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Defending the Devon coast

… aftermath of the 2014 closure, Network Rail published a West of Exeter Route Resilience study: the broad conclusion … the beach the skirt of the sea wall has been dug out and cement is being pumped into pre-formed boxes to provide the … complete it by the end of 2027. a … Defending the Devon coast

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Trackwatch

… loop at Stocksmoor are now the Down Penistone from Clayton West Junction (7M 62ch) to Stocksmoor Junction (6M 01ch) and … Up Departure Line B and Line C. Finally, the line to the cement facility at Dewsbury has been renamed Dewsbury Cement. … Monitored. WALES Flint (4:36A) As part of the North Wales Coast Resignalling Programme, a new junction has been created …

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SETTLE AND CARLISLE REBUILDS

… were provided to attempt to build the through traffic from West Yorkshire to Glasgow: this idea was not taken up in the … are aggregate flows on the S&C from Arcow and Ribblehead, cement to Clitheroe and gypsum to Kirkby Thore, apart from the timber trains from Carlisle to Shropshire. West Coast diversions over the route are not currently scheduled, …

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CEMENT FLOW FOR THURROCK

… Freight COLAS RAIL Freight has secured a new flow of bulk cement from Oxwellmains (Dunbar) in Scotland to West Thurrock, North Thameside. This becomes the longest haul … 22.48 West Thurrock to Oxwellmains, running via the East Coast main line. Long haul cement: No 70802 approaching Upper …

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MML freight – we need more not less

… W ith the dominance of container traffic on the West and, increasingly, the East Coast main lines, it is easy to overlook the Midland main … five million tonnes each year. Trains also serve the cement works at Hope, and in some cases the Peak District …

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RAIL REVOLUTION SPREADS IN SCOTLAND

… England has been twiddling its thumbs for years over East West Rail, ostensibly a safer economic bet. The Scots reckon … lead junction where the Borders route leaves the East Coast main line. Upgrading this is part of a package of … where coal for the Aire Valley was landed, now quiet. But cement is a growth area, with the plant at Oxwellmains, near …

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FIRST DUAL-MODE CLASS 88 ARRIVES IN UK

… has arrived in the UK. No 88002 arrived in the North West by lorry from Southampton Docks on 24 January 2017. The … of the Whittall Group). Delivery of specialist metals and cement to the terminal for Lafarge have all but dried up, but … will use the locos on its intermodal services on the West Coast main line, especially the Daventry to Mossend flow that …