News - Page 113
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RAIB recommends competency framework after Rowlands Castle near miss
Network Rail Mobile Operations Manager (MOM) involved had not arranged protection from train movements before going on the track.
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MP urges law to protect rail staff
Sheffield MP Olivia Blake has called on Parliament to introduce a new law to protect rail staff from physical violence and verbal abuse
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Vivarail to unveil 80mph super-Class 230 at COP26
Vivarail intends to show off a new design of battery-powered zero-emission Class 230 unit at next month’s COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.
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RAIB to probe crossing collision that derailed ‘66’
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has commenced a formal investigation into the derailment of a freight train at Kisby
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More derailments without sufficient track inspections, warns RAIB
A warning that shortfalls in track inspection could be far more widespread than just those that led to a derailment at Sheffield on November 11 2020.
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Cowburn Tunnel
Engineered by the Midland Railway, construction of Cowburn Tunnel was completed in March 1893
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WMCA seeks funds for green schemes and Metro extension
Bids for up to £2 billion worth of transport investment have been made by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).
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NIC counsels funding changes
A “fundamental shift in funding to local level” is needed to help level up English towns, according to a report by the National Infrastructure Commission.
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Coronavirus delay to Wrexham ‘230s’
The long-awaited introduction of Class 230 D-Trains on the Wrexham-Bidston line has been delayed until May 2022.
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Rail freight bounces back to pre-COVID levels despite performance drop
The amount of freight moved across Britain has returned to pre-pandemic levels, reports the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
