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Westway ho!

The closure of the A4 Hammersmith Flyover in London is thought to have stimulated rail ridership on Thames Valley services. According to First Great Western...

Rail debut for peace train

A freight train has run for the first time on a recently opened railway linking Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. The seven-car train pulled into a new...

Cut to the Chase reversed

The increasingly popular Chase Line between Walsall to Rugeley is to be upgraded. Line speeds will be increased to 75mph on many sections of the...

Raising the roof

Plans to transform London Bridge station have been given the green light by Southwark Council. The station will have a completely new platform layout allowing...

Waterloo Sunrise

One of Waterloo’s four disused Eurostar platforms is to be returned to service in 2014. Longer trains are to serve the terminus as the DfT...

Charitable Training gets you fit

Already by mid-January New Year’s Resolutions are fading fast. Maybe you’ve relapsed and belted down a doughnut, a pint or a midnight slab of chocolate....

Lost Leviathans

Colin Garatt outlines the story behind his amazing new album. The decision to document the Last Steam Locomotives of the World was not taken lightly. From...

Staff limber up

Staff on London Underground are receiving special training ahead of the London Olympics. The focus may be on customer care but the training includes a...

Return of the Signalman

The man who signalled the last train from Swanage to Corfe Castle and Wareham on New Year’s Day 1972 has returned to the Swanage...

Work starts at Three Bridges

Construction of the new operating centre at Three Bridges has begun. When completed in 2013 it will become the nerve centre of railway operations in...

North Norfolk’s record year

The North Norfolk Railway is celebrating a new year’s bonus. Last year the railway beat its records, carrying over 150,000 people for the first time...

Platform promise for Peterborough

More platforms and a new ticket hall feature in a £43m plan to upgrade Peterborough station. The redevelopment heralds longer, more frequent trains and anticipates...

Olympic gateway for Calais

A giant set of Olympic Rings has been unveiled on the entrance to the Channel Tunnel at Coquelles near Calais. The tunnel itself and High...

Wise men follow Electrostar

The future for Bombardier’s Litchurch Lane works looks brighter this year after it secured an additional order for 130 Electrostar cars for Southern. The new...

Tram extension for Nottingham

Nottingham’s tram network is set to double in size with a similar boost to the tram fleet after funding was agreed. Work on the five...

Forth Bridge paint complete

Network Rail’s ten year, £130m painting and refurbishment of the Forth Bridge is complete. For the first time there are no decorators working on the...

Naming boring machines

Crossrail has launched a competition seeking names for six of its giant tunnel boring machines. The TBMs will be constructing the new rail tunnels under...

Pan up for Voyagers

The DfT is to look in more detail at a scheme to convert the Bombardier built CrossCountry Voyager fleet to hybrid operation, by inserting...