Posts by MPB

Thanks to Network Rail’s Craig Munday for sharing this BBC Spotlight piece explaining the replacement of the age old Token and Staff signalling system which will take place next year on the Newquay line. The line will receive an hourly train service in 2025 as part of Mid Cornwall Metro (with services extending to St…

As part of the Mid Cornwall Metro project, Network Rail’s contractor Colas is working to restore a second platform at Newquay station. The work includes strengthening a retaining wall to support the platform, re-building the platform front wall, installing lighting, shelter, drainage, telecoms and tactile paving. Why is the platform being restored? Along with another…

Network Rail has written a letter to local residents in Newquay to let them know about the start of work at Newquay station as part of the Mid Cornwall Metro project. Teams will be on site from Tuesday 13 August until Monday 28 October, working from 8am to 5pm. They will also occasionally be working…