Shropshire
landslip



Train
services
between
Wolverhampton
and
Shrewsbury
have
been
suspended
and
replaced
by
buses
until
around
the
end
of
the
month,
because
of
a
landslip
near
Oakengates
station
in
Telford.
The
operators
affected
are
Transport
for
Wales,
West
Midlands
Railway
and
Avanti
West
Coast.
Network
Rail
said
it
had
closed
the
line
between
Wellington
and
Oakengates
on
Friday
so
that
engineers
could
assess
a
failed
embankment.
They
discovered
that
5,000
tonnes
of
material
had
slipped
beneath
a
50
metre
section
of
railway,
after
persistent
heavy
rain
over
the
past
few
months
had
weakened
the
structure.
Network
Rail
added
that
before
structural
repairs
can
begin
it
must
clear
vegetation
from
the
embankment,
which
will
make
the
scale
of
the
problem
clearer.
Once
this
work
has
been
completed,
a
full
plan
for
repairs
will
be
confirmed.

Northern
announces
Northumberland
fares


Tickets
on
the
new
Northumberland
Line
will
be
available
from
£1
when
it
opens
this
summer.
Northern
said
the
maximum
off-peak
single
fare
from
Ashington
to
Newcastle
will
be
under
£3.

Waterloo
scheme



Network
Rail
and
the
London
Borough
of
Lambeth
have
unveiled
plans
to
improve
Waterloo
station.
The
proposals
include
a
redesigned
northern
concourse
and
a
new
concourse
south
of
the
station.
The
South
Bank
area
will
gain
1,900
square
metres
of
green
space,
and
hundreds
of
new
trees.
Bus
and
taxi
interchanges
will
also
be
improved.
Network
Rail
said
the
propoals
will
‘help
realise
Waterloo’s
full
potential
as
a
connected,
safe,
and
thriving
net-zero
neighbourhood
with
an
integrated
world-class
station
at
its
heart’. 

Signals
switched
on


Trains
are
running
again
today
on
the
Cornish
Main
Line
and
several
branches
in
the
county,
as
new
colour
light
signals
are
switched
on.
Three
mechanical
signal
boxes
at
Truro,
Par
and
Lostwithiel
have
been
abolished,
and
control
transferred
to
Exeter,
although
existing
boxes
have
been
retained
on
the
main
line
at
Liskeard,
Roskear,
St
Erth
and
Penzance,
and
on
the
Newquay
branch
at
St
Blazey
and
Goonbarrow.
The
work
has
taken
13
days
so
far,
in
the
third
stage
of
modernisation
in
the
region.
The
focus
now
moves
to
Devon,
where
the
main
line
between
Exeter
St
David’s
and
Plymouth
will
be
closed
on
16
and
17
March,
and
between
Totnes
and
Plymouth
from
18
to
21
March.