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Category: Rail

Rail and Railfreight

“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.

29 March 2025
Economy, Energy Saving, Environment, Public Transport, Rail

“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
A €37 billion joint […]

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East West Rail Nears Completion of Phase 1

19 November 2024
Public Transport, Rail

East West Rail Nears Completion of Phase 1.
The project to reinstate rail services between Oxford and Cambridge is now only […]

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Direct Rail Services secures new deal with Tesco to expand its rail-based logistics.

1 October 2024
Economy, Energy Saving, Environment, Rail

Tesco have for a long time now been active in reducing their carbon footprint. As a major food retailer sourcing […]

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Making British Railways Great Again!

1 August 2024
Public Transport, Rail

Elected on July 5, 2024, UK’s new government wasted little time in publishing proposals on July 18, 2024 to take […]

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Some Thoughts on Britain’s Railways

10 November 2023
Economy, Politics, Public Transport, Rail

Some thoughts on Rail Services in the UK
1. To set the scene…
In France and Germany company law is framed in […]

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‘A Bridge Too Far’ or ‘Vandalism Vanquished’ – National Highways Forced to Abandon Historic Tunnel, Rail & Canal Bridges Infill Plans

22 August 2023
Highways, Rail

Sometime in 2020 someone in Highways England (as it then was), the government roads authority which manages more than 3,200 […]

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Fresh Hope for Hope Valley Rail Passenger Services as Modernisation nears Completion.

21 August 2023
Public Transport, Rail

Passenger services in the Hope Valley have had a history of unreliability. One reason has been the conflict between the […]

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HS2 Infrastructure Maintenance Depot to be built near Calvert, Buckinghamshire, north of Aylesbury

19 August 2023
Public Transport, Rail

It has been announced that an Infrastructure Maintenance Depot for HS2 is to be built between Steeple Claydon and Calvert […]

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Scotland’s Plan to Decarbonise its Rail Network – Moving Forward in Fife

17 August 2023
Public Transport, Rail

Work is now well underway at Thornton Junction on the reinstatement of the Branch Line to Levenmouth with freight carrying […]

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Climate Change is Here. We must Mitigate its Affects by Boosting Public Transport (among many other things)

30 January 2022
Bus, Environment, Public Transport, Rail

One way to mitigate the carbon dioxide emissions from transport is by a switch to electric traction, another is to […]

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