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- County Down railway line: A 'rail' piece of historyTake a train trip back in time on the old Belfast to County Down line, 70 years after its closure.
Financial Times
- Bombardier shares suffer deep fall after guidance slashedCompany hit by problems with rail unit and delays in deliveries of aircraft
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- Bombardier reviews minority stake in Airbus JV, flags writedown; shares tumble(Reuters) - Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) shares shed nearly third of its value on Thursday after the company warned its 2019 profits would be lower because of problematic rail contracts and said it might have to write down the value of a plane partnership with Airbus (AIR.PA).
Birmingham Post
- Siemens boss: £200m rail village to put Goole at forefront of sectorThe development, in East Yorkshire, has the potential to create hundreds of new jobs and put Goole at the forefront of the UK's rail industry
Bristol Live
- Town centre bypass and second railway station in Yate being considered“Yate is an area that has seen a huge amount of growth already"
Sheffield Star
- Letter: The leaked “findings” of the HS2 review make for dismal readingThe leaked “findings” of the HS2 review make for dismal reading particularly in relation to how Sheffield appears to be being treated in this evolving sage. The latest plan for the HS2 project effectively put Sheffield and Chesterfield in a passing loop on the new line between London and Leeds and points North. Effectively it implies Sheffield is reduced in status. This is not an acceptable position.
Wales Online
- Why this Victorian railway footbridge in Burry Port is heading to a workshop in CardiffThe structure's future was in jeopardy six years ago
Yorkshire Evening Post
- Shocking photographs show horrific damage to Azuma LNER train following Leeds Station depot crashThese are the shocking photographs of damage to an Azuma train after a crash on the tracks outside Leeds Station depot last night.
Yorkshire Post
- Northern admit 'teething problems' have left their new trains needing repairs alreadyNorthern have admitted that a number of their 52 new trains have already broken down and been taken out of service.
Leeds Live
- HS2 will devastate woodlands and 'push nature to the brink', claims reportThe Wildlife Trust says the project cannot go ahead because it will "cost nature far too much"
Rail Technology Magazine
- £1.7m investment from Network Rail to protect famous viaductThe viaduct which was been featured in the Harry Potter series, is the latest Network Rail project. Work has begun the protect the railway from possible landslips and rock-falls from the hillsides and embankments. £1.7m has been invested by Network Rail to protect the iconic Glenfinnan...
- South Western Railway welcomes their newly refurbished trains South Western Railway customers will now be able to see the new ‘Class 442’ refurbished trains across passenger services. These trains since the new year have been running fast journeys from London to Portsmout via Guildford, Haslemere and Petersfield & London to Poole route via...
- Vivarail's Class 230 achieves UK first with 40-mile battery-powered tripVivarail achieved a UK first yesterday (Jan 15) as their Class 230 train travelled 40 miles on battery power alone. It comes during a time of desperate need for a cleaner, greener train network as the UK strives for net zero carbon by 2050. During testing runs in the autumn of last year, the...
Railnews
- Doubts grow over future of HS2 between London and Birmingham There are renewed concerns from council leaders that Boris Johnson could be poised to scrap Phase 1 of HS2 between London and Birmingham, diverting the money to other transport projects further north. The eastern spur from Birmingham to the East Midlands and Leeds could also be at risk. A meeting of politicians in Westminster has been told that the choice should not come down to better railway services in the North of England or HS2, because both are needed.
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