Topic: Reversing Beeching

Platform level view of a train standing at Oxford Parkway

Cowley branch is another project for Oxford

A little-used freight line in suburban Oxford is a step closer to being resurrected as a mixed-traffic route. The Cowley branch, which serves the car manufacturing plant of the same name, has seen the local...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton
Locomotive hauling potash bulk train through Slateford station in Edinburgh

Modest plans for North East England upgrade

Funding has been secured for the Ashington to Newcastle commuter project. It will see a freight-only line in the North East of England upgraded to mixed traffic status, and regain a passenger connection for the...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton