News - Page 27
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HS2 Bromford Tunnel reaches halfway mark
Work on HS2’s Bromford Tunnel in East Birmingham has reached a major milestone, with the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) reaching the halfway point of the 3.5-mile-long twin-bore tunnel.
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UK's first Intercity battery train hits the tracks
Main line tests have started on the nation's first intercity battery train. The class 802 bi-mode unit has seen one of its engines replaced and retrofitted with batteries, a first for the UK rail network.
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More Class 90s are broken up
The latest former DB Cargo Class 90s to be scrapped by Sandbach Dismantlers at Middlewich are 90023 followed by 90032.
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SELRAP woos new MP supporters
Campaigners trying to break the deadlock in their bid to reopen the 12-mile Skipton-Colne link will be forging links with new MPs.
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Lord Hendy accused of threatening company over Euston criticism
New rail minister Lord Peter Hendy is facing growing calls to answer questions about his role in the dismissal of engineer Gareth Dennis from engineering company SYSTRA.
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Further backing for Shropshire rail line improvements
A new report by Midlands Connect has revealed overwhelming support from Shropshire-based businesses and organisations for plans to upgrade the rail line between Shrewsbury, Telford, the Black Country, and Birmingham.
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Opinion
Opinion: Who will pay for the drivers' pay deal?
The government is walking a financial tightrope, says Howard Johnston.
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Dublin commuter station opens 15 years late
Trains are now stopping at Kishoge station on Dublin’s South Western Commuter line, 15 years after it was completed in 2009.
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Two-sided livery shows true colours for restored ‘90’
The only Class 90 that can so far be regarded as preserved, last-built 90050, has been repainted in a clever ‘dual’ livery.
