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Five months on: how UK’s first battery-powered trains are faring at Headbolt Lane
Headbolt Lane station's battery-powered trains (a UK first) makes it hugely significant.
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Henley-in-Arden's refurbished station officially opens (gallery)
After being left empty since the 1990s, a local community group lead the transformation of this railway building, which now includes a micro-brewery.
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Unexploded bomb to close Plymouth to Liskeard route
Emergency services will close the railway between Plymouth and Liskeard from 1400 to 1800 today to remove an unexploded wartime bomb.
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East Coast Main Line drivers closer to digital signalling training
New technology commissioned between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin, bringing digital signalling on the route a step closer.
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Five years later: SWR signalling upgrades completed
Control of signalling from Feltham and Wokingham moves to NR’s Wessex Rail Operating Centre (ROC) following equipment upgrades.
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Porterbrook takes stake in Brodie Engineering
UK rolling stock financier and asset management company takes minority stake in Kilmarnoch rail engineering business.
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Southern confirms timetable ‘shake-up’ this summer
'Up to 5000 extra seats a day' promised as operator increases service frequency on higher demand routes, but four of its service groups to be lost.
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Rail passenger growth report highlights critical need for investment
Passenger numbers could double by 2050 according to new research by consultancy, Steer for the Railway Industry Association.
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Baildon landslip: line ‘could re-open mid-March’ (gallery)
Passenger disruption will likely continue for a month as engineers stabilise weak embankment.
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Next week: work to begin on Darlington's new platforms and footbridge
Preparations to commence for Darlington station remodelling project, that will 'mark its rise as a civil service and technological powerhouse'.
