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VIDEO: Ten years on from devastating storm on Dawlish railway line

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February 3, 2024
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A decade on from the storm that cut off the only railway line to south west England for eight weeks, resilience measures built since then are proving effective.

How to get free train travel this weekend for Newcastle United football games

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February 2, 2024
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Newcastle United partners with City Council for Free matchday travel in bid to reduce environmental impact

Welsh slate to be used as part of Manchester museum conservation programme

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February 1, 2024
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The 140-year-old warehouse is seeing essential conservation work carried out as part of a multi-million pound programme for the museum

HRA Awards: James Spooner and streamlined steam locomotive in shortlist

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January 31, 2024
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The awards recognise a broad range of achievement within the heritage rail sector, with this year’s awards featuring an impressive array of categories

Three new lifts to provide step-free access at Berkshire station

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January 28, 2024
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Three new lifts are to be installed at Tilehurst station near Reading which will make it fully accessible for the first time.

Greater Anglia ups green credentials as volunteers add garden spaces

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January 28, 2024
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Volunteer station adopters across the Greater Anglia network increased the area devoted to gardens by 2,000 square metres in 2023.

Govia Thameslink Railway reveals its roadmap to eliminating its carbon footprint!

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January 27, 2024
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The rail operator plans to cut its carbon footprint with initiatives including UK rail’s first cooperative solar energy project

Siemens Mobility secures order for 70 Mireo trains from ÖBB

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January 26, 2024
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Siemens Mobility has secured an order for the first 70 trains from a framework agreement it secured with Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) last summer.

New Tyne & Wear Metro Gosforth Depot is completed

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January 25, 2024
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VolkerFitzPatrick has finished building Tyne and Wear Metro’s new depot at Gosforth on behalf of contractor Stadler.

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Union Pacific Railroad Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

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December 15, 2023
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Union Pacific Corporation was recently named to both the World and North American Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for 2023. Union Pacific is the first U.S. Class I railroad to be on the World Index.