This weekend Network Rail will begin the core phase of work to change the way the railway is run in Cornwall.
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In terms of convenience, Edinburgh Waverley, with its famous in and out ramps, was pretty much the perfect station for motorists in the post-war era. Connecting the English capital and Perth via Edinburgh Waverley, the first car-sleeper rail services debuted in 1955 and allowed Scots motorists the freedom of taking their car on their holidays while avoiding the gruelling 450-mile drive south.
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Calls for the reopening of a main railway line across Dartmoor have been reignited following an announcement that vital engineering work will close the route between London and Plymouth for four nights a week for nearly two months.
(Permalink) Dartmoor Dawlish Plymouth

Network Rail has urged lorry drivers and haulage companies to take better care after a Tesco lorry bashed into a railway bridge yesterday (30 August) causing disruption for thousands of passengers and cutting off the only railway line into the south west.
(Permalink) Bridge Strike Plymouth

Passengers are warned about disruption until the weekend after a bridge is struck in Plymouth. [The Ashford Crescent bridge is east of Plymouth station -RS]
(Permalink) Bridge strike Plymouth