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Network Rail in Scotland has a target to be Net Zero by 2035 and is currently implementing the Scottish Government's Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan to electrify the rail network across Scotland from Carlisle and Newcastle, all the way to Thurso and Wick.
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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.
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Newcastle and Gateshead councils approve Network Rail's plan to start the £4m work this summer.
(Permalink) Gateshead High Level Bridge Newcastle  High Level Bridge: The High Level bridge, among others, at 12.20 in the morning. It may be hard to find remains of the tunnel from Manors, but the Quayside is a buzzing location 24/7.  High Level Bridge: The road deck of the High Level Bridge is briefly quiet as a Pacer trundles above, nearing the end of its run from Middlesbrough to Newcastle on 26th June 2017.  High Level Bridge: Three tracks and three trains on the High Level Bridge in 1987. 3-car and 2-car Met-Cams pass a light engine Class 31 above the River Tyne.
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If approved work could take place on the iconic Victorian landmark between August and next March.
(Permalink) High Level Bridge Newcastle  High Level Bridge: Newcastle's High Level Bridge in 1986, with an ECML HST passing over.
High Level Bridge: The High Level bridge, among others, at 12.20 in the morning. It may be hard to find remains of the tunnel from Manors, but the Quayside is a buzzing location 24/7. High Level Bridge: Three tracks and three trains on the High Level Bridge in 1987. 3-car and 2-car Met-Cams pass a light engine Class 31 above the River Tyne.
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23 June sees the bicentenary of the founding of the worlds first locomotive works - Robert Stephenson & Co, in Newcastle. To mark this, an exhibition is being held in the Map Room, Neville Hall, Newcastle which is close to the station. This is open up to 25 March and has been organised by the ...
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TransPennine Express has revealed hopes to boost its Edinburgh-Newcastle stopping service to hourly as the operator prepares to step up trains on the route from two to five a day in each direction from Sunday.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Newcastle TransPennine Express  Edinburgh Waverley: A Trans Pennine Class 802 leaves Edinburgh Waverley with the 12.33 to Newcastle on 3rd August 2020.
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The Duke of Northumberland has insisted he 'strongly refutes' claims he threatened to derail the planned Northumberland Line rail project after demanding £600,000 to allow trains to continue operating on his land.
(Permalink) Ashington Blyth Newcastle Northumberland Line  Bedlington: The old station at Bedlington looking north from Bedlington South level crossing in September 2014. See image [[48832]]  Ashington: Weed-infested platform remains, minus all buildings, at Ashington station, Northumberland, closed with the line in 1964, looking south towards Newcastle, on 15th June 2018. A news report on 23rd Janua ...  Ashington Colliery: 37250 pulls away from Ashington colliery with a coal train on 1 July 1982. This scene has long gone, although the class 37 has been preserved. |
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Positive change has been made benefitting Cumbrians travelling to Newcastle for hospital treatment, in memory of a well liked councillor.
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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.
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In tonight's episode (Monday, 13 September) of 'The Architecture the Railways Built', presenter Tim Dunn explores the history of Newcastle's High Level Bridge which spans the river Tyne.
(Permalink) Ballochmyle Viaduct High Level Bridge Laigh Milton Viaduct Newcastle The Architecture the Railways Built Tim Dunn High Level Bridge: The road deck of the High Level Bridge is briefly quiet as a Pacer trundles above, nearing the end of its run from Middlesbrough to Newcastle on 26th June 2017.  Laigh Milton Viaduct: Looking across the historic Laigh Milton Viaduct in October 2020. It spans the River Irvine, five miles west of Kilmarnock. Built by the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway in 1812 it closed in 1846 when the ...  Ballochmyle Viaduct: Caley Jumbo 57359 crossing Ballochmyle Viaduct on 4 August 1951 with a relief mineral train from Barony Pit. |
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A rail operator has announced plans to operate a new service on the Newcastle to Edinburgh route.
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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.
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The planned re-opening of the Northumberland Line between Newcastle and Ashington has moved a step forward, after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced £34m in funding to progress the scheme. The announcement by the Department for Transport gives the go-ahead to reintroduce a regular rail passenger service between Ashington and central Newcastle, with several stops in between, by 2024. The money will pay for preparatory work, including land acquisition, detailed design work and early site works.
The project will upgrade 18 miles of track, open six new stations, three new footbridges and new signal locations. The whole scheme is projected to deliver economic benefits of up to £470m. (Permalink) Ashington Newcastle Northumberland Line |
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The government has announced £794m of funding for the projects to develop an Oxford - Cambridge railway corridor and reintroduce passenger services between Newcastle and Ashington.
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LNER will add an extra 1,600 seats a week to its trains from next week. The increase, which comes into effect on Monday September 7, will see 10 trains added to the timetable between Scotland and England, connecting Newcastle, Durham, Berwick, Alnmouth and Darlington to York, London, Edinburgh and northern Scotland.
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Rail passengers were still experiencing delays today after a freight train derailment south of Newcastle city centre.
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Rail passengers are facing major delays today after a freight train derailment south of Newcastle city centre.
(Permalink) Derailment Newcastle  Newcastle Central: Crew changeover at Newcastle Central platform 3 on Sunday 22 January 2023. The train is the recently arrived 1130 Edinburgh Waverley - London Kings Cross.  Newcastle Central: A GNER Kings Cross - Glasgow Central service rounds the sweeping curve off the King Edward Bridge to enter the west end of Newcastle Central in the summer of 2004.  Newcastle Central: 31298 heads east through Newcastle Central with an engineers train in 1974. The former D5831 later saw Departmental service as 97203 but was withdrawn in 1987 and cut up by Booths in Rotherham two yea ... |
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