PRTF

The Peninsula Rail Task Force - we want better connectivity for Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay. Retweeting does not imply endorsement.

[PRTF @SWRailTaskforce]

@PensTransport is consulting on the future of transport in the #SouthWest and needs your views on its #PeninsulaTransportVision – your contribution will help transform transport within the region over the next thirty years #HaveYourSay https://t.co/apeqhrFEI8

[Peninsula Transport @PensTransport]

Together with @WestGatewaySTB we launch our rural mobility strategy to transform how we approach rural transport needs. Many rural communities in the #SouthWest lack access to everyday services, affordability and choice. We need to #TransformRuralTransport https://t.co/UkPmMdwnfY

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🌉We are pleased to confirm funding for a new footbridge at Lostwithiel.

👍This will provide quicker and easier access across the railway and to the station for both passengers and residents.

Full story ⬇️ https://t.co/gbQ0G9GsEk

[PRTF @SWRailTaskforce]

£6.5m railway investment set to improve services from London to Cornwall via @railadvent https://t.co/euJ5HMuSn8

[PRTF @SWRailTaskforce]

Investment into climate resilient transport infrastructure is fundamental to reliable, safe travel and transportation in the South West. PRTF welcomes £32 million to install new netting and fencing along the Dawlish rail link: https://t.co/WboNzNlmbf #rail #resilience #southwest

[South West Rail Resilience Programme @SouthWestRRP]

👍 Coastguard's footbridge in Dawlish has reopened to the public.

🚶Walkers can now cross the bridge to reach Dawlish Warren along the sea wall.

🦺 The section of sea wall between Coastguards and Colonnade breakwaters remains closed while we continue our work there.

[WSP in the UK & Ireland @WSP_UKI]

We’re delighted to work with @PensTransport and @WestGatewaySTB to design the first #RuralMobility strategy at a sub-national level.

Read more below about how this will help improve connections across the South-West of England 👇

https://t.co/Z380Z8tH7I

#Transport #Planning

[South West Rail Resilience Programme @SouthWestRRP]

📷 We're making progress on our work at Dawlish station to reduce the gap between the train and platform.

👷‍♀️👷 It's part of our round-the-clock work every weekend in February to improve the resilience of the line in South Devon.

👨‍💻Please check before you travel.

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

👷‍♀️Our guys and girls have been working day and night to renew worn out track on the Newquay line

🛤Work is progressing well with old track having been removed, new track bed formed, sleepers laid, rail installed and clipped and fresh stone laid. Lots more to do

📷Pics of work

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

👷‍♀️ We will be working on Houndiscombe Bridge in Plymouth. This essential maintenance work will help to maintain the lifespan of the bridge.

🌉 We will work overnight from 22 January - 24 April at weekends and during daylight hours Mon- Friday.

🙏 Thank you for your patience.

[Greatest Hits Radio Plymouth News @GhrPlymouth]

Plans are being drawn up by @SWRailTaskforce for more freight terminals in the South West to help reduce the number of lorries on our region's roads.

It's been revealed after a question by cllr Rob Hannaford from @exeterlabour to @DevonCC

More here: https://t.co/3Q8g95vtLP

[South Devon Railway @southdevonrly]

This winter, we will be renewing around half a mile of track with brand new rails and sleepers along the Royal Mile just north of Totnes, the largest relay programme we have carried out in one winter to date.

[South West Rail Resilience Programme @SouthWestRRP]

👥 This week’s community hub session will take place on Thursday 6 January from 10am until 2pm.

❓ Please come along if you have any questions about our work on the Dawlish sea wall or the new rockfall shelter by Parsons Tunnel.

[South West Rail Resilience Programme @SouthWestRRP]

👷 New benches were delivered to site today, ready for installation on the new sea wall between Dawlish Station and Coastguards breakwater.

🛤 The benches are in addition to the old sea wall stone which is being repurposed to create more seating along the promenade. @BAMNuttall

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

👷We're still working this week in the Treleigh area or Cornwall.

🛤️ We are replacing worn out track to make journeys more reliable.

📷 Even our engineers are trying to get artistic with their photography.

[Jackie Sadek @JackieSadek]

Calling all railway zealots in the urban regeneration community (surely that’s ALL of you)......

[PRTF @SWRailTaskforce]

PRTF Chairman Councillor Drean, reflects on the opportunities for rail investment in the South West in the Oct/Nov Rail Technology Magazine: https://t.co/i9CFYy1K8v @rtmnews #southwest #rail #investment

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🥳 Railway opens to passengers after 50 years!

🚆 Today the first passenger train run on the Dartmoor line after it was restored in just nine months.

📆 Public services will start this Saturday.

👉🏻 Find out more here https://t.co/pKbEO2vmeQ

[South West Rail Resilience Programme @SouthWestRRP]

🏗Last night, the first pieces of stone that were retained from the old wall were installed as part of the creation of new benches.

👷We will also pay tribute to the heritage of the area by adding an outline of the old boathouse to the new promenade, showing where it once stood.

[South West Rail Resilience Programme @SouthWestRRP]

🏖 The lower set of steps to the beach near Coastguards breakwater have now been installed.

👷 At the top of the steps, work continues on the concrete pours as part of the creation of the new promenade. @BAMNuttall