Passengers on some of the busiest rail routes in the country suffered travel disruption on Friday because of multiple track circuit failures.
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Category: Network
UK railway news roundup
This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
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Rail pass for ‘staycationers’ designed to boost tourism to Scotland
A new rail pass for domestic holidaymakers will be launched later this year to boost the recovery of domestic tourism, the Government has announced.
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Waterloo & City line reopens weeks ahead of schedule
The Waterloo & City line on the London Underground has reopened this week for the first time in over a year.
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Extra £5 million investment to improve Arun Valley Line
Network Rail has announced an extra £5m investment into the Arun Valley line to improve stations, track and signalling across the route.
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COP26: Network Rail and Porterbrook to showcase sustainable trains of the future
Network Rail have announced a partnership with Porterbrook to showcase Britain’s low-carbon train technology at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).
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Rail passenger numbers sink to pre-1872 levels
Passenger numbers on Britain’s railways in 2020/21 reached the lowest level in at least 150 years, new figures show.
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No ‘significant defects’ found in crashed Croydon tram, inquest hears
No “significant defects” were found in a tram that overturned in Croydon, killing seven people, an inquest into the deaths has heard.
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Dates confirmed for Caledonian Sleeper workers’ 11-day strike action
Caledonian Sleeper workers will take strike action for 11 days later this month over a pay dispute.
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Transport for London agrees third Government bailout worth £1.08bn
Transport for London (TfL) has agreed a third Government bailout to keep services running amid the collapse in demand for travel during the pandemic.
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