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The scheme to reopen the Northumberland line between Ashington and Newcastle is already benefitting from SPEED.
Infrastructure

DoT launches scheme to SPEED up delivery of rail projects

28 February 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on DoT launches scheme to SPEED up delivery of rail projects

The Department of Transport has launched a project aimed at halving the time and reducing costs of delivering rail infrastructure projects across the UK. Project SPEED was unveiled by rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris who said: […]

HVO Powered DB Cargo UK class 60.
Freight Rail

DB Cargo & TATA Steel collaborate on HVO

22 February 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on DB Cargo & TATA Steel collaborate on HVO

DB Cargo UK and TATA Steel have successfully carried out trials of a class 60 locomotive operated using 100% renewable Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The locomotive was used to pull 2500tonnes of steel from Tata […]

EMR 43102 Swallow
Locomotives

HST to be retired in iconic Intercity colours

18 February 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on HST to be retired in iconic Intercity colours

East Midlands Railway (EMR) is honouring its High-Speed Train (HST) usage by repainting one of the types into the iconic Intercity Livery. Power car 43302 has returned to its Intercity Swallow colours ahead of its […]

London Luton Airport welcomes new rail service
News

EMR to introduce half-hourly service to London Luton

17 February 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on EMR to introduce half-hourly service to London Luton

East Midlands Railway (EMR) is set to introduce a new half hourly service between London St Pancras and Luton Airport Parkway stations in a move that has been welcomed by the Airport. The service will […]

Infrastructure

Rail worker killed by passing train

11 February 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on Rail worker killed by passing train

A Network Rail track worker has been killed after he was hit by a passing passenger train. The accident happened near Surbiton just after 1130am yesterday. The 30-year old man from Hampshire was struck by […]

Transport for Wales Mk4 DVT
News

Help choose a charity for TfW’s Cardiff-Holyhead train

10 February 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on Help choose a charity for TfW’s Cardiff-Holyhead train

Transport for Wales (TfW) is asking the public to choose which one of thee charities will appear in the side of its Driving Van Trailers (DVT) units which will shortly start on the Cardiff to […]

EMR Apprentice Eleanor Nugent
News

EMR recruiting ‘Engineers of the Future’

8 February 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on EMR recruiting ‘Engineers of the Future’

East Midlands Railway (EMR) is searching for the engineers of the future in its latest recruitment drive which will see it offer opportunities for people from across the East Midlands. The rail operator is seeking […]

Feltham Station
Infrastructure

Longer platforms at Feltham in £31m upgrade

5 February 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on Longer platforms at Feltham in £31m upgrade

Feltham Station in London has undergone a £31 million upgrade which includes longer platforms, a new footbridge and step-free access. The longer platforms will allow 10-car trains to stop at the station increasing capacity on […]

Toton wagon runaway and derailment (Image: RAIB/Crown Copyright)
Freight Rail

RAIB announce investigation into Toton runaway

30 January 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on RAIB announce investigation into Toton runaway

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has formally launched an investigation after a rake of 22 wagons ran away from a sidings at Old Bank sidings at Toton, Nottinghamshire. The incident happened in the early […]

Piling work at Bletchley
Infrastructure

Funding awarded for part of new East-West Rail line

28 January 2021 UKRailNews Comments Off on Funding awarded for part of new East-West Rail line

The UK Government has announced funding for a section of the new East-West rail line between Oxford and Bletchley/Milton Keynes. The section is the first phase of the East-West railway project which will join Oxford […]

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