Video: HS2 funding helps renovation of 900-year-old Staffordshire tower
HS2’s Community and Environment Fund (CEF) have awarded a grant of £70,170 to help restore the Shenstone Tower, located in Shenstone village in Sta…
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CrossCountry confirms disruption due to ASLEF industrial action
CrossCountry has confirmed that its services will be seriously disrupted by industrial action by drivers' union ASLEF between Friday 1 and Saturday 9 …
Overhauled Castle Class steam locomotive to haul rail tour on GWML
Castle Class 4-6-0 No. 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe will soon be making its inaugural run since emerging from overhaul earlier this year.
Plans for HS2 viaduct in Warwickshire to go on public display
Proposals for the HS2 River Blythe viaduct in Warwickshire will be on display at a public event in Hampton-in-Arden next Tuesday, 5 December.
Birmingham Snow Hill turns white to support an end to violence against females
Birmingham Snow Hill turned as white as snow after people signed up to help end violence against women and girls to mark White Ribbon Day.
New partnership aims to better integrate West Midlands rail network
West Midlands Rail Executive and Great British Railways Transition Team are working to deliver a better integrated rail network for the West Midlands.
HS2 encourages Scottish businesses to bid for its contracts
HS2 is urging Scottish business to register to bid for work on the high-speed railway when it issues new contracts next year.
HS2 reaches halfway point in Chiltern tunnel cross-passage mining
HS2 passed another milestone, reaching the halfway stage in the mining of emergency cross-passages linking northbound and southbound Chiltern tunnels.
Timetable changes from December on West Midlands Railway
West Midlands Railway increasing Birmingham-Liverpool services from 10 December with faster links Bimrimgham-The Potteries and a late-evening Rugeley …
HS2 workforce passes the 30,000 mark as construction continues apace
A record 30,000 people are now employed supporting the construction of HS2 while an increasing number of UK companies win new contracts.