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Wednesday, 25 February 2026

BBC News

• Sea wall damage closes train lineUrgent repairs are being carried out on a South West rail line due to weather-related damage.
• Full set of new Metro trains delivered to regionThe full set of new Tyne and Wear Metro trains have been delivered to the region.

Department for Transport

• Landmark deal paves way for return of regular cross-Channel rail freightRegular rail freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel will help reduce pollution, potholes and congestion while providing new jobs across the UK.

Financial Times

• Channel Tunnel freight trains to restart after London depot deal Network Rail will take control of Barking site that could replace the equivalent of more than 100,000 lorries from UK roads

The Scotsman

• Cost of troubled Cairngorm railway may outweigh its benefits, MSPs warnThe cost of monitoring and repairing the UK's highest railway may outweigh its benefits to the economy, MSPs have warned.

The Telegraph

• London to Paris in 20 minutes? This futuristic rail project is trying to make it a reality [subscription]Fluorescent lights guide me along the cold, dark tunnel as a hard hat wobbles on my head. I stare at the wires and steel strips lining the walls, then set off towards the black void at the end.
• Six decades on from Beeching, Britain's lost railway lines still captivate [subscription]This time last year, I picked out a selection of the UK's most beautiful lost railways, taking the 60th anniversary of the second Beeching Report as a reason to look back at some of the lines which fell victim to the reorganisation of the British transport network during the 1960s.

Local Government

• Okehampton InterchangeView the latest footage after a year on site of Okehampton Interchange rail station.

Wales Online

• The architect of Wales' £14bn rail vision on his hope of transforming the way we travelWales transport minister denies Prime Minister Keir Starmer's big announcement was an admission he hadn't gone far enough last year

Yorkshire Post

• Major rail upgrade works to impact services between Huddersfield and Leeds for two monthsRail services between Huddersfield and Leeds will be impacted during May and June as part of major Transpennine Route Upgrade works.

Kent Online

• GeoPura to supply 2,500 tonnes of green hydrogen for the Lower Thames CrossingA green energy company is set to supply 2,500 tonnes of 'homegrown' hydrogen for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC).

Other Regional Press

• Stalybridge railway station makes it a high five of awardsThe Tameside facility made it a high five as it lifted the Chris Dale TravelWatch Award for Large Stations at the recent Cheshire Best Kept Stations ceremony.
• Planning permission granted for upgrades at Wrexham stationWrexham General Railway Station has been granted planning permission to install new Pay As You Go (PAYG) facilities.
• Hertford and Stortford MP Josh Dean on Greater Anglia train services and Schools White Paper... I'm really pleased that Greater Anglia have confirmed that contactless will finally come to Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth stations on March 8, having initially been delayed from December 2025 to summer this year.
• Huddersfield rail disruption lasting three months as upgrade work continuesWork on the Transpennine Route Upgrade continues

Construction Enquirer

• VolkerFitzpatrick gets start date for new railway lineVolkerFitzpatrick has been given the go-ahead to start main construction in April on the restoration of the Portishead Line.

Railnews

• Regular freight trains set to use Chunnel againThe government will announce today that some £15 million from private sources is to be invested in the Barking Eurohub, so that regular freight trains can start running through the Channel Tunnel again.

Railway Gazette

• Disabled Persons Railcard eligibility widens from March 1UK: Eligibility for a Disabled Persons Railcard will be extended from March 1 to include a broader range of visible and non-visible disabilities.

Other News Sources

• Network Rail to take over Barking Eurohub to create logistics facilityNetwork Rail is set to take control of east London development Barking Eurohub, with plans to invest £15m to transform it into an international logistics hub.