- Rich Wilcock
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Articles by Rich Wilcock - Page 5
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News
Freight sector awaits decision to ease Ely bottleneck as capacity is 'exhausted'
Upgrades at Ely and at Haughley Junction remain in the balance, with the rail industry looking to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review later this year for answers.
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Giant Beams Installed for A46 Box Structure as part of HS2 project
Construction of a massive 14,500-tonne box structure, designed to carry the new HS2 line beneath the A46 Kenilworth Bypass, has reached a significant milestone.
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Calls grow for full East West Rail electrification to boost freight
Rail Minister Lord Hendy is in favour of discontinuous electrification, but the freight sector wants a longer-term strategy for full electrification
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Rail leaders honoured in New Year's Honours List
Network Rail Chief Executive, Andrew Haines, has been awarded a Knighthood in the King's New Year Honours list.
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ORR statistics shows operators revenue return to growth
There were just under 450 million journeys made by passengers between July and September this year, a 9% increase on the same quarter in 2023, according to the Office of Rail and Road, which has released its quarterly statistics.
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Freightliner to repurpose coal wagons for sustainable freight
Freightliner, in collaboration with the UK’s only railway wagon manufacturer WH Davis and Porterbrook, is spearheading a sustainable initiative to repurpose a fleet of redundant coal wagons into modern aggregate box wagons.
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GB Railfreight agrees four-year extension to existing aggregates transport contract
GB Railfreight (GBRf) and Aggregate Industries have announced a four-year extension to their existing contract, solidifying their partnership in the movement of essential aggregate materials.
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December 2025 ECML timetable approved
Network Rail, Department for Transport and train operators have approved the East Coast main line timetable for 2025.
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HS2 Chair to step down as costs for project continue to rise
Sir Jon Thompson, the Chair of HS2 Ltd, has announced his intention to step down from his position in the spring of 2025.
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Features
NRA 2024 winner: TfL makes time savings at Bank
Transport for London collected this year’s National Rail Awards Major Project of the Year for Underground's “most complex and technically challenging” project.
