Disruption to rail services due to cracks in trains is expected to continue for weeks.
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Category: Electric
Government calls on operators to urgently resolve train cracks disruption
The Government has called on rail operators to “urgently set out a comprehensive plan” to resolve the ongoing disruption to services due to cracks found in some trains.
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More rail disruptions due to cracks found in Hitachi 800 trains
Great Western Railway (GWR) and LNER services are being disrupted for a third day due to cracks in some Hitachi 800 trains.
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HS2 begins work on UK’s longest rail viaduct
An expert team of ground engineers working for HS2 have begun work on the foundations of the Colne Valley Viaduct.
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Euston Square Gardens: Anti-HS2 protester appears in court
An environmental protester who emerged from an underground tunnel after spending 19 days there has appeared in court.
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First train in GTR’s fleet modernisation programme back in service
The first of 270 trains in Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) new £55 million fleet modernisation programme has returned to service with a host of new features.
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Report warns ‘forensic focus’ needed to deliver Crossrail
A “forensic focus” is required to complete Crossrail within its revised budget and timescale, an inquiry has found.
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HS2 protesters will stay in tunnels ‘for as long as it takes’
Anti-HS2 protesters say they will stay in underground tunnels for as long as it takes even after a judge rejected a legal bid to halt efforts to evict them.
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Network Rail fined £135,000 after boy injured while trespassing on tracks
Network Rail has been fined £135,000 after a teenager suffered serious burns in an incident on tracks in East Lothian, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
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Hitachi Rail to launch UK first long distance battery trains
Long-distance trains will run on battery power in a UK first, manufacturer Hitachi Rail has announced.
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