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LNER is simplifying train tickets on the East Coast Main Line in a two-year trial from 5 February.
(Permalink) East coast Main Line LNER Ticketing |
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Over the Christmas period, Network Rail teams carried out vital engineering work between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin as part of the billion-pound East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP).
(Permalink) East Coast Digital Programme East Coast Main Line Hitchin Welwyn Garden City |
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Those travelling to and from Edinburgh via Newcastle on Christmas Eve have been warned to expect delays after damaged overhead electric wires were causing travel chaos.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Electrification OLE |
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A seven-figure funding gap will need to be filled if a new pedestrian crossing of the East Coast Main Line at Dunbar is to be created.
(Permalink) Dunbar East Coast Main Line Pedestrian crossing |
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London North Eastern Railway has awarded CAF a contract to supply a fleet of 10 tri-mode inter-city trainsets for use on East Coast Main Line passenger services.
(Permalink) CAF East Coast Main Line LNER Tri-mode |
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Trains services between Newcastle and Scotland have returned to normality after Network Rail completed its repair work to Plessey Viaduct near Morpeth.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Plessey Viaduct |
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Rail services throughout East Lothian will grind to a halt over the weekend as works on the East Coast Main Line continue.
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Network Rail and train operators on the East Coast Main Line are urging passengers to check before travelling as key upgrades take place on the route between Newcastle and Edinburgh.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Edinburgh Newcastle |
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GB Railfreight (GBRf), operator of Rail Freight Services across the UK and employer of over 1,000 staff, is pleased to announce the investment of £4.7m into new maintenance depot in Peterborough alongside the East Coast Mainline.
The depot which is being built by Cairn Cross Engineering will create around 60 jobs in the local area during construction and a further 20 permanent jobs when the project completes next Summer. This continues GBRfs sustained investment in Peterborough and Eastern England following construction of its new £3 million Peterborough HQ last year. The depot is scheduled to open next summer. (Permalink) Cairn Cross Engineering East Coast Main Line GB Railfreight GBRf Peterborough Railfreight |
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Network Rail engineers have completed a £13.2m project to secure a railway embankment near Morpeth station on the East Coast Main Line, protecting the line for years to come.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Morpeth Network Rail  Morpeth North Junction: An aerial view of embankment works north east of Morpeth station alongside Morpeth North Junction. The view looks south west towards the station. |
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Disruptions to railway services between Alnmouth and Berwick upon Tweed are expected to last until around 2.30pm on Saturday, July 30.
(Permalink) Alnmouth Berwick-upon-Tweed East Coast Main Line Power supply |
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The East Coast Main Line has now reopened after teams carried out repairs to the railway in Sandy, Bedfordshire following significant damage caused by a fire which spread to the tracks.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Fire Sandy  Sandy: Damage caused by fire on the railway in Sandy during the heatwave of July 2022. |
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The new signalling technology will be installed across the complete southern section of the line.
(Permalink) Digital Signalling East Coast Main Line London King's Cross Stoke Tunnels |
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Rail passengers face slower journeys between Edinburgh and Newcastle because of a shortage of electric power on the east coast main line. TransPennine is now investigating whether software adjustments can be made to its Nova 1 trains so that they would draw less electric power from the overhead wires, permitting them to be switched from diesel.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Electrification Overhead Line Equipment Power Supply |
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Ricardo has completed the roll out of its PanMon pantograph condition monitoring system on selected electrified routes in Scotland, including the East and West Coast main lines, the North Clyde line and between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North Clyde Lines PanMon Pantograph Ricardo West Coast Main Line  Carstairs: Avanti West Coast 390124 runs through Carstairs with the 10.40 from Glasgow Central to Euston on 30th April 2021.
 Falkirk High: An Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street pulls into Falkirk High on 12 March 2020. These are the only two destinations this station offers (being situated between trailing junctions doesn’t help). ...  Dunbar: A LNER Azuma hurries through rebuilt Dunbar on 31st January 2020. Looks like they have done a good job here but as yet there is no access off the new platform to the streets behind, so one must come i ... |
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National Rail have asked travellers to check their journey route before leaving the home and to use the National Rail Enquiries National Rail Enquiries Journey Planner where possible.
(Permalink) Berwick-upon-Tweed ECML East Coast Main Line Newcastle |
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Breathtaking views are just a train ride away.
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Controversial plans to overhaul LNERs timetable on the East Coast Main Line have been delayed for at least a year.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line LNER Timetabling |
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Passengers are facing disruption to services on the East Coast Main Line following damage to the overhead wires between Newcastle and Berwick Upon Tweed.
(Permalink) Berwick upon Tweed East Coast Main Line Newcastle Overhead Line Equipment |
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A high-speed rail link, new stations and a port terminal are among the ambitious proposals to make East Lothian a key cross-border destination in the future. The potential to turn the county into a vibrant economic area is outlined in East Lothian Council's response to a UK Government consultation on union connectivity. In its response, the council points to the existing East Coast Main Line, which links the county to Newcastle, as an area which could be enhanced to improve links.
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Prepatory work has begun on Reston Station, much to the delight of Barrie Forrest, chair of the Rail Action Group East of Scotland (RAGES).
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line New Station North British Railway Reston  Reston [1st]: A4 60019 Bittern heading north past Reston Junction signal box on 4 November 1967 with an RCTS (West Riding Branch) special from Leeds City to Edinburgh.  Reston [1st]: The 0800 East Coast Kings Cross - Edinburgh service runs north through Reston, Berwickshire, on an overcast 8 March 2010. The train is passing the site of the island platform once shared by dow ... |
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The two-platform stop will be built in a Borders village which last saw passenger services in 1964.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line New Station North British Railway Reston Reston [1st]: A4 60019 Bittern heading north past Reston Junction signal box on 4 November 1967 with an RCTS (West Riding Branch) special from Leeds City to Edinburgh. Reston [1st]: The 0800 East Coast Kings Cross - Edinburgh service runs north through Reston, Berwickshire, on an overcast 8 March 2010. The train is passing the site of the island platform once shared by dow ... |
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In 1850 the completion of the Royal Border Bridge, linking the two banks of the River Tweed at Berwick, was the final piece of the jigsaw that saw the East Coast Main Line link London with Edinburgh.
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Network Rail Scotlands proposal for a new train station at Reston in the Scottish Borders has taken a major step forward.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line New station North British Railway Reston  Reston [1st]: Scene at Reston, Berwickshire, looking south on 14 August 2018. The Virgin East Coast 0800 Kings Cross - Edinburgh has just run through the site of the former station. This is one of the locations on ...  Reston [1st]: The 1000 Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley passing Reston on 29 July 1967 behind D9010 King's Own Scottish Borderer. |
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Network Rail has submitted a planning application to East Lothian Council for a new railway station in East Linton.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line East Linton New station North British Railway  East Linton [1st]: One of the former stations on the Edinburgh - Berwick route being considered for reopening is East Linton in rural East Lothian, some 20 miles out from Waverley. The station here opened in 1846 as pla ... |
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The government has announced that it will invest £350 million to make the East Coast main line into Britains first mainline digital rail link by installing state-of-the art electronic signalling designed to cut journey times and slash delays.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Signalling |
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The University of Leeds has signed an outline £10 million co-investment agreement with the companies involved in the power supply upgrade of the East Coast Main Line. The new agreement will enable research into the best and most efficient way of managing the electrical power flow onto the route, which is expected to get busier ...
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Power supply |
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A transport chief has warned that the North East is unlikely to have all of the train services it needs due to a lack of investment in a vital regional route.
(Permalink) Capacity East Coast Main Line |
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A Scottish Power cable has fallen onto the overhead lines which power electric rail services at Scremerston on the East Coast Main Line.
(Permalink) Delay East Coast Main Line Electrification Scottish Power Scremerston |
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The Man Who Pays His Way: Why squander public cash and burn fossil fuel sending a 100-ton ghost train more than 200 miles?
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The East Coast Main Line Power Supply Upgrade is to power forward into its second phase to enhance the East Coast network, bolstered by a £216.2m contract award for the Rail Electrification Alliance.
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The first formation flying engineering trains in the world have been deployed successfully by Network Rail, and it is hoped that the technique will save the company at least £250,000 a week in compensation payments.
Until now, major maintenance schemes had resulted in a legacy of speed restrictions after a possession was over, because new track needed time to bed in. The restrictions triggered payments to operators under delay attribution rules and could also delay passengers. The pioneering technique was tried out on the East Coast Main Line in Bedfordshire this month, when switches and crossings were being replaced. (Permalink) East Coast Main Line Network Rail |
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