This week sees a big step forward for HS2 as planning permission for what will be the UK’s largest ever newly built railway station gets the go-ahead. Plus fly-tipping is becoming a growing problem in Scotland.
HS2’s west-London super hub, Old Oak Common, has had its planning application approved by the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation yesterday.
This week we hear how vandals have damaged train coaches at Mid-Norfolk Railway, plus we take a look at one Network Rail team donating PPE to support NHS workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week we’re congratulating Captain Tom Moore on his astonishing achievement of hitting the £30 million mark in his NHS fundraiser on his 100th birthday!
Captain Tom Moore, the veteran who raised more than £29 million for NHS Charities Together to mark his 100th birthday, has had a Great Western Railway Intercity train named in his honour.
