The Peninsula Rail Task Force - we want better connectivity for Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay. Retweeting does not imply endorsement.
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12 Jul 2021
@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 peninsulatransport.org.uk/ou…
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PRTF retweeted
8 Sep 2022
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 bit.ly/3QqZ8lj
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PRTF retweeted
6 Jun 2022
🌉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 ⬇️ networkrailmediacentre.co.uk…
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11 Apr 2022
£6.5m railway investment set to improve services from London to Cornwall via @railadvent railadvent.co.uk/2022/04/6-5…
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6 Apr 2022
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: bit.ly/3ubEYDL #rail #resilience #southwest
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PRTF retweeted
👍 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.
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PRTF retweeted
16 Feb 2022
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 👇
wsp.com/en-GB/news/2022/wsp-…
#Transport #Planning
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PRTF retweeted
📷 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.
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PRTF retweeted
23 Jan 2022
👷♀️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
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PRTF retweeted
21 Jan 2022
👷♀️ 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.
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PRTF retweeted
12 Jan 2022
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: planetradio.co.uk/greatest-h…
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PRTF retweeted
10 Jan 2022
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.
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PRTF retweeted
👥 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.
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PRTF retweeted
👷 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
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PRTF retweeted
15 Dec 2021
👷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.
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PRTF retweeted
2 Dec 2021
Calling all railway zealots in the urban regeneration community (surely that’s ALL of you)......
1 Dec 2021
Today's @NRHAwd results have seen a lot of action on our feed, which has pushed us up to 8,957 followers. Can you help us reach 9,000 for Xmas by RT-ing and asking for new followers? Or even could we get to 10,000 before I retire at the end of March? ^AJS
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1 Dec 2021
PRTF Chairman Councillor Drean, reflects on the opportunities for rail investment in the South West in the Oct/Nov Rail Technology Magazine: bit.ly/3occF5s @rtmnews #southwest #rail #investment
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PRTF retweeted
17 Nov 2021
🥳 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 networkrailmediacentre.co.uk…
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PRTF retweeted
🏗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.
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PRTF retweeted
🏖 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
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