A NEW canopy is now in use at the station in the south-west suburbs of Sheffield. This follows a long campaign by the Friends of Dore and Totley Station. Dore and Totley is served by Hope Valley line trains and is popular with commuters to Sheffield and Manchester. Campaigners are now seeking more improvements, including…
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Victa Peak Forest ‘super shunters’ bow out – but new hoppers come on stream
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REPORTS suggest Victa Railfreight has replaced its hired Class 56 ‘super shunters’ at Peak Forest in Derbyshire with Class 66s. Privately owned Colas and latterly UK Rail Leasing ‘56s’ have been used over the last couple of years, but slow speed operation and excessive idling have led to numerous failures, and their replacement with more…
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Maritime launches two new London Gateway trains
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SHIPPING company Maritime Transport has launched two new dedicated trains from DP World London Gateway, near Thurrock, to Trafford Park and Wakefield. The daily train pairs are the fifth and sixth UK intermodal services to start since the company launched its partnership with DB Cargo UK in April. They have been running since June…
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‘Jumbo Train’ success for Freightliner Class 70
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FREIGHTLINER’S trial run of a Mendip Rail ‘jumbo train’ using a Class 70 diesel has been hailed as an outstanding success by the operators. No. 70003 hauled a train weighing 4,624 tonnes between Merehead Quarry in Somerset and Acton Yard in West London on July 17. These trains are currently the heaviest in the UK and…
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Delay to Birmingham’s eastern £137m extension
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GOVERNMENT approval for the West Midlands Metro’s £137million Eastside extension to Digbeth, which would serve the proposed HS2 station at Curzon Street, is being delayed by uncertainty over the high-speed rail project. The extended tramline, which would connect Curzon Street with New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill stations, may not now open until 2026…
