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Tag: Office of Rail and Road

Berney Arms named Britain’s least used railway station

Norfolk’s Berney Arms named Britain’s least used railway station

1st December 2020 Sam Hewitt Network, News

Just 42 passengers used the isolated station between April 2019 and March 2020.

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Construction traffic boom keeps UK railfreight stable

4th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Freight, Network, News

A FIVE per cent increase in construction traffic took the sector to its highest quarterly volume in the first three months of 2019/20, according to

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TransPennine accepts first Hitachi-built ‘Nova 1’ set

3rd September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

TRANSPENNINE Express has accepted the first Hitachi Class 802 bi-mode train into its fleet. Dubbed ‘Nova 1’, TPE received the set following approval from the

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Green light for TransPennine Class 802s

6th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has given authorisation for TransPennine Express to introduce Hitachi Class 802/2 bi-mode units. TPE has ordered 19 five-car

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Stadler 755/4 approved for use by ORR

6th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved the use by Greater Anglia (GA) of the Stadler ‘Flirt’ Class 755 four-car bi-mode multiple units. 

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West Somerset rescued from the brink of collapse

15th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News

THE West Somerset Railway has been saved from closure by a whisker – after failures were found in its finances, infrastructure and safety systems. In

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Freight tonnage slumps to lowest point since 1996/97

27th February 2019 Sam Hewitt Freight, Network, News

BRITISH rail freight operators recorded the lowest total volume of freight lifted since 1996/97 for the period between July and September 2018. Figures compiled by

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Transport group criticises hikes in access charges

29th December 2018 Sam Hewitt Freight, News

Logistics lobby group the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has criticised what it believes are the ‘mixed signals’ being received by the rail freight sector from

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WSR to close for three-month ‘re-group’ after investigation

3rd December 2018 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE West Somerset Railway (WSR) has made the unprecedented decision to voluntarily close for three months from January 2 to April 1, 2019 in order

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Vintage Trains starts work as an independent TOC

28th November 2018 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

VINTAGE Trains started work as an independent Train Operating Company (TOC) in October. The move comes after the company received its licence from the Office

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