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3 days ago

No Sunday King's Cross to Peterborough LNER trains

LNER services between London King's Cross and Peterborough are suspended Sunday for digital signalling upgrades, with alternative transport options experiencing significant capacity increases.
London startup
fromianVisits
4 days ago

Euston station to shut for six days over Easter as 30m rail upgrade works take place

Euston station closes for six days over Easter for major engineering works on tracks, bridges, signalling, and overhead lines across the railway network.
UK news
fromianVisits
2 months ago

Christmas and New Year rail travel in London: Day-by-day guide to closures and reduced services

Extensive railway engineering works will take place over Christmas with major service reductions—no trains on Christmas Day and widespread Boxing Day cancellations.
UK news
fromianVisits
3 months ago

SWR's 'Hotshot' train fitted with real-time cameras to spot railway faults before they cause delays

SWR fitted a Class 450 train with thermal and under-train cameras to monitor electrical track components and shoe gear in real time to reduce delays.
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3 months ago

Train thermal cameras tested to help prevent delays

Two cameras have been fitted to the South Western Railway (SWR) train, named Hotshot, to monitor tracks across Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset and London. Neil Drury, engineering and infrastructure director for SWR, said the cameras were helping to identify potential infrastructure issues before they escalated. During an earlier, more limited trial, engineers were able to fix a fault near Ashtead, in Surrey, with no delays to passengers, whereas a similar issue once caused delays of more than 41 hours, Network Rail said.
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fromianVisits
6 months ago

Barnes railway bridge reopens after repairs that end 50-year weight restriction

Barnes railway bridge reopened after maintenance that corrected a reduced central girder from 1976 which imposed a long-standing weight limit affecting freight and engineering trains.
London politics
fromianVisits
8 months ago

London Underground's engineering wagons are heading to Glasgow

A Glasgow engineering firm has secured a contract to overhaul London Underground wagons, revitalizing a historic railway works.
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