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June 8, 2021 | Fleet

Hydrogen train to star at COP26

A hydrogen-powered train will take delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) this November after infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) agreed to work with Porterbrook to take a HydroFLEX class 799 to Scotland.

April 19, 2021 | Infrastructure

Drainage gravel washout identified as cause of fatal Carmont derailment

The cause was identified in the RAIB’s interim report.

March 18, 2021 | Financial

ScotRail franchise to enter government control

An Operator of Last Resort will take over from Abellio in March 2022.

March 10, 2021 | Main line

UK Strategic Transport Network proposed

The proposal would improve connections between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

February 23, 2021 | Freight

Rail Operations UK to launch Orion logistics service in April

The operator’s first service will run between freight terminals in England and Scotland.

February 4, 2021 | Policy

Glasgow Metro and Edinburgh Mass Transit projects included in transport review

Scotland is also planning to move more freight to rail.

November 2, 2020 | Main line

Scottish line to reopen following fatal crash

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has announced that the Aberdeen - Dundee main line will reopen on November 3 after repairs following a fatal accident on August 12.

September 17, 2020 | Technology

Scottish hydrogen train developers issue tender to convert class 314 EMU

SCOTLAND’s University of St Andrews issued a tender on September 10 for the conversion of a three-car class 314 EMU to hydrogen propulsion as part of its Zero Emission Train Project.

September 8, 2020 | Europe

Network Rail begins work to remove derailed train in Scotland

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has begun work to reopen the railway near Stonehaven, Scotland, following a fatal derailment on August 12 which killed three people.

August 25, 2020 | Infrastructure

Network Rail launches task forces following Stonehaven derailment

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has launched two independent task forces to aid management of its portfolio of earthworks and responses to severe weather events, following the fatal derailment near Stonehaven in Scotland on August 12.

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