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Great Heck train crash: LNER to host memorial to mark 20 years

16 February 2021 Sam Hewitt Network, News
Great Heck train crash memorial

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is working with Network Rail and Freightliner to mark 20 years since the Great Heck train crash.

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New National Railway Museum exhibition celebrates railway heroes

15 February 2021 Sam Hewitt Network, News
The National Railway Museum is to launch a new exhibition that celebrates the vital role played by railway key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Railway Museum is to launch a new exhibition that celebrates the vital role played by railway key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Anti-HS2 protesters vandalise Department for Transport offices

11 February 2021 Sam Hewitt News
Anti-HS2 protesters vandalise Department for Transport offices

The Metropolitan Police said that two people had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.

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East Coast Upgrade works at King’s Cross fast approaching

9 February 2021 Sam Hewitt Network, News
East Coast Main Line works

Network Rail teams are preparing to carry out a major stage of the £1.2bn upgrade to the East Coast Main Line, the largest investment into the historic route in a generation.

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Union petitions for emergency funding for Eurostar

9 February 2021 Sam Hewitt Network, News, World
Eurostar train

Rail unions are stepping up their campaign for financial help to secure the future of Eurostar, which has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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New sea wall at Dawlish protecting tracks from storms

8 February 2021 Sam Hewitt Network, News
Dawlish

A new sea wall at Dawlish is protecting the section of railway track that was washed away seven years ago in devastating storms, according to Network Rail.

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UK railway news roundup

5 February 2021 Sam Hewitt News
HS2 protesters

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.

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Report warns ‘forensic focus’ needed to deliver Crossrail

3 February 2021 Sam Hewitt Electric, Metro, News
Crossrail

A “forensic focus” is required to complete Crossrail within its revised budget and timescale, an inquiry has found.

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Shapps: HS2 will be critical ‘unless humans can teleport themselves’

3 February 2021 Sam Hewitt Network, News
HS2: Grant Shapps says project is critical

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has told a Transport Select Committee that the HS2 project will be vital for enabling people to meet each other unless teleportation becomes a reality.

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UK railway news roundup

28 January 2021 Sam Hewitt Network, News
Bailiffs from HS2 have started to evict protesters from Euston Square Gardens after they dug tunnels and set up a makeshift camp in opposition to the high speed rail project.

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.

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