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Thousands of trees planted as Network Rail’s £1 million pledge takes root across the country

Network Rail has joined forces with national conservation charity The Tree Council to plant more than 80,000 trees and hedgerows across the country this winter, as part of a four-year, £1 million tree planting pledge. Local planting schemes, funded by Network Rail and managed by The Tree Council, are taking place in communities from the

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HS2 boosts safety and efficiency with innovative robot for tunnelling machines

HS2 today unveiled the use of an innovative onboard robot that will improve safety and efficiency on the high speed rail project’s first two giant tunnelling machines, set to launch early next year. Pioneered by HS2’s main works contractor, Align, the Krokodyl robot is the first of its kind anywhere in the world and will

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Rail unites to champion equality, diversity and inclusion

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) and Women in Rail (WR) launched a Charter to champion equality, diversity and inclusion in the UK railway industry. The joint ‘Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Charter’  is a commitment to work together to build a more balanced, fair and high performing sector. This is a voluntary initiative, open to all

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UK’s First Hydrogen Train takes to the Mainline

Porterbrook and the University of Birmingham unveiled HydroFLEX, Britain’s first hydrogen powered train, as it started operational trials on the mainline railway. The start of mainline testing is the result of almost two years development work and more than a million pounds investment in HydroFLEX by both Porterbrook and the University of Birmingham. The HydroFLEX

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