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Thursday, 13 November 2025

BBC News

• 'Pretty lousy' rail station needs more investmentThe man in charge of bringing growth to Oxfordshire has described Oxford Railway Station as "pretty lousy" and says it will probably need more public money to bring it up to standard.
• Plans to close 40ft model railway 'devastating'Volunteers who care for a 40ft-long (12.2m) model railway have said they are devastated and bewildered at plans to close the attraction.
• Tube station listed for architectural importanceSouthwark Underground Station is given Grade II listed status for its "theatrical" architecture.

Network Rail

• New signalling system commissioned at Darlington as part of £140m transformationPassengers are advised that journeys between York and Newcastle will be affected when Darlington's new signalling system part of the station's £140 million upgrade is brought into use.
• UK's first low-carbon track renewal takes place between Honor Oak Park and Forest Hill1,150 yards of plain line track have been replaced on a stretch of railway line in south London using a suite of low carbon, sustainable materials - a UK first that will help Network Rail contribute to its net zero commitment

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• "Frustration" over delayed London rail service roll outBRADFORD Council's leader has expressed 'frustration' at the delay to more direct trains to and from London stopping at Shipley.

Yorkshire Post

• Delay to make sure Northern Powerhouse Rail is 'balanced east and west of the Pennines'The delay in announcing Northern Powerhouse Rail is in part to make sure that the project is balanced east and west of the Pennines, the Transport Secretary has said.

Plymouth Herald

• Locals make urgent demand over jeopardised Plymouth rail linkPlymouth Live readers are frustrated to hear that hopes of Devon County Council using a dedicated fund to revive the Tavistock to Plymouth rail link are fading fast. Campaigners need £1.5 million to develop a business case, just one per cent of the total project cost, but the council appears reluctant to release the money.

Other Regional Press

• Train fares slashed as full London to Exeter service returnsRail travellers can once again ride the full West of England line as South Western Railway restores its hourly service between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids and to celebrate, the operator is slashing fares.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Railway achieves milestone with first UK low-carbon track renewalA section of railway line in south London has become the first in the UK to be renewed using a combination of sustainable materials, achieving a 63% reduction in carbon emissions.

Rail Magazine

• AI's growing role in the rail industryTowards the end of the last century, desktop computers and the internet reshaped every sector of the economy. They arrived in businesses before households, first revolutionising how we produce and then how we consume. The rate of change varied from sector to sector, but that change reached everywhere.
• FirstGroup explains new Lumo moves and reaffirms West Coast Main Line capacity stanceFirstGroup believes there is still potential capacity on the network, after submitting bids for two new Lumo open access routes.
• Overflowing drainage channel led to landslip that caused Shap derailmentThe landslip that derailed an Avanti West Coast train at Shap occurred after a drainage channel at the top of a cutting overflowed.
• New DLR trains withdrawn due to braking issueTransport for London has withdrawn its new Docklands Light Railway B23 trains from service due to an issue with braking performance in wet weather.

Railnews

• New DLR trains withdrawn following braking problems The first three of 54 new trains being built by CAF for the Docklands Light Railway have been withdrawn. Transport for London said there had been ‘an issue with braking performance during wet weather on one train’. The introduction of the B23s was delayed for over a year, because of difficulties in achieving compatability with the DLR’s control system.

Railway Gazette

• Midland Main Line electrification to the north 'not affordable'UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander says the government's approach to rail investment will be guided by securing value for taxpayers by only supporting projects that are fully costed and affordable