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Second track and platform in place: Dore & Totley station on 12 March 2024, with a pair of EMR Class 158s passing on the main line. Tony Miles News

Hope Valley upgrade reaches completion

Tony Miles

Dore South curve and Dore & Totley platform due for commissioning

Tony Miles
Wrexham General station. Courtesy Alstom News Premium

Alstom and SLC partner for open access bid

Alstom to operate trains for first time in UK

Through Waterloo: an artist's impression of the proposed southern concourse. Network Rail News Freemium

NR seeks Waterloo revamp

New concourse and better access in new masterplan

News Premium

Government ‘not on track’ to deliver rail reforms

DfT fails to deliver ‘complex reforms’, says NAO

News Freemium

Freight sector battles challenging conditions

Maritime intermodal falls; HS2 drives construction increase

Ready for fast freight: stripped out interior of No 321428. Philip Sherratt News Freemium

Varamis looks to the capital

Express freight operator hopes to run into Liverpool Street

An artist's impression of the new Golborne station. Courtesy TfGM News

3,000 respond to Golborne consultation

New rail services could cut Manchester journey times by 30 minutes

An artist's impression of Siemens' Mobility's £100m Chippenham factory. Courtesy Siemens News

Siemens to rebuild Chippenham factory

£100 million investment to renew historic factory

Planning for growth: a Eurostar set at St Pancras. Philip Sherratt News Premium

HS1 seeks St Pancras upgrade study

St Pancras operator plans for future international growth

New director: Jason Hamilton News

Hamilton directs North & East Route

New Route Director to oversee Northumberland Line completion

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