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InTheNews: The latest rail news on Thursday, 17th February 2022
Storm Dudley has already caused travel disruption and cancellations across the UK – but there’s even more bad weather on the way.
That’s according to an article in the Metro that says heavy rain and winds of 80mph battered the country yesterday bringing down trees, power lines and railway cables.
The bad weather has meant dozens of train services are either completely cancelled, heavily disrupted or running on a reduced timetable.
In Scotland alone, Network Rail is scrambling to inspect more than 1,400 miles of track, a task which the article says will take engineers until midday at the earliest.
Avanti West Coast, Caledonian Sleeper, CrossCountry, LNER, ScotRail, and TransPennine Express are all affected by the fallout of Storm Dudley.
New footage shows a seven-day operation to prepare for the installation of an innovative rail bridge on the M42.
HS2 teams worked around the clock to get things ready for the Marston Box bridge during a week’s closure of a section of the motorway in December 2021.
Video footage shows the Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) site team working every hour available to deliver the carefully planned operation in just one week.
The first stage of work to improve the gateway to and from York’s famous railway station is now taking place on Queen Street.
The York Station Front scheme will completely transform the station frontage, providing an improved transport interchange, as well as revamping the public space around the station.
The full scheme is valued at more than £25 million, funded by the West Yorkshire-Plus Transport Fund and the Leeds City Region Transforming Cities Fund.
Photo credit: York City Council
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