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IN BRIEF

■ Plans have been submitted by Network Rail for a 209-metre...

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Covid - they think it’s all over

Ian Walmsley

On the railway nothing is ever easy, and reducing Covid risk...

Ian Walmsley
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HS2 gets building

The start of tunnelling through the Chilterns is just one of...

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Europe View

Keith Fender

EUROPEBATTERY TRAINS WINNING ALTERNATIVE TRACTION DEBATEThe first...

Keith Fender
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FIFTH HST CARRIAGES FOR SCOTRAIL

SCOTRAIL HAS taken delivery of its full complement of Inter7City...

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Knowles is Head of Site for Long Marston

PORTERBROOK HAS appointed Mark Knowles as Head Site for the Long...

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PARTNERSHIP APPROACH NEEDED

RAIL PROJECT Speed (Swift Pragmatic and Efficient Enhancement...

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Between the Lines

Chris Stokes

It’s now the mainstream view that the days when five day a...

Chris Stokes
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HOPWOOD HOPES FOR FURTHER ELECTRIFICATION

THERE IS still a case for electrification to Swansea and Bristol...

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TRANS-BRITAIN SCHEME COULD BE NPR ALTERNATIVE

AN ALTERNATIVE to the current HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail...

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